As we were leaving our hotel this morning, the bellman asked me what I thought of LasVegas. Having learned he had lived in Colorado himself and would be familiar with our state's SE often dry and barren nearly desert plains, I answered him with the same words I told Adelia as we first approached the city: "This place is not so special - just looks like Pueblo, Colorado, but on steroids."
To which the bellman replied, "You're right - I've just never heard it put that way."