Colorado or Utah?

[sterlinggirl]

SLC is in a better position with water than Denver. That will be good in the long run, and the LDS population is slowly getting smaller in Utah....but they still run the show. Utah is the type of place where a recommendation from your bishop is very helpful if you're looking for a job.

The pollution is horrible in SLC in the wintertime.

Other than that, Utah is absolutely beautiful and doesn't have people stacked on top of each other as much as Denver. If you're comfortable being a minority, its definitely worth a trip to check it out.

Evanston, WY would also be worth a trip if you're near SLC. Lots of Mormons live there, but they don't run the state.

[5280milehiguy]

Wow, where was this forum six years ago when I moved from Texas to Salt Lake City? So I'm not from here, been here almost six years, grew up in Texas, lived on the East Coast for a while, so you could say I'm a definite outsider. Now, I live right downtown, near the TRAX and Trolley Square, so I don't feel like an outsider, and in six years have never been hit on by missionaries for a potential conversion. Anyhow, I don't ski, but I do like going up the mountains on a hot summer day to go biking. I also like the escape up the mountains in the winter when the smog is at its very, very worst. Winters here have been dreary, I can recall an entire month in January one year where the very thick haze just settled in after a big snow storm. Yet, when I flew out of town we got out of the muck in just under a minute and were under perfect blue skies.

That being said, I just don't feel like I fit in very well here (even with the 50/50 mix in the city) and things haven't actually progressed as I had hoped, career wise, and personally. Sometimes I feel the people are very much into themselves, but I've also met some nice people. Now, after some long soul searching and even delays for various reasons, I'm packing up for Denver. In fact, I'm going this weekend for my first serious relocation trip. Now, I've been going to CO for sometime, as I do now have family in the State, so for me it's a no brainer, I know where I prefer and I'm looking for a much more city-urban lifestyle than SLC can provide. Not to say there is no urban feel here, but it is much less urban that what I'm looking for. So to say go to Utah, I'd probably just say it wasn't the right fit for me, then or now.

BTW, I look forward to hitting the Denver bars without my stack of membership cards, lol!!

[McGowdog]

I've usually only seen Utah when driving from Colorado to Vegas for business or whatever... reason. So I'm a bit familiar with Utah along I-70 and I-15 south to St. George. When travelling along 70 west, what an amazing place! It's like being on Mars or Venus or something!

Prior to a couple of weeks ago, I've only seen SLC via the airport. We just drove from Colorado to NoCal via I-80, so I got to see SLC a bit. Oh, I did also drive from Seattle to home a couple of years ago, so I saw Ogden a bit back then.

This time, as we drove from Wyoming into Utah, there was this fantastic lake! Near Coalville I guess. Echo? Echo Res? Anyway, it was into Park City prior to SLC, and I was impressed. It looked like a pretty cool and upscale resort town. Then SLC looked pretty compact and intimate to me. I'd like to stop in and check it out sometime. The booze issue isn't a problem for me anymore. Neither is the tobacco thing. Now if I could just stop with the coffee! Anyway, I would really like to check out the Tabernacle. We saw it from the road. The place was huge! But we had some road to burn as we were heading to Elko as we had reservations for the night on our way to the Redwoods in Humboldt County the next day.

As we left SLC, we saw the airport and that was pretty much it. Just Morton Salt Company and some white stuff off in the distance...for many many miles! This stuff wasn't snow either . Check it out;

[Spincycle]

IIRC the 80s movie w/Kevin Bacon - Footloose - was filmed in some part of UT. Can anyone verify?

[steveindenver]

If you have to ask, move to Utah.

[UTorCO?]

Originally Posted by steveindenver

If you have to ask, move to Utah.

Didn't realize this forum was only for people who were 100% certain that CO is the best.

Thanks to all who provided input. We're going to go check out what are said to be the more "progressive" areas of SLC and then make a decision. Certainly CO has a lot going for it...just want to look into all options!!