It was half my life ago that I moved away! I have heard that the place has changed a lot, and I imagine that if I were living there today I would find rather more than the wasteland of strip malls and casinos I remember from the 20th century. I remember the desert with great fondness: I didn't really make any human friends in Reno, but my sense of connection to the wild, wide-open basin and range country spreading out beyond the city will probably last a lifetime.