About the City I live in...

I live in a city called Reno. Located in the state of Nevada (don't worry bout how its pronounced either.) From my personal experience I mention where I live and people will have no idea, when you mention Nevada people assume its right down the street from Las Vegas or people will say oh man like that show Reno 911 (fun fact: Reno does not have palm trees).

A little historical background:
Around the time of the mining boom, Reno helped to connected Virginia City with California. Eventually in the 1930's gambling became legal and became America's gambling capitol until the late 1950's. Even was known for easy divorces.

Just in more recent years I was curious to see what Reno looked liked when it was glorious. SO I looked through the Internet, kinda snooped through books in the book store. Overall I find it rather depressing because at one time Reno, NV was this:

So glamorous it did indeed look, with all the people in the postcards dressed up to go the casinos to see the headline shows and to gamble and have a few cocktails.

But due to many bankruptcies and economic hardships, many of these casinos were demolished back in the late 90's and in more recent years much of the abandoned casinos were remodeled into condos.

So now if for some crazy reason you were ever to visit this place you'll see the many once casinos that are missing their sparkling lights and being replaced by some wandering drunk people and a few drugged up crackheads who play musical instruments for money.

Keep in mind its winter now, come summer time there's many special events and fun festivals that distract away from what Reno has transformed into today.

More about Reno Casinos: http://www.sonic.net/~tdn/nevada/nevada1.html