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The Mystical High Church of Luck: Decoding Las Vegas (with Ari Shaffir)

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The Poverty of Las Vegas

There's probably some listeners right now who are infuriated because we're just talking about the obvious aspects of Las Vegas. I think certain kinds of writers or artsy type people, they feel self-conscious about going to Vegas because they know it's sort of an air quotes low culture place. So you also have to look at the poverty if you're really looking at what Las Vegas is. What we're talking about is the strip and old Vegas but no one's actually thinking of like the pool halls four miles away. And they're crime and they're grime.

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