Ok, first of all I will say right now isn't the best time to look for a house. The market has imploded and everything is pretty over-priced.
Nevertheless, it all depends where you want to live. I myself prefer the East side of town.
Right now I live 10 minutes away from the Strip, 10 minutes away from all three freeways, and 5 minutes away from the Airport. The houses around me are older *made in the 80-90s* and in my opinion a lot better than some of the newer cookie cutter ones. A lot of them also have the older pools before it hit regulations *my parents live here and still have their 10ft deep pool in the backyard*
So, check out some things in the 89120-89121 zip code. Other than that the westside seems to be doing decently as well
Hope I could help!