Maybe Moving to SLC area??

[ill-advised strategy]

I'm almost certain I'll be the only one to have this point of view, but here goes:

The best part of Salt Lake for me was being able to own a home as a ski bum, by living in a bad neighborhood. There are no bad neighborhoods in ski towns, you'll never afford to have your own home in a ski town, yet coming from years in CB and Taos, I couldn't fucking believe the dream life I had in Salt Lake: far better skiing, own home, midnight movies at the Tower, artsy fartsy movies downtown, ECHL hockey, drop-in hockey all over town someplace every day, swim at the Steiner aquatic center, tens of thousands of normal (not ski town) single women, interesting public radio, fast internet, any car/motorcycle part or hardware or tool you would ever need within minutes, 3am mexican food, good public transportation any place you'd want to go, spinning downhill bike laps on the UTA Trax, pink floyd show at the planetarium. It was a fucking renaissance in my life of never having lived in a city prior to moving there. Just had to deal with living in a bad neighborhood, which---surprisingly--wasn't really much of an issue at all. Since I lived right near the freeway on-ramp, I was almost as close time-wise as I would have been if I were in Sandy and further from the freeway....plus I was a lot closer to everything else.

The politics are absurd horseshit, but my favorite coworkers and neighbors were momos....they're nice people, and who doesn't like nice people?

I can't say a bad thing about it. Seriously, best times of my life there...only left because I couldn't find a job in the economic collapse of 08.

[dynodonkeyaltabird]

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.

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[delco714]

You're a dildo

Right.. Can you at least explain that? If I am a dildo, you most certainly are a recycled bamboo fuckstick

[ill-advised strategy]

Right.. Can you at least explain that?

Well, see, it's this rubber replacement dick folks use for boning one another.

[skiSilent_skiDeep]

It's not called Summit Dark anymore?

No. The high-brow inhabitants of snyderville basin refer to it as 'SLummit park' these days. haha.

post #6 and #9 are spot on.

[BackInTheSaddle]

What do the Summit Park guys call the high-brow Snyderville basin folk?

No. The high-brow inhabitants of snyderville basin refer to it as 'SLummit park' these days. haha.

[DattMilks]

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.

I recently moved out here with my girlfriend in May and we love it so far. We're young non-religious types who like the outdoors and powder. I wouldn't be to concerned about the Mormon factor especially if you plan on spending your time in the mountains and the outdoors (and Mormons aren't all that bad anyway). I got used to walkability growing up and at my time in school so we picked downtown. Groceries, food, bars, shopping all literally block away with powder less than 45 minutes away. There have been some great neighborhoods mentioned by posters above so I'll repeat a couple of my preferences. Downtown, 9th and 9th (that's the neighborhood around 900 east 90 south), Avenues, Millcreek and anywhere near any canyon is always sweet. A general reference if you can't find a dope spot on the bench near the canyons would be to stay above 2100 south and east of 300 west. (although the area near 3300 south is nice...REI and cool rock gym)

[whyturn]

Maybe Moving to SLC area??

Alright so I don't start another thread. How is Farmington area? Can get an acre with new construction for $250 ish. Want to be between cottonwoods and pow mow. Still looking at north sandy and 40 ish south 9-13 east. The pull is strong and looking for a change. Will follow and take comments like I always do....

[mefa30]

Alright so I don't start another thread. How is Farmington area? Can get an acre with new construction for $250 ish. Want to be between cottonwoods and pow mow. Still looking at north sandy and 40 ish south 9-13 east. The pull is strong and looking for a change. Will follow and take comments like I always do....

Farmington is allright. Farmington has the huge mall and the amusment park.

when I worked in Ogden, I thought past Farmington things got weird.

Im not sure about bike trails, but there is no skiing nearby. There is Snowbasin east of Ogden.

If you want to be near by skiing in Weber county, check out the Moose hollow condos in Eden. They are selling and renting cheap.

[Sirshredalot]

Alright so I don't start another thread. How is Farmington area? Can get an acre with new construction for $250 ish. Want to be between cottonwoods and pow mow. Still looking at north sandy and 40 ish south 9-13 east. The pull is strong and looking for a change. Will follow and take comments like I always do....

Farmington is kinda heavy lds suburbia. It would not be my cup of tea.

[snowaddict91]

Farmington is kinda heavy lds suburbia. It would not be my cup of tea.

Agreed. Also the traffic on 15 for the SLC commute is getting worse every year. If it snows in the valley there's a good chance you'll be stuck in traffic on 15 and then LCC traffic after that.

