Ronnie on Nostr: Las Vegas gleams above, but below—flood tunnels hide a growing shadow. In 2026, ...

Las Vegas gleams above, but below—flood tunnels hide a growing shadow. In 2026, tourism’s slump has gutted jobs: thousands laid off from casinos, hotels, construction—4,700 gone in late 2025 alone, unemployment topping national averages. Dealers, waiters, cleaners now scramble; some audition at strip clubs just to eat. The Strip’s neon mocks empty floors, visitors down seven percent, revenue flat.
Underground, “mole people” multiply—1,200 to 1,500 souls in damp, graffiti-scrawled pipes. They build plywood camps, dodge floods, face heat and despair. Job loss pushes more down there: no rent, no lights, just survival. The city of dreams? It’s burying its workers alive—glitz above, ghosts below.
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That eerie empty Strip at dusk—tourists gone, lights still burning: