I'm not a big fan of Reno. We go to Tahoe about once a year, and my experience with it is limited: an afternoon or evening here or there. To visit, I would definitely skip it. A lot of low-rent casinos full of gambling degenerates slinging dice at 2 in the afternoon. No way, that's me...never mind.

Like any city in Nevada, the people who live/work there 365 days a year will have a much different opinion. There are obviously "normal" jobs in Reno and "normal" people living there who don't work in the gambling industry. Therefore, it stands to reason that there are nice neighborhoods to choose from if you were to move there. (I have 1 friend who lives in Vegas hardly ever sets foot in a casino. The only time he is on the Strip is when his gambling degenerate friends...not sure who that would be - ask him to meet up at a craps table.)