To many Americans, Las Vegas is a burst of glittering hotels and seedy wedding chapels, a mirage-like city rising improbably from the Mojave Desert.
The Americans who live in Las Vegas know the city as a destination for the middle class: Valets and cocktail waitresses become homeowners.
Lately though, Las Vegas — like much of the United States — has become more expensive.
People from California and other expensive states are moving to Nevada, driving up home prices even further.
Though they have dipped slightly over the past year, rents in Las Vegas are still roughly 35 percent higher than in December 2019, before the pandemic, according to data from Zillow.
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