Lumifer comments on Open thread, Jan. 25 - Jan. 31, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 27 January 2016 03:48:55PM 1 point [-]

similar to the history of Las Vegas. What parts of it can be replicated?

By traditional mythology, the reason Las Vegas exists is because the mob (mafia) wanted to have a playground far far away from the Feds :-)

Comment author: tut 27 January 2016 05:48:37PM 0 points [-]

Or because it's the place closest to San Francisco where gambling was legal.

Comment author: Lumifer 27 January 2016 06:19:13PM * 0 points [-]

San Fran is not that special :-P

Besides, gambling was legalized in the entire state of Nevada and there are certainly places closer to SF in there (like Reno).