but I don't think that's special to either community. And heck, in Vegas, you can drive 50 K to the next county and trashy hookers are legal.

notfromhere, one of my USAF friends who'd spent time in Doha told me it was the only place she's ever found that's hotter than Vegas - this after two tours in Iraq! ;-) I will miss the Mojave vegetation and the dry heat, though. But, c'mon, NFH - drivers worse than in LA? Not sure that's humanly possible. ;-)

Lucky L, there's yet another similarity! Most of Vegas do not know their neighbors, either! We have a good neighborhood in this Vally, though, and I'm thrilled that we're in a small compound in Doha where folks so far have been very neighborly. We shall see!