I’ve lived in Vegas for the past four years or so and have a lot of thoughts about it as a place to live. I wrote some of themup on the Mr. Money Mustache forum and can elaborate if anyone is interested.
My main thought is that for 3-4 months out of the year it’s hot enough where you really can’t be outside (100+ degrees during the day with a brutal sun), and that to me is a pretty big issue. I expect that too many people would be put off by it for it to work as rationalist hub.
I also tried starting a LessWrong meetup here and never had anyone show up.
I’ve lived in Vegas for the past four years or so and have a lot of thoughts about it as a place to live. I wrote some of themup on the Mr. Money Mustache forum and can elaborate if anyone is interested.
My main thought is that for 3-4 months out of the year it’s hot enough where you really can’t be outside (100+ degrees during the day with a brutal sun), and that to me is a pretty big issue. I expect that too many people would be put off by it for it to work as rationalist hub.
I also tried starting a LessWrong meetup here and never had anyone show up.
Reno has tolerable summers! (And is closer to the Bay Area.)
Reno has 90F daily highs during summer. Knocking 10 degrees off is a nonneglible improvement over Las Vegas, though.