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Anyone here live in Reno or know the area well?; entered at 2012-06-09 22:31:57

Videopro
Posts: 1917
Registered: 2007-08-03 L.A. Area

John,

One of the best places online to get information about a place within the United States is a site called 'City-Data'

For your city of interest go to this link:

http://www.city-data.com/city/Reno-Nevad....

When they say 'data' they mean it. Like, data on steroids, an exhaustive amount of information about nearly any town or city within the U.S.

There is the cut and dry long list of things such as climate, population makeup, crime rate, even a listing for every toxic location in town. (those that are public record at any rate).

But, where City-data.com really shines is the heavily contributed Forum section where regular people ask and answer 'boots on the ground' questions to get a parochial view of what is really going on in town.

In this case, there is a good one, entitled: 'A year into our move to Reno/Sparks - our thoughts'

http://www.city-data.com/forum/reno-spar....

One interesting passage of many by this one individual, since weather has been a key part of the conversation here in this thread:

Quote:

A few myths about Reno....

-Snowfall... Reno is a desert folks. People who talk about the Snow flat out haven't lived here, or in a place that actually gets snow. Reno is essentially home to a crazy weather reality. It is not uncommon for their to be 6+ inches of snow pouring down in the Sierras - but not even a drop of rain hits the valley.
My sister from LA never believed me when I told her this... you know when she finally did... Driving up here to visit she had to put on chains over the 80... finally got into Reno... and boom... no weather... The Sierras protect the valley. The average winters in Spokane, St. Louis, Chicago, and Philly had by FAR more snow then you get here. Really there were only two storms this year that actually had notable snow down in the valley.... Which is crazy seeing the Sierras themselves are experiencing one of their best snow years in the last couple of decades.

There are over 200 other posts in the forum specifically speaking about Reno. I think you will find a lot of enlightenment by reading through them all.

I have compared the forum contributions to places I know of well or have lived in myself and found them to be highly accurate.

Last modified: 2012-06-09 22:33:50 by videopro

2012-06-09 22:31:57


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