[whyturn]

Maybe Moving to SLC area??

^^^ Looking at job next to airport so trying to avoid going north on 15 in morning and south on 15 in afternoon. Farmington is 15 miles from airport. Will likely rent first and. Then buy after 6 mos or year
Can buy smaller in north sandy or south salt lake but then further to pow mow on powder days. But this is exactly the info I'm looking for keep it coming.

Curious about centerville, bountiful and north salt lake also. Don't get me wrong love the cottonwoods but also love pow mow and the basin. Getting to skiing is key but daily commute to work also. Want to be living in area with ability to ride bikes from house and less Mormons

[Sirshredalot]

^^^ Looking at job next to airport so trying to avoid going north on 15 in morning and south on 15 in afternoon. Farmington is 15 miles from airport. Will likely rent first and. Then buy after 6 mos or year
Can buy smaller in north sandy or south salt lake but then further to pow mow on powder days. But this is exactly the info I'm looking for keep it coming.

Curious about centerville, bountiful and north salt lake also. Don't get me wrong love the cottonwoods but also love pow mow and the basin. Getting to skiing is key but daily commute to work also. Want to be living in area with ability to ride bikes from house and less Mormons

I would aim for a rental in Salt Lake proper near the U of U, Sugarhouse, or Liberty Park if you're concerned about commute time to the airport and you want to be able to ride MTB from your house and live in a culturally diverse neighborhood. 15 inbound to Salt Lake backs up from both the north and the south: not near as bad as anything you've seen in CA, but it's pretty much the only local corridor that suffers in rush hour traffic. 80 doesn't really back up. Will your work be accessible from the light rail?

There is good MTB near Bountiful, but the sprawl between Salt Lake and Ogden tends to be suburban tract housing, strip malls, and lds temples. You might find it culturally alienating if you aren't lds and you're new to the area. But maybe that's worthwhile to you because you can get a lot of house and you're closer to Snowbasin and PowMow. The conservative thing to do is probably to find a reasonable rental in SLC while you get a feel for the area and decide what trade-offs you're willing to make before you buy.

Also: North Salt Lake is dominated by some very stinky industrial activity. Most notably some refineries. Despite the convenient commuting location, I wouldn't want to live there. But at least they're moving the medical waste burning facility to Tooele!

[snowaddict91]

^Great advice here. Rent for 6 mo or a year in sugarhouse area. You can drive or bike easily to the train and take that towards the airport and miss all the traffic. Under 40 min to the bird and about 1:15 to pow mow. Also walking distance bars, etc. depending where in Sugarhouse/South Salt Lake you are.

[mefa30]

I would aim for a rental in Salt Lake proper near the U of U, Sugarhouse, or Liberty Park if you're concerned about commute time to the airport and you want to be able to ride MTB from your house and live in a culturally diverse neighborhood. 15 inbound to Salt Lake backs up from both the north and the south: not near as bad as anything you've seen in CA, but it's pretty much the only local corridor that suffers in rush hour traffic. 80 doesn't really back up. Will your work be accessible from the light rail?

There is good MTB near Bountiful, but the sprawl between Salt Lake and Ogden tends to be suburban tract housing, strip malls, and lds temples. You might find it culturally alienating if you aren't lds and you're new to the area. But maybe that's worthwhile to you because you can get a lot of house and you're closer to Snowbasin and PowMow. The conservative thing to do is probably to find a reasonable rental in SLC while you get a feel for the area and decide what trade-offs you're willing to make before you buy.

Also: North Salt Lake is dominated by some very stinky industrial activity. Most notably some refineries. Despite the convenient commuting location, I wouldn't want to live there. But at least they're moving the medical waste burning facility to Tooele!

Im going to have to agree with this quote.

I lived in Emigration canyon in 2008 and it was nice as i worked at the u at the base on the canyon and on the other side of the canyon was park city. On the weekends i was a instructor at deer valley.

I assumed that Utah is all similar, well I was very wrong. Utah is a lot like So cal where there is a lot of different vibes in each county/ city.

Im my opinion, Weber county is very redneck and suburban. I did not detect a large lds presence like there is in Utah county. In weber county, expect to be around a lot of lifted trucks and chain stores.

Do you really need the acre? I would rather have quality then quantity. If you are going to be skiing, biking, etc. then what do you need the acre for?

As for the traffic, even on a snow day its not nearly as bad as the 405.