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Ugghhh..... that is a tough choice, and not for all the right reasons.
Agreed that the fine dining and shopping are LV.
Fine Arts? Well, if one includes Cirque du Soleil or Tom Jones, then LV by a mile.
Educational Institutions? Phoenix by a sliver..... ASU somehow beats UNLV.
Bookstores and Libraries? I'm not sure a Barnes & Noble in a shopping center is an adequate proxy for sophistication. Let's ignore that one.
Ethnic Communities? Tie - both have diversity for their own odd reasons, but mostly remain bastions of Midwestern migrants and Mexicans.
Philanthropists..... LV.
Global Influence.... LV. Phoenix is where people go when they can't afford LA. LV is where you go if you are a degenerate gambler.
All joking aside, the cities are very close to being peers, even with Phoenix's considerably larger size. Very much real-estate, tourism and "people moving here" based economies that can really be compared only to each other (or possibly Orlando). While it may be easier on the surface to declare Vegas to be more sophisticated for its gaming industry, it is precisely that industry that also takes it down a notch or two. At the end of the day, Vegas is a world-renowned destination, and Phoenix is not (more of a sunbelt-overflow town).
Wow I'll reply latter, this is to much to take in as a Phoenix native when this load of scrambled eggs comes on my feed.
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