The bypassed east and Las Vegas are the ultimate opposites, one is surrounded by water whereas the other is land locked, one is full of life, giant m&m's and probably uses more electricity in a day than the other uses in a year. Unlike the bypassed east, Las Vegas is usually always hot, does not receive a large amount of precipitation, and is definitely not the city most think of when asked about mountain ranges or any other type of physical region for that matter. One thing that Las Vegas and the bypassed east have in common is that farming is not easy in either place. In the bypassed east "farming has declined due to the rocky soils and hilly terrain." (130) Las Vegas is not the ideal place for farming either as it is in the middle of the desert, and this type of terrain, as one can imagine, is not desirable among farmers. Vegas has become heavily populated in recent years which is one of the main differences between itself and the bypassed east which is a sparsely populated region. There are many differences between the bypassed east and Las Vegas, but if these differences did not exist then Vegas would not be the unique place that we know and love.
Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada
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