Vegas is an mostly an armpit with a couple really nice, large master-planned communities. I’m a civil engineer for a public agency and the pay rates here for that are extremely high – so much so that it’s hard to move away. Lots of money available for professionals with strong people skills. Restaurants and entertainment are excellent. Not much in the way of museums or culture. Very high drug/booze/divorce/suicide rates. Weather is great most of the year but is a furnace for 3 months. It NEVER rains, ever! Not much nature/fishing close to town but many beautiful places in Utah starting at 4-hours drive. Housing is bland and overpriced on tiny lots. Older custom homes on large lots are very expensive, starting at $450K in bad areas. RE Prices here are not dropping very fast at all. The drive to LA on weekends is very easy, but horrible for LA visitors going the opposite direction to LV for the weekend.
