A group of tourists preparing to get on the bus. The guy with the girl goes into the bus and brings in their luggage. The girl goes first. Behind them is a group of tourists who are waiting.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nDespite its high temperatures, Paradise draws in tourists. Tourism is fun, but only if you are a tourist. For residents, that is not necessarily the case. Tourism leads to crowding and bad traffic. They clog the roads and increase the number of accidents everywhere they go. Snowbirds are a special brand of tourist that seems to draw more ire than anyone else. They come for the fair weather winter, then leave for the horrifically hot summers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tourists can be frustrating and turn entire towns into markets and scams. Everything on your street becomes a competition to see who can get the most money out of tourists, and shopping just sort of swallows the whole town. It can be stressful and put a lot of pressure on residents and tourists alike to spend more money than you should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Living in a monetary town can be exhausting. You\u2019ll be subjected to a lot of pushing, shoving, and selling. It is not much fun to be displaced in your own town, is it? Maybe you should just live somewhere else and visit Paradise on occasion as everybody else does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Poverty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Everyone knows poverty isn\u2019t something to take lightly. And it certainly isn\u2019t light in Paradise, Nevada. Poverty rates are higher than the national average and stood at 17.4% as of 2019. Poverty rates have been higher all around recently, but this was before 2020. Poverty affects everybody whether they realize it or not. It\u2019s sad to see such a dark fate affect so many people in Paradise. There are also a lot of people that are ready to point fingers at the plentiful and easily accessed casinos that have a habit of sucking people in and spitting them back out when they\u2019ve been drained dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poverty rates can also indicate less education and a higher amount of homelessness in a region, both of which are sad realities that are just all too common in Paradise. If you ever have to move to Paradise, you should be prepared for your budget to shrink a bit more than you would like it to. Paradise just isn\u2019t the glamorous, brightly shining city it pretends to be. There\u2019s a dark side to this city that visitors don\u2019t see that residents know all too well. If you want to know that dark side, go ahead and move to Paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Roads and Traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Roads are not great in Paradise, Nevada. A big part of this is the earlier mentioned tourists that clog up roads, especially in the winter months when they all come down south to escape the snow of their hometowns. The road quality also just isn\u2019t up to scratch. Driving in Paradise can be a huge pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another problem is the heat in cars. Cars can get extremely hot in the summer, so driving means you\u2019ll have to sit in the car and try not to touch the buckle of your seat belt. If you do, you could get third-degree burns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even in fair weather, driving on the Paradise roads will make you wonder if you can brave walking. The large crowds also increase the number of car accidents that hit the roads. Not only are car accidents dangerous and can cause massive amounts of damage, but they also slow down the already backed up streets in Paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Scorpions and Other Terrifying Desert Monsters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Nevada is home to a lot of things: unbearable sunshine, Las Vegas, and arachnids the size of a candy bar that can sting you if you go out in sandals, which you are likely to do in the Paradise heat that I talked about earlier. Paradise\u2019s hot, sandy terrain is home to many scorpions, among other terrifying members of the arthropod family. A pattern I\u2019ve noticed in Mother Nature is the hotter the region, the bigger the bugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most scorpions aren\u2019t deadly but can pack quite a punch and live in groups. Notice I said most, not all, scorpions can\u2019t kill you. You will definitely be in pain if you step on a scorpion because of the stinger that will likely puncture your skin, even if they aren’t venomous. While scorpion-related deaths aren\u2019t very high, you should still look where you step in the hot and sunny desert of Paradise, Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are also plenty of tarantulas, cockroaches, and other fun household friends that you\u2019ll want to give a wide berth. Tarantulas and cockroaches, like scorpions, aren\u2019t deadly, but they still aren\u2019t something you want to find in your sock drawer. Maybe the founders of Paradise, Nevada gave the city its name because it is a paradise for bugs and other creepy-crawly creatures, as it certainly isn’t a paradise for humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n