greatest time to judge a city. And five nices in a luxury hotel do
not expose you to the real flavor. But things like that never stopped
me before. So here I go.
Reno and Tallahassee are about the same size. One is a state Capitol
- the other is 20 miles from the Capitol. Reno is split in two by
I-80 - the transcontinental railroad - and the Truckee River.
Tallahassee has I-10 and Cascade Park.
Reno has an arid climate and gets less than 10 inches of rain a year
- while Tallahassee is closer to tropical - with lots more rain. We
have experienced temperatures from 35 to 75 here - Tallahassee
probably has had 60s to 80s. Tallahassee would win the tree wars -
from the top of its Capitol you can't see the city for the trees.
Reno has lots of nice trees in town - but outside the town you can
see for 30 miles because of the lack of tall trees. We have not had
anything that could be considered precipitation here.
Reno thrives because of legal gambling - they even have legal
prostitution outside the city. If you have seen "Reno 911" on the
Comedy Channel - you can see that Reno does have an inferiority
complex to Las Vegas. Reno is to Vegas as Tallahassee is to Orlando/
Miami.
The poor people in Reno lose their money to slot machines and black
jack table while the poor people in Tallahassee waste their money on
the lottery and the dog tracks.
Reno was settled in the area when the railroad came through from the
east and west. Tallahassee was settled when they couldn't make their
mind up whether to put the Capitol in Pensacola or Saint Augustine.
Reno has the University of Nevada Wolfpack and Tallahassee has the
Seminoles.
Right now Reno has the Trailing Spouse and in a few days he will be
back home in Tallahassee. On to Lake Tahoe.
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