Maybe Moving to SLC area??

[Snowy Spartan]

Hey y'all

I have an opportunity to get out of the ski industry and get a "real" job in the salt lake area

I've been in vail and jackson. I like Wyoming whiskey and Colorado beer.


Am I barking up the wrong tree? Is Utah to Mormon like for me to be happy? If I move to the greater salt lake area, where should I live?


Thanks y'all.

[dynodonkeyaltabird]

If you're worried about whiskey and beer you have nothing to worry about.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Provo is nice...If you enjoy soaking and 24 year Old divorcees with 3 kids.

[delco714]

I hope this thread takes off with more sincerity.. The wife and I have been considering slc area to practice. ..seems to be decent medicine out there.

[mall walker]

It's a pretty fun city if you live right downtown. Can't speak to the burbs or the Mormons though as I work from home. Some alright bars, plenty of booze. Still 30ish mins to Alta.

I mean don't move here it sucks...

[jmedslc]

ahhh another "Movin' to Utah' thread. First off, as for CO beer, if you like Fat Tire, you're in business, as I believe it's the only Colorado beer that Utah sells. They even make a 3.2 version now!

If you would like to reside in SLC area, I'd say SLC or Park City are the best places to choose. Personally i'd choose Sugarhouse again if i were moving to SLC, as there is cultural diversity (as much as utah has) and nightlife close by. If smoggy, dirty air bothers you, you'll need to get high and live above the cloud in Park City, Emigration, Big or Little cottonwood canyons. A lot of skier types live in Sandy, Cottonwood Heights and Holladay, but I could not deal w the heavy religious suburbia aspect. Californians recently invaded Daybreak and Draper, but those neighborhoods are incredibly isolated, the roads are poorly planned and on my few trips out that way, i felt like I was in an episode of Weeds.

SLC has a solid medicine contingent with both University Hospital system and Intermountain Healthcare. i know a number of successful physicians, nurses and IT people in healthcare sector, most of whom arrived here after school from somewhere else.

Utah is a beautiful place to live, but it's not for everyone. The Mormons do indeed run the show....as far as booze, taxis, general politicking/law making and the fact that nearly every business (including restaurants) are closed on Sunday....and if that's a big problem for you, then you won't do well here.

good luck! Lots of Utahns on the board, so i bet you'll get some decent info.

[joetron]

ahhh another "Movin' to Utah' thread. First off, as for CO beer, if you like Fat Tire, you're in business, as I believe it's the only Colorado beer that Utah sells. They even make a 3.2 version now!

If you would like to reside in SLC area, I'd say SLC or Park City are the best places to choose. Personally i'd choose Sugarhouse again if i were moving to SLC, as there is cultural diversity (as much as utah has) and nightlife close by. If smoggy, dirty air bothers you, you'll need to get high and live above the cloud in Park City, Emigration, Big or Little cottonwood canyons. A lot of skier types live in Sandy, Cottonwood Heights and Holladay, but I could not deal w the heavy religious suburbia aspect. Californians recently invaded Daybreak and Draper, but those neighborhoods are incredibly isolated, the roads are poorly planned and on my few trips out that way, i felt like I was in an episode of Weeds.

SLC has a solid medicine contingent with both University Hospital system and Intermountain Healthcare. i know a number of successful physicians, nurses and IT people in healthcare sector, most of whom arrived here after school from somewhere else.

Utah is a beautiful place to live, but it's not for everyone. The Mormons do indeed run the show....as far as booze, taxis, general politicking/law making and the fact that nearly every business (including restaurants) are closed on Sunday....and if that's a big problem for you, then you won't do well here.

good luck! Lots of Utahns on the board, so i bet you'll get some decent info.

This is an excellent response, and I only need to add that Oskar Blues beers are now available too. Not every liquor sto', but I think 33rd, Holladay and C-Wood locations. The dysfunctional malt liquor shitshow that is the Sugarhouse store does not have them in my experience.

[snowaddict91]

This is an excellent response, and I only need to add that Oskar Blues beers are now available too. Not every liquor sto', but I think 33rd, Holladay and C-Wood locations. The dysfunctional malt liquor shitshow that is the Sugarhouse store does not have them in my experience.

Thank you for this post, have been impatiently checking the liquor stores weekly since December. Oh well, going to CO next week anyhow.

Lots of good info in here so far. I agree that it's not for everyone. But for pure access to skiing SLC is off the hook.

Medicine/Bio industry strong here as well.

