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I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I lived there until after college. Jonathan's house is in the Paradise Crest neighborhood, which is very close to my childhood home. In the 70s/80s, before major sprawl happened and newer homes were built further out, that was one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city. The neighborhood doesn't look anything like a typical Vegas subdivision. The lots are large, each house is unique, and there's nice, mature landscaping. It's the complete opposite of the stucco cookie cutter houses right on top of each other you find in subdivisions built after 1990 or so. Unfortunately in the last two decades the area around the neighborhood has gone downhill. The schools the neighborhood is zoned for, Woodbury Middle School and Chaparral High School, are now considered bad. That being said, it's not one of the more dangerous areas of the city. It's a convenient area of town to live in, especially if you work on the Strip, and if you're looking for an old school Vegas neighborhood, it's got some very cool houses with great backyards. It reminds me a lot of the Rancho Circle neighborhood in Vegas http://www.reviewjournal.com/life/rancho-circle-boasts-rich-history-possible-comeback, although I'd say the area surrounding that neighborhood is much worse than what's around Paradise Crest. One more thing of interest. Paradise Crest is where Lonnie Hammargren's Castillo del Sol is http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/oct/27/nevada-history-and-more-on-display-lonnie-hammargr/. Neighbors in Paradise Crest were at war with him for a very long time over his insane memorabilia collection.