I’d find a way to live cheaply in Las Vegas. It’s a vibrant city with lots of access to everything. If you want to live close, but not in Vegas, how about Pahrump?
Pahrump?
...man, then I’d be out at Front Sight every weekend for fire arms training. Pretty windy area, but growing and inexpensive and 45 minutes from LV... good possible choice.
ymmv