Nevada USA
Destination Travel Guide & Hotel Reservations
NEVADA is without doubt the most desolate state in the US, consisting largely of
endless tracts of bleak, empty desert. Its flat sagebrush plains are cut intermittently by
angular mountain ranges, and the lack of rainfall or fertile soil has ensured its
maintenance as untouched wilderness. Apart from the huge acreages given over to mining and
to grazing cattle and sheep, much of Nevada is under the control of the military ,
who use it to test aircraft and weapons systems, including Stealth fighters and atomic
bombs. Dozens of intriguing small communities are scattered around the state, some showing
signs of strong Basque influence. Many more are decrepit roadside ghost towns, often
little more than a gas-station-cum-general-store, flanked by a saloon and perhaps a
brothel - Nevada is the only US state not to have outlawed prostitution , though it
is illegal in Las Vegas.
Though millions of people pass through on their way to and from California, there's
only one real reason why anyone ever visits Nevada, and that is to gamble :
as soon as you cross the state border, you'll be attacked by a 24-hour onslaught of neon
signs and gimmicky architecture, each advertising the best odds and biggest jackpots,
nowhere more than in the surreal oasis of Las Vegas . Even the smaller and more
down-to-earth settlements of Reno and state capital Carson City revolve
around the casino trade. At least the casinos' energetic pursuit of passing trade keeps
rooms and especially food inexpensive, so the towns make good places to break a long
journey - and, with Nevada's relaxed marriage and divorce laws, make or break a
relationship.
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