Fear and Loathing in Reno

On leaving one dystopia for another

Geiger Grade Road in the Virginia City Highlands, looking west toward Lake Tahoe.

My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate.

Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Only in America would you have a juxtaposed 'Silver' and 'Golden' state: One a desert Mad Max frontier region with the …