Love And War In Las Vegas

June, 2004

Love and War in Las VegasTechnically this is Las Vegas, but it ain't Vegas, baby. No high rollers or white tigers here. No Penn. No Teller. The Celine Dion gift shop might as well be in another city.No, these are the drab asphalt flats of eastern downtown, miles from the upscale casinos of the Strip resorts. From here the swank Vegas of TV shows and movies exists mostly as a nighttime glow. The neon in this neighborhood advertises beer or vacancies, and if someone offers to valet your car, drive...