Here's the list I spoke of yesterday...

The things I liked:

The first thing I noticed was how nice the air smelled. There is a certain sweet, crisp quality to it. I believe it's called fresh air.
There was not a single house that was tan stucco with a red spanish tile roof. I swear every single house built here since the mid 80's is like that.
The city, even downtown, is very clean. Never really noticed how much trash you see in Vegas until now.
The light rail is also very clean. It had regular people on it, not weirdos like when you ride the city bus here.
No slot machines.
I don't remember seeing any pan handler's "will work for food" or homeless people. Maybe they keep them somewhere I didn't go, or maybe the city actually tries to take care of it's residents.
The buildings downtown are HUGE. Unlike the gaudy, neon covered hotels here these were very elegant looking.
You can go just a few miles one way or another and be in different terrain. Ponds, parks, trees, mountains and what looked like prairie.
The people are friendly. Probably all that fresh air.
Starbucks is everywhere. We were sitting next to a Starbucks and there was one across the street in a bookstore.
The tap water is not hard so it doesn't dry out my skin and hair(I remembered that from when my uncle lived there).
Groceries are cheaper.
The apartments there are amazing looking. Again, no stucco with red or blue tile roofs or off-pink wood siding. The apartments here don't even care if the colors look right together. My friend's apartment was one of the nicest I've ever seen.
It was kinda hot on one of the days, yet when you get in the shade you cool right off. The breeze felt cool, not like a hair dryer sucking all the moisture from you.
You don't have to walk through a casino to get to a movie theater, concert or restaurant.

Ok, there's only a couple things I didn't like:

The airport is out pretty far from town and there's a toll road going to it? I thought that was weird.
The oxygen is thin. On one hand I'm a cheap drunk, on the other hand I'm winded after walking a half mile (I normally walk/jog 2 miles without being winded).
No Roberto's.
No In 'N Out.

I'll get over that.