It s all what you make of it ... both offer both high and low density population areas, both offer water and mountains, both offer people who are wonderful as well as people who are boring ***-holes, both offer a wide range of weather patterns.
We do mean Washington the District of Columbia, not the State, right? If D.C., then I don t how it s better to live in it than Nevada nor vice-versa. I ve been to D.C. once and Nevada once or twice (just not to Vegas for the casinos).
Which is better an apple or and orange?