Saturday, February 07, 2004
Wake up, time to die.
From 1991 to 2002, 4,994 people killed themselves in Nevada. Of those, about 11 percent, or 547, were from out of state. Most suicides take place in southern Nevada's populous Clark County, home to the Strip and its decadence and debauchery.
"Vegas is a canvas for American neurosis" UNLV history professor Hal Rothman said. "It's a place where we paint our hopes, dreams, fears and apprehensions. It's the city of excess. What could be more of an excess than killing yourself?" - Reno Gazette-Journal
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