[callahanrts]

Reno, NV is growing a lot. Primarily engineers go to IGT or Bally’s and work with slot machines, but the tech scene overall is growing. We have a great CS department at UNR and school is fairly cheap here. Taxes are low, but cost of housing is rising. Some of that is because of Tesla and Google. I think a lot of people are moving here from the bay because of housing costs.

Other nice aspects:

- There are tons of breweries, restaurants, and bars littered through downtown/midtown.

- We have a ton of festivals that shut down the streets downtown (Italian festival, chicken wing festival, hot august nights, brews and blues, and the rib cookoff).

- The Truckee River runs right through downtown and makes for some very pretty views.

- There’s a huge art scene and a ton of blank walls on buildings are being covered in murals.

- The weather is great all year round. Usually we hit 100s only for a week or so in the summer. It snows here but it melts in a day because we get so much sun.

- We’re within an hour’s drive of Tahoe, other lakes, and a dozen ski resorts.