Do you consider Arizona and Nevada as part of the 'West Coast' (real estate, prices)

[walker1962]

Here's a weird fact, Lake Tahoe is farther west than Los Angeles. lol

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

I tend to see Las Vegas as an eastern suburb of Los Angeles. Note that more residents came from CA then are native born.

Originally Posted by allenk893

I've always lumped the mountain west states as the west coast when in context to certain conversations. It was never literal.

My point exactly.

I think if I say Nevada is West Coast most eastern people wouldn't bat an eye. Everything else be damned. not saying its super accurate..

[Vincent_Adultman]

There are huge cultural differences as well - West Coast cities are more progressive, denser, more educated, more expensive, more cosmopolitan, etc.

Sure, both Phoenix and Vegas have this wanna-be LA thing going, but ultimately Arizona and Nevada are radically different culturally.

[Gfitz1010]

Not so much the states as a whole but I hear Las Vegas referred to as the "West Coast" in the media quite a bit

[fluffydelusions]

They are not on the coast so no?

[18Montclair]

Vegas and Phoenix both feel like extensions of Southern California. Reno/Tahoe has become a defacto Bay Area suburb. There are very strong ties between CA and these 2 neighbors.

Distance from the ocean shoreline aside, people in these 2 states just feel very familiar from this Californian's perspective

[CCrest182]

Neither are on the coast but both are very close and connected to Southern California that the whole area seems to just gel together.

I would say both have some elements that are similar to California, but to call either "west coast" is still inaccurate.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by CCrest182

Neither are on the coast but both are very close and connected to Southern California that the whole area seems to just gel together.

I would say both have some elements that are similar to California, but to call either "west coast" is still inaccurate.

definitely inaccurate but it's still said, especially about Las Vegas in particular probably because it a bit more liberal (using that term loosely) and more directly derived from SoCal's populous. And being slightly west of some of California.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Reno definitely feels more tied to Sacramento and the Bay Area than it does to the rest of Nevada (including Vegas). Lots of migrants from those places, people wearing Raiders stuff (this was before they moved), tech jobs migrating from the Bay Area, hippie/vegan/New Agey vibes in some places which is definitely not archetypally Nevada.

In that "emerging megaregions" map I've seen, Reno was in the Northern California region, which makes sense.

[BigCity76]

Obviously neither state is technically on the coast but I consider both of them West coast or Out West. Same as PA being East coast.