What's the appeal of the southwest?

[CastletonSnob]

Genuine question. I had to drive to Las Vegas for my sister's wedding last month, and I drove through Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. I have no idea why people live in that region. There's huge stretches of nothing, you have to deal with droughts, the heat is unbearable, and there are deadly creatures like snakes and scorpions.

 

[Zinger]

Steve-O is from New Mexico

That's pretty cool, I guess.

 

[gluehuffer1776]

scorpions and tex mes

 

[Simple Southerner]

It's not California

 

[genecop]

 

[RogerB08]

Good Mexican food?

 

[HARRISON_3]

Good Mexican food?

Yup.

 

[Pride23]

No state income tax in Nevada. Vegas is close to California.

 

[Thrawn33]

It's not California

I'd say SD and everything along the boarder is pretty SW

 

[RichardLasomo]

Low humidity
People like you don’t live there

 

[Cole train]

Meth

 

[JSN]

I find the landscape pretty beautiful. I also like the low humidity and lack of allergens.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Desert Racing!

 

[sweetviolenturg]

Vistas like this from my backyard:

 

[sweetviolenturg]

If I could I'd move back to Arizona in a minute. It's amazing, I love the heat & it sure as hell beats the northeast & the midwest.

 

[lostdog000]

california is very nice
just way too expensive

 

[Karl_Hungus]

Old people used to like it because it was cheap and warm, with low humidity. Some asthma sufferers as well. Add in the weirdos who want to get away from people, and there ya go. Cali is turning more and more third world every day.

 

[Otto!]

Steve-O is from New Mexico

That's pretty cool, I guess.

 

[gspieler]

Relatively non-crowded
Low cost of living
No winter
Modern cities
National parks/outdoor activities
Mexican food
Not California

 

[Fedorisbest]

Cheaper living, weather