Writer Jacques Leslie, in his Harper's Magazine article of July 2000, made this statement:

"Las Vegas is America's city of fantasy, and water, not wealth, is its greatest fantasy of all. Comment on this statement using information from this chapter.

What will be an ideal response


Answers may vary but should focus around the comments in the Core Case Study that indicate if it were not for dams on the Colorado River, the area we know as Las Vegas would be uninhabited desert.

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