God Bless America. I think I could be very happy in your little town. It sounds warm and inviting. Las Vegas has a lot of locals, but it's quite transit too. It's also a city that caters to tourists.
Tourism is it's chief money maker.
It's hotel central. All the shop windows have American Flags in their displays. I've seen lots of cars with Flags on their antenas. Both issues are highly collectible. I watched a news program last night that said Las Vegas might have been a future target.