Las Vegas sits on alluvial valley soils where caliche/hard layers can make post holes a pain and can push runoff to the pool and wash out around posts during monsoon bursts—so the structure matters as much as the boards. The climate is the big bully: triple-digit heat and abundant sunshine accelerate drying and checking, while wind events can rack a fence once posts loosen even a little. Material-wise, cedar is often favored for drier climates, while redwood is commonly positioned as strongest where moisture is the main enemy (still workable here, just pricey). Seasonally, the “Vegas pattern” is boards shrinking and cracking through summer, then revealing fastener movement and gate alignment issues when temps swing. For a high-ticket build that stays straight, we lean toward steel-post framing with wood pickets/rails (or higher-grade metal systems) so the fence doesn’t depend on wood posts surviving heat + runoff cycles.