Considering a move to Utah (SLC area)

My boss bought a place about 45 mins out of slc he drives in and loves it paid about 350k and got just shy of 4200 square ft and approx 5 acres

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Originally Posted by Sawin

Thats very interesting and unfortunate, Maddog. I'd certainly hate to find myself and wife in a similar situation. What did your former boss do, if you don't mind my asking?

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General Manager of a national fire/alarm/security company.

I hit the road in '95 looking for a place to live. SLC didn't make the list. Lots of chain stores/restaurants. Screwy liquor laws. Knew some people that lived there. Most stayed because of the outdoor activity opportunities.

If I could live/work outside of SLC, I might consider it now. There are other places I'd rather be.

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Originally Posted by th3w01f

All the Mormons I've met have been great people and overall I got the impression that not being LDS wouldn't be a big deal for adults but that it could be difficult on kids in school (being excluded and difficulty making friends). That was the primary issue that took UT off of our list. Also, I was told the further south you go from SLC the more 'Mormon' people become. :)

Career wise it could be an issue working for companies owned by Mormons (not sure but it makes sense) but working for vendors and selling into IT departments in UT, it was never an issue not being LDS.

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Thanks for your reply th3wolf. We have a 7 month old daughter and intend to have at least 1 more child in the next couple of years, so the concept of potentially alienating them in school and making it harder on them to make friends, is definitely a new concern... I'd hope that isn't the case, but I'll definitely keep it in mind when I talk to my family out there.

Growing up in SLC and not being Mormon I had lots of friends who were Mormon and never had any issues with not being Mormon. The biggest thing was being "alone" on Monday nights as it was "Family Home Evening" night!
One thing that was nice was that there was a lot of Scout troops and most all of my friends were Scouts as well. Scouts don't seem as big out here but it could be the times we are in now.

Being I am a beer drinker the liquor laws are weird. No neighborhood liquor stores they are all State ran and few and far between, no cold beer at the LS, closed on Sundays, and the Micro Brew sucks compared to here. Granted we are special out here with all the Micro Breweries! [Beer]

BSA is essentially a youth program with required participation for young LDS males. I believe every stake has a troop and/or pack associated.

I wouldn't have any problem living in SLC. There are other parts of UT that I think I would like better.

I am certain that my wife will not be moving to UT in this lifetime.

If you can find work and an environment that works for your family, go. If it doesn't work out, either come back or find some other place. One of the great things about living in the USA is our ability to be mobile.

Be safe.

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Originally Posted by cstone

BSA is essentially a youth program with required participation for young LDS males. I believe every stake has a troop and/or pack associated.

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Went through the BSA program in TX. Yes, all Mormon males had to put in their time. Some were good and some were...a little deficient.

Did summer camps as a teen. The Mormon kids were begging people to buy them a Coke. This was before the church bought the bottling rights to Coca-Cola. The Mormon troops were a bigger PITA then the mentally handy capped or state school troops combined. The Christian Scientists were the worst. I was the more easy going type and always got stuck with the LDS troops for orientation.

We moved to East Texas last year but Utah was on our short list of places to we considered. We haven't regretted leaving Colorado. It's a great place with the mountains and all but we couldn't stand were it was going politically. And having just watched a special on marijuana in Colorado, yikes, I'm glad we moved. And as a bonus the housing market was on fire.

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Originally Posted by ronaldrwl

We moved to East Texas last year but Utah was on our short list of places to we considered. We haven't regretted leaving Colorado. It's a great place with the mountains and all but we couldn't stand were it was going politically. And having just watched a special on marijuana in Colorado, yikes, I'm glad we moved. And as a bonus the housing market was on fire.

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I've seen that special, or a similar one... "Yikes" is right. I love the mountains too, but I know I can find peace outdoors elsewhere. The direction CO is going politically and socially is not aligned with how we want to raise our family. Economically, CO is doing exceedingly well, at least in part because of the MJ industry, so a portion of our consideration to relocate is coming from the awareness that we'd be able to capture some pretty incredible appreciation/equity in our home at the same time.

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Originally Posted by Sawin

I've seen that special, or a similar one... "Yikes" is right. I love the mountains too, but I know I can find peace outdoors elsewhere. The direction CO is going politically and socially is not aligned with how we want to raise our family. Economically, CO is doing exceedingly well, at least in part because of the MJ industry, so a portion of our consideration to relocate is coming from the awareness that we'd be able to capture some pretty incredible appreciation/equity in our home at the same time.

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Utah Is the place. We're waiting for some things to gel, before selling the homestead. The spouse is on web sites 2-3x a week looking at places between the state line and where 70/15 intersect.