[pvars]

We could have moved anywhere and chose SLC entirely for the skiing. If you need to be near a big city it cant be beat. I live in SLC and Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, Park City and awesome backcountry are all about 25 minutes from my house. It goes without saying that the combination of terrain and consistency and quality of snowfall is unrivaled. There's also great hiking and climbing 0-25 minutes from home. June and July can be brutally hot - that's my biggest complaint and there's not much water to play in, but again you're minutes from the cooler air in the mountains. Second complaint is air quality, but this is really only an issue mid December through mid February, sometimes in summer if there are wildfires up wind. If storms come through frequently which happens in normal winters it clears out the air and really never gets that bad. The bad days can be really bad, but, this year for instance, there really haven't been any. Alcohol is very available. Bar and restaurant scene is fine by me, but we don't go out that often. Wikipedia says mormons make up 34%-41% of SLC population while rural areas are overwhelmingly mormon. That seems right. If you live downtown or on the east side of the city from the Avenues to University of Utah to Sugarhouse to Millcreek to Olympus Cove you'll find plenty of educated, worldly, non-religious outdoor types to hang out with. Hasn't been an issue for our family. Schools aren't great because our republican government won't fund them, but you can send your kids to any one you want and there are better ones (they are all in the neighborhoods I mentioned). Cost of living is better than most alternatives. Five national parks within 4-5 hours driving distance. Jackson Hole is 4.5 hours. Sun Valley 4 hours or so. Aspen, Telluride, Silverton are 6-7 hours. Pretty happy here. Hate the state-level politics so I ignore it. It could be too mormon if you lived in the wrong neighborhood, but you can find spots where this won't be a problem. Highly recommended.

Personally, I don't get the Park City love you'll hear about on here. To me, its expensive condo sprawl near the worst skiing in the Wasatch. I like the bigger city and the cottonwoods.

[Sirshredalot]

We could have moved anywhere and chose SLC entirely for the skiing. If you need to be near a big city it cant be beat. I live in SLC and Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, Park City and awesome backcountry are all about 25 minutes from my house. It goes without saying that the combination of terrain and consistency and quality of snowfall is unrivaled. There's also great hiking and climbing 0-25 minutes from home. June and July can be brutally hot - that's my biggest complaint and there's not much water to play in, but again you're minutes from the cooler air in the mountains. Second complaint is air quality, but this is really only an issue mid December through mid February, sometimes in summer if there are wildfires up wind. If storms come through frequently which happens in normal winters it clears out the air and really never gets that bad. The bad days can be really bad, but, this year for instance, there really haven't been any. Alcohol is very available. Bar and restaurant scene is fine by me, but we don't go out that often. Wikipedia says mormons make up 34%-41% of SLC population while rural areas are overwhelmingly mormon. That seems right. If you live downtown or on the east side of the city from the Avenues to University of Utah to Sugarhouse to Millcreek to Olympus Cove you'll find plenty of educated, worldly, non-religious outdoor types to hang out with. Hasn't been an issue for our family. Schools aren't great because our republican government won't fund them, but you can send your kids to any one you want and there are better ones (they are all in the neighborhoods I mentioned). Cost of living is better than most alternatives. Five national parks within 4-5 hours driving distance. Jackson Hole is 4.5 hours. Sun Valley 4 hours or so. Aspen, Telluride, Silverton are 6-7 hours. Pretty happy here. Hate the state-level politics so I ignore it. It could be too mormon if you lived in the wrong neighborhood, but you can find spots where this won't be a problem. Highly recommended.

Personally, I don't get the Park City love you'll hear about on here. To me, its expensive condo sprawl near the worst skiing in the Wasatch. I like the bigger city and the cottonwoods.

I live in parley's summit, on the edge of pc, for a few reasons. Better public schools. Fewer days with shit air quality. Great mtb trail access. Easy commute downtown when I need it.

If I were childless and/or didn't bike during the summer, I would probably live in sugar house, mill creek, Liberty park area or cottonwood heights. All those areas can be pretty nice. It just depends what you're looking for.

[pvars]

Yeah, Parley's Summit is cool. We looked there. I can see the appeal.

[muted]

Yeah, Parley's Summit is cool. We looked there. I can see the appeal.

Silver Summit neighborhood would be nice, too. I love to ski LCC and am 30 minutes away, but I would rather have biking out my door in the summer with cooler temps. 5 years ago, I wanted to be closer to LCC, now I don't care as much.

[BackInTheSaddle]

It's not called Summit Dark anymore?

Yeah, Parley's Summit is cool. We looked there. I can see the appeal.

[Sirshredalot]

It's not called Summit Dark anymore?

My place is okay, but if you're up in the pines in upper summit park it is mostly the dark side of the moon.

If you'll excuse me, I need to go shovel off my roof.

[mall walker]

Downtown still underrated somehow? So many good bars and eats, cheap as fuck. For what I paid for a studio in queens I have floor-to-ceiling windows looking at the Wasatch, a parking garage, a pool...