The idea of living on the edge of Las Vegas, with the unforgivable desert of Mojave in your backyard, has recently amazed social media, inspiring dozens of ticking videos; But for Crystal Wojtowich, it’s just her daily life.
Wojtowich is one of the many Sin city residents sharing videos with staggering desert views.
The hospitality industry worker, who has accumulated 5.6 million views only in her video, tells Realtor.comâ® How is it to live on the outskirts of a living city, with its veranda overlooking a star, Lunar-Esque landscape
“Sometimes, I look in the desert and I realize it’s pretty barren, but I also realize that with my personality, it peace and calm is definitely something I wish in every home I live in,” says Wojtowich.
Wojtowich grew up in a small town in southern Dakota and moved to Vegas five years.
For the past three years, she has lived in a house set in a community called Mountain’s Edge immersed in the southwestern corner of Las Vegas Valley.â
There are about 25 houses in the neighborhood, but only three on Wojtowich’s road. She explains that she was immediately drawn to the area because she offered her intimacy, while at the same time within a short distance driving from grocery stores and parks.
“The house was a perfect adaptation for my needs, so the thought of the dark dessert, open near me, was not a matter,” she said, adding that she does not feel isolated at all and can still hear the typical noises you would have in a normal neighborhood: driving cars, kids playing.
“I really really love it where I live,” insists Wojtowich. “I am still close to everything I need, while I still have that intimacy.”
How to get used to living in a desert
But the acclimatization in the famous Vegas climate took some time for the former -Midwesterner, who was very accustomed to blizzards than the heat waves.
“Your body definitely learns to adapt, but that doesn’t mean you still go sweat,” Wojtowich admits.
Living in Las Vegas, where summer temperatures routinely climb to triple figures, and especially steps away from the driest North American desert, Wojtowich says it quickly learned the importance of hydrated staying, jumping into AC early, keeping the shadows of the window down and has
Wojtowich says her daily lifestyle is mostly influenced by the desert environment during the hot summer months.
“Living an active lifestyle and wanting to be out, the desert can be brutal,” she admits. “I like to grow and pick up my dog’s places, but it’s definitely difficult to do this when it’s 115+ degrees out and the sidewalk is even hotter.”
So Wojtowich is adapted, choosing to go for walks and walks during fresh morning hours, and investing in a group of dog shoes to keep her animal paws not be separated from the hot sidewalk.
The pros and cons of living in Edge Vegas
Another downnside to live in the neighborhood adjacent to the desert is the journey to the center of the city of Vegas, approximately 15 miles north.
“While I want where I live for days, there are days where I could run late, there is heavy traffic or construction, and my journey takes place,” Wojtowich explains. “Much of my journey to work is just driving on the highway!”
But being the owner of the house in a dry landscape off the beaten path has completely high, according to Wojtowich.
For beginners, landscapes are a breeze because there is no fat in the water – but there are still shrubs and trees to live in the backyard.
The biggest effort for Wojtowich is the location itself, which she says strikes the perfect balance between intimacy and the community.
“I get a mix of both live!” That gushes. “I have wonderful neighbors, my neighborhood is clear, and I like to be close to the parks so that I can participate in farmers’ markets, food events, and even get upside down.”
Wojtowich notes that the relatively isolated location of her neighborhood tends to attract some strange strangers who can be heard several nights riding strips, placing fireworks in the desert, and even shooting weapons unpleasant near people’s homes.
“There are many animals and children nearby, so sometimes it becomes scary when it doesn’t expect it,” she admits.
Asked about her interactions with wild desert life, Wojtowich recounts pressing moments of the spine to discover a variety of “creepy crawling”, including scorpions, ants, cockroaches and stunning mistakes, in dark closure and under applications.
“So much important to have pest control in Edge of Las Vegas’s homes because the desert is their home, and they are just one foot away,” Wojtowich advises. “With just one wall between our house and their own, they are forced to go inside at one point!”
It is also not uncommon to hear the cojotes of the noodles echoing in the open desert in the middle of the night, she says.
What seems to capture the imagination of social media users accumulated in these videos is the void of the other desert world – just a stone jump from people’s homes on the edge of Sin City.
“I think most people would be surprised when they learned that while living on the lips they may seem unnatural and two -way, it really is no different from any other neighborhood,” Wojtowich concludes.
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