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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by Prickly Pear
Las Vegas. Las Vegas, outside of the strip, looks just like Palm Springs, Indio, and Inland Empire. Las Vegas also has managed to attract some California chains that Phoenix does not have, like Von's. Also even the Las Vegas development of suburbia reflects more of California's architecture better than Phoenix. Also Las Vegas desert looks more like SoCal desert in my opinion.
To be fair Phoenix is not too far from it. Easily #2 and not by much. Phoenix reflects San Diego more, I'll agree to that, but there are more things that make Phoenix unique from southern California. Outside of the saguaros (Phoenix's most recognized and unique item), Phoenix has Native American reservations within the metro, and even farmland. The California farmland is much more inland and not included in the San Diego/Los Angeles metros I believe. The development is slightly different. The differences are easier to spot if you've been to all four.
Phoenix has Von's, they're just called Safeway instead (Safeway has owned Von's for years)
Two west coast chains Las Vegas has that Phoenix doesn't are Cardena's and Original Tommy's Hamburgers
Las Vegas. Las Vegas, outside of the strip, looks just like Palm Springs, Indio, and Inland Empire. Las Vegas also has managed to attract some California chains that Phoenix does not have, like Von's. Also even the Las Vegas development of suburbia reflects more of California's architecture better than Phoenix. Also Las Vegas desert looks more like SoCal desert in my opinion.
To be fair Phoenix is not too far from it. Easily #2 and not by much. Phoenix reflects San Diego more, I'll agree to that, but there are more things that make Phoenix unique from southern California. Outside of the saguaros (Phoenix's most recognized and unique item), Phoenix has Native American reservations within the metro, and even farmland. The California farmland is much more inland and not included in the San Diego/Los Angeles metros I believe. The development is slightly different. The differences are easier to spot if you've been to all four.
Agreed! Vegas IMO feels almost like a continuation of areas on the cusp of METRO LA.
Vegas feels a lot like a suburb of LA, in many ways, and I've heard it described as such.
Phoenix kind of feels like LA, if LA thought it was a small town and acted accordingly. It's more conservative, you don't have the wannabe jetset/influencer scene like in LA, etc.
Phoenix tilted more towards being a colony of emigres from the San Fernando Valley and beyond after the Northridge earthquake.
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