Las Vegas is the desert Southwest, not the Midwest. Water concerns are real, as is the sheer emptiness. I know some people think Ohio is empty (probably the sam

Las Vegas is the desert Southwest, not the Midwest. Water concerns are real, as is the sheer emptiness. I know some people think Ohio is empty (probably the same ones who think Nevada is Midwestern) but rural Nevada is nuclear test range empty. It's an entirely different order of being.