What it’s really like to grow up in Las Vegas
People visit the historic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the south end of the Strip on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Clark County commissioners Steve Sisolak and Mary Beth Scow took part in a brief news conference that highlighted two new pedestrian crosswalks with traffic signals and a renovated and expanded parking lot at the popular landmark. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Everyone knows what it‘s like to grow up in small towns, but every big city has its own flavor that sticks with the born-and-raised — even Las Vegas, despite the major suburb factor.
On Friday, #GrowingUpinVegas trended, telling the world what it‘s really like to grow up in what, to many locals, is actually a pretty small town.
From remembering that one time it actually snowed a decent amount (at least to locals) to deciding between the whopping two places you could actually hang out at as a kid, nearly 10,000 tweets shed some light on what it‘s really like to grow up in Sin City, and here are some of our favorites:
