I'm probably the odd man out. I LOATHE Las Vegas and all its tacky theme park-level facsimiles of genuinely great things in the world. Vegas is my idea of a ring of hell. Where a bunch of retirees go for "a good time" drinking the majority of the day and wasting money on slots and questionable entertainment. (Then again, that's been my personal experience and I've yet to see anything that convinces me otherwise.)
As for the view of the desert... well, it's our thing here so... I'm generally good with most of it so long as it's pure unadulterated nature and not with a bunch of industrial crap, buildings, and busy roads.