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Old 06-16-2017, 10:45 AM
 
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Best Low-Key Hideout: Reno, Nevada: Reno is home to the world’s tallest climbing wall (164 feet at BaseCamp, located at the Whitney Park Hotel), year-round desert mountain biking, a half-mile long downtown white-water-kayaking park, and the 55-degree chutes at Mount Rose, just 25 minutes uphill from the slot machines (median household income: 47,000).


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Old 06-17-2017, 07:59 PM
 
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Yeah and all the drunkards and opioid heads love watching the climbers as they tweak. Most of what magazines yammer on about - are all touristy things. There is more to Reno and Nevada than all these articles. Try the Reno Rodeo. Get lost in the desert or mountains - and not Tahoe. Mount Rose is more like 45 minutes from slots. Stuff like Fort Churchill, Lahontan, Stillwater Refuge, Austin, hwy 50, Dayton (downtown has awesome food), Genoa, Peavine, Animal Ark, Blackrock, so much more to this area than magazine promotions. Oh and go downtown - skirt the casinos - go to Centro to eat - then go read books at Sundance.
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Old 06-18-2017, 12:31 AM
 
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15 US Cities With the Worst Reputations

Reno listed #3 with Detroit #1 worst.
Just depends on the link, criteria used and perception...... but certainly the opposite of this thread link.
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Old 06-18-2017, 12:54 AM
 
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Well it is reputation, not reality. Reputation and bad image are what Reno has been trying to fix.
Las Vegas is #7 and Chicago is#15
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Old 06-18-2017, 10:06 AM
 
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Looks great. I'd love to visit some day.
But one of my criteria for best is affordability and I don't think I could afford to live there.
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Old 06-18-2017, 04:55 PM
 
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Default 20 best value towns in the west

Another one:
Sunset magazine:

20 best value towns in the west.

NorCal runner-up: Reno - Cheapest Places to Live in the West - Sunset
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:59 AM
 
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Sunset magazine is consistently wrong. Our rents are raising at a rate that's the highest in the country. KTVN did a piece the other night on the demand of housing and rising rents. You need to make an average income of $8000K/mo to afford a median priced house. And everyone thinks, oh well, look to Sparks or Fernley...however those areas have now ballooned in price. We have the highest sales tax in the state. Highest gas in the state. High DMV fees. High cost of food. Mass amount of traffic and crime is at record levels. There is no value to living here.
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Old 06-23-2017, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in the Southwest...
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Well it is reputation, not reality. Reputation and bad image are what Reno has been trying to fix.
Las Vegas is #7 and Chicago is#15
After looking at the crime stats and booking info, I'd say Reno's reputation and bad image is well deserved.

Anyone looking for a true "community" of responsible, caring citizens should not consider places like Chicago, Vegas, Atlanta, Reno, NYC, or many other US metro where the social contract is unfolding and the feral population(s) is on the rise...

And with the SillyCon Valley proglodytes moving into the Reno-Sparks area, your can kiss your AMERICAN constitutional/common law rights goodbye

EOT
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Old 06-23-2017, 03:05 PM
 
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After looking at the crime stats and booking info, I'd say Reno's reputation and bad image is well deserved.

Anyone looking for a true "community" of responsible, caring citizens should not consider places like Chicago, Vegas, Atlanta, Reno, NYC, or many other US metro where the social contract is unfolding and the feral population(s) is on the rise...

And with the SillyCon Valley proglodytes moving into the Reno-Sparks area, your can kiss your AMERICAN constitutional/common law rights goodbye

EOT
That would be majority of America. Where to live then?
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Old 06-23-2017, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in the Southwest...
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That would be majority of America. Where to live then?
Depends on economic viability, medical needs, and career/retirement trajectory.

We're waiting for some shoes to drop, but I have 6 or 7 places high on the list...

Not gonna list them though, wouldn't want them removed from consideration by making them "popular"...
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