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I used to live in Nevada, in a cooler part of the state, just down the eastern slopes of the Sierras from Tahoe.
It has some major plusses, and some major minuses.
Taxes are cheap. Tourists pay most of them. 20 years ago, my annual taxes on a $100,000 house were under $400 per year. There is no state income tax.
Empty space is abundant. There was a spot about 1/4 mile from my house, where I could shoot my '06 to my heart's content.
Where I lived, easy access to Tahoe and the Sierras was great. Sometimes my wife would call me at work, so I'd be sure to come home on time, and we'd take a picnic and eat dinner at Tahoe.
If you don't gamble, good food and entertainment are cheap. If you do gamble, they are expensive. The probability of being ahead of the house after only 12 hands of blackjack is just a few percent. A dollar slot machine in a good location will pay its owner $5,000 per week. Every casino in town was built with money people lost. On average, casino employees give nearly half their paychecks back to the casinos at the tables.
Schools are pretty good.
If you're raising kids, the environment can best be described as morally corrosive. But you can live there, and raise good kids, if the right other influences are there.
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