Oh yeah. I'd call it the asshole of American "urbanism" as well.
Gated communities everywhere (in less wealthy parts, the gates just mean a big concrete wall with one entry/exit), unsustainable green lawns (though some do have traditional desert scrub and interesting rock gardens), smog that's as bad as LA sometimes, as the city is enclosed on all four sides by mountains, and growing really, really quickly - the first or second fastest growing metropolitan area in the US and Canada. The downtown, apart from the old casinos and Fremont Street, is full of bailbondsmen, the huge county jail, the courthouses, pawn shops and law offices, and not much else. Like I said, I hated it, but also found it really interesting at the same time.