Personally, I like it where I live because we're centrally located and there's plenty to do here.
If you want something different, Springfield, Eugene and the Willamette valley are just an hour and a half trip over the Cascade mountains. Portland is about a 2 hour drive up Hwy 26. If you want to see the coast, that's about a 3 hour drive.
We also have a commercial airport here in Redmond. There are direct flights from Las Vegas to Redmond.