DEATH VALLEY — It's triple-digit hot about five months of the year. There is no doctor, dentist or drugstore, no fast food or video store. No barbershop, beauty salon, movie theater. The nearest shopping is an hour's drive away in Pahrump, Nev., a town with two stoplights. The closest high school is 45 miles from here in Beatty, Nev. Las Vegas, the next city of any size, is more than two hours by car.
http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/10/local/me-8861