Comments by "Felicia Sampson" (@feliciasampson8032) on "Why Nobody Lives in Nevada." video.

@ Stanley Paul Photography: one bedroom apartments at RED (the old Parklane Shopping Center site) go up to around $2,800/month. Studios in midtown are ridiculous for what you get. I work about 45 hrs/week and struggle from paycheck to paycheck. The high desert has its beauty and I love the Mustangs, but it's just not worth living here anymore!
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Oh, Reno is getting crazy expensive. Crime is rising...mostly property theft but hitting pedestrians is on the rise. Tahoe is now out of reach as far as housing goes. I'm grateful I enjoyed Tahoe before it became Silicon Sierra! Another issue: in a winter like this, if you need to get to Sacramento or the Bay Area, you have to traverse a mountain pass (e.g., Donner Pass, Echo Summit). Several times this year, those roads have closed due to excessive amounts of snow. So access is reduced, thereby making Reno feel pretty isolated. Great video...and another storm incoming!
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I'm a Tahoe girl, and have found the Reno summers to be brutally hot...the winters are a piece of cake...I wish we got more snow on the valley floor!
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I lived in Tahoe for years and recall shopping in Reno because it was so cheap compared to shopping at the lake. I moved to Reno (near Plumas and Moana), and am amazed at how expensive it is getting here. I love my job, and have a season pass for Mt. Rose, but it's not worth the struggle to stay afloat.
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@thelonggame9166 I'm too much of a wimp for Las Vegas! I was at Mt. Rose Thursday morning and it was 21 degrees...the snow was very firm but the temp felt perfect!
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@DesertRat332 wow...I'm miserable when it hits 60° in the sun.
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@pics395 gotcha...feel that way about Tahoe. I was living the dream (in both states) for years until it became nearly impossible. It's just ridiculous there now...feeling bittersweet myself.
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@thelonggame9166 the best weather in Nevada, imho is at the lake...Incline, Glenbrook, Cave Rock, Zephyr Cove, Round Hill and Stateline. Kingsbury gets a lot of snow, especially Upper Kingsbury, but you get great lake views and you're close to Stagecoach and Boulder parking lots to ski Nevada side of Heavenly. In the Carson Valley, South of Carson and Genoa, Minden and Gardnerville are really growing. Carson City is really built up. Reno is very urban now in the midtown-downtown areas.
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@thelonggame9166 oops my mistake...it was 16° at 10:00 AM and quite comfortable. It got up to low 30's by mid-afternoon. Not cold at all. I prefer it between 20-55 with no wind. When I was a mountain host at Sugar Bowl, it would often be in the teens with enough wind to blow over sandwich boards...that was a bit chilly. And when it would get down to single digits at the lake, my car doors would sometimes be frozen shut. One time my key broke in the lock. But the coldest I recall was -15° when we were skiing at Northstar.
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@thelonggame9166 I'm not sure what you mean by the Lake Effect, but hope I didn't turn you off from the area. I lived in Tahoe for many years, and other than the influx of remote workers from the Bay Area (sorry guys!), the crowds, traffic, road rage, rising crime and crazy cost of living, it is still one of the most beautiful places on this planet. I'm sad because of the changes in the last several years. There was such a push to stimulate the local economy that it adversely affected what was so special about this area...the small mountain town feel just isn't there anymore. The local joke was that you would go into Raley's for a couple of items and leave 45 minutes later because you ran into so many people you knew. The last time I went into a Tahoe grocery store, I recognized one person, and she was a checker...and in a foul mood. I get that places need to stay relevant to stay alive, but the trend in Tahoe has been to cater to the wealthy, to continue the trend of affluent out-of-towners buying vacation homes (that would often sit vacant much of the time, or be used for Airbnbs, to the consternation of neighbors who have to get up early to go to work!). There's a push on to revitalize King's Beach on the North Shore to accommodate local workers as well as the rich. I believe there's been some push-back on this but I think a public meeting is coming up. Since I left in 2018, several complexes have gone up, including a gated community behind the Stateline casinos (another wildlife habitat gone). I totally get why people want to live here, but Tahoe has become a victim of its popularity and beauty. The Washoe and Carson valleys have also been impacted, though there is still room to grow...if there is a water supply. And it never gets as hot as Las Vegas, which a good friend lovingly refers to as the "third floor of hell"! Cheers!
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@JimmyMon666 Reno is too hot for me at least 6-7 months out of the year...brutal!
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@DENVEROUTDOORMAN I prefer mountains and big water to deserts, though I know a lot of people who find beauty in the desert. Just not my thing.
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@DENVEROUTDOORMAN in 1990, I spent about a month in Avon, helping my boyfriend get settled. We were from Hermosa Beach (So. California) so the shift in temperature and altitude took quite an adjustment! It was September, and there were hot days followed by afternoon thundershowers. They were so refreshing...except for the time I was riding my bike to Vail...lol. That was a little too refreshing!
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I ended up in Reno after getting burned out on what was happening in Tahoe...Reno is quickly heading in that direction...but there's never a long line at Starbucks 😆
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@JimmyRussle I've seen that, so the best option is to pick a locale where you like it enough that the cost of living doesn't destroy your spirit. Mt. Rose is still a relative bargain, and a few laps on the mountain can be quite uplifting. I lived in the boonies for two years...never again...and the rent wasn't cheap!
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