Possibly Moving to Salt Lake City. Pros and Cons? And Where Are The Best Places To Live? (Ogden: real estate, apartment)

[scottcolby]

Hi there!

I currently live in Denver, Colorado and I'm considering moving to Salt Lake City, in part, to find a more affordable and less crowded place to live, as well as to be closer to the mountains

I'm single, in my 40s, love the outdoors for hiking, biking and kayaking (although I don't ski or board). I run my own online business, and work from home and coffee shops. I do enjoy being able to walk to places (coffee shops, restaurants) and also enjoy being close to trails and water (lakes, rivers). I'm not Mormon, and have no kids.

What are some of the pros and cons of living in Salt Lake City itself and where are the best areas of Salt Lake City to live? Any places to avoid the inversion? I am looking to rent.... $1100 or less if possible (rents in Denver are out of control. $1600 and up for a 1 bedroom). I tend to like newer places.

Thank you!

Scott

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by scottcolby

Hi there!

I currently live in Denver, Colorado and I'm considering moving to Salt Lake City, in part, to find a more affordable and less crowded place to live, as well as to be closer to the mountains

I'm single, in my 40s, love the outdoors for hiking, biking and kayaking (although I don't ski or board). I run my own online business, and work from home and coffee shops. I do enjoy being able to walk to places (coffee shops, restaurants) and also enjoy being close to trails and water (lakes, rivers). I'm not Mormon, and have no kids.

What are some of the pros and cons of living in Salt Lake City itself and where are the best areas of Salt Lake City to live? Any places to avoid the inversion? I am looking to rent.... $1100 or less if possible (rents in Denver are out of control. $1600 and up for a 1 bedroom). I tend to like newer places.

Thank you!

Scott

You might want to consider Sugar House, downtown, or 9th and 9th. You won't avoid the inversion there, but there's really no where in the Salt Lake City area where you will. You'd have to go up near Park City in order to do that, and then you're back up in the high rent district.

[scottcolby]

Thank you! I was in Salt Lake last weekend, and do like the Sugar House and 9th and 9th area...especially 9th and 9th. Any particular apartment communities you know of that way that are good? Any particular spots in downtown that are better than others? Thanks!

Originally Posted by Katzpur

You might want to consider Sugar House, downtown, or 9th and 9th. You won't avoid the inversion there, but there's really no where in the Salt Lake City area where you will. You'd have to go up near Park City in order to do that, and then you're back up in the high rent district.

[Code Stemi]

Alpine, tucked at the base of the mountains, almost always avoids the inversion. I lived there for a few years and it was usually crisp and clear in the winter. Also check out Suncrest development at point of the mountain. The elevation there above the valley can sometimes escape the inversion/smog. Lots of wildlife up there.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by scottcolby

Thank you! I was in Salt Lake last weekend, and do like the Sugar House and 9th and 9th area...especially 9th and 9th. Any particular apartment communities you know of that way that are good? Any particular spots in downtown that are better than others? Thanks!

Generally speaking, east of West Temple is safer and more desirable than west, and south is better than north. I'm sure there are exceptions, though.

[Curious.In.California]

Originally Posted by scottcolby

I currently live in Denver, Colorado and I'm considering moving to Salt Lake City, in part, to find a more affordable and less crowded place to live, as well as to be closer to the mountains

Hey Scott - I've lived in both SLC and Denver (I lived south in the Lone Tree area, off of Park Meadows Dr. near the Park Meadows Mall). I loved that area! It was so nice and new (at least it was back during the time when I lived there back in 2003-2004).

I actually preferred Denver because CO gets more sunshine in the winter and no inversion to worry about. As far as rents go...I'm not sure...I live in San Diego now so everywhere else seems like a bargain compared to here. 1-bedrooms are going for $2,200 here!

If you want less crowds and to be closer to the mountains, have you thought about Colorado Springs? I used to live there as well and I really enjoyed it. Hilly, cleaner air and loved those summer afternoon thunderstorms!

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Suncrest has a potential to slide iff the mountain. Search this forum and also the SL Tribune.

[kletter1mann]

Originally Posted by scottcolby

Hi there!

I currently live in Denver, Colorado and I'm considering moving to Salt Lake City, in part, to find a more affordable and less crowded place to live, as well as to be closer to the mountains

I'm single, in my 40s, love the outdoors for hiking, biking and kayaking (although I don't ski or board). I run my own online business, and work from home and coffee shops. I do enjoy being able to walk to places (coffee shops, restaurants) and also enjoy being close to trails and water (lakes, rivers). I'm not Mormon, and have no kids.

What are some of the pros and cons of living in Salt Lake City itself and where are the best areas of Salt Lake City to live? Any places to avoid the inversion? I am looking to rent.... $1100 or less if possible (rents in Denver are out of control. $1600 and up for a 1 bedroom). I tend to like newer places.

Thank you!

Scott

Hiking here is superb, no doubt about it. So is mountain biking. Road biking in the immediate SLC area, not so much unless you like very long, uninterrupted brutal climbs and descents. Pleasant, rolling country riding isn't on the menu, or at least I haven't found it. There are rivers, but the lakes and reseviours are underwhelming at best. (This might be a particular issue for me, since I'm accustomed to the ocean and lakes in the Adirondacks and New England. What's here is gross in comparison. I very much miss the ocean.) You may not ski or ride now, but if you move here I'd seriously consider starting. You're not too old and the snow sports here pretty much define world class.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by kletter1mann

You may not ski or ride now, but if you move here I'd seriously consider starting. You're not too old and the snow sports here pretty much define world class.

As a non-skier, I second this recommendation. I did ski when I was much younger, but the equipment was so poor back in the dark ages, and I always had to take a ski bus, which wasn't much fun, so I eventually stopped. As much as I hate winter, I really do wish I had taken up skiing again in my 30 s or 40s. Now, at 69, I don't think so. I can certainly understand how the winters would pass so much more quickly if I could look forward to the weekends every day while at work.

[slomofo]

Originally Posted by SouthernBelleInUtah

Suncrest has a potential to slide iff the mountain. Search this forum and also the SL Tribune.

The entire Wasatch front is in danger of falling off or into the earth when the "big one" hits. That big earthquake is bound to hit us hard any day now. I've been hearing about the big one since the 1989 World Series and preparing for it ever since. I've moved far away from the San Andreas fault line where I used to live as well as the dozens of Wasatch fault lines although I am planning on moving to Bakersfield before real estate skyrockets when the big one turns it into beach front property.

I currently live at an undisclosed location in an underground bunker that's safe from flash floods, global warming, earthquakes, nuclear attacks, terrorist attacks, space Nazis from the dark side of the Moon, and Martian Invaders. My bunker doubles up as the largest sea faring ship in the world which is necessary to save all the animals of the earth for when the flood waters come after the rapture. My entire wardrobe is made of tinfoil and I'm not talking about that knockoff aluminum foil either, I'm takin real deal tin because it not only wards off evil spirits, but it also blocks the gamma rays the government uses to track us.


Sarcasm aside, how is it that Suncrest is bound to fall off the mountain any day now? I keep hearing that Farmington will succumb to a massive landslide, as will Mountain Green, Ogden, most of Morgan County, and places like Taylorsville and Murray which are nowhere near any mountains. It's almost like everywhere in Utah is unsafe except for Cottonwood heights, Sugarhouse, the foothills, and pretty much the entire East Bench, all of which were built on top of a fault line at the base of the highest mountains in the valley which contain a large reservoir and enough snow that could wipe out an entire city in the event of an earthquake.

I'm not being facetious here, I'm just trying to understand why the state is a hot bed for long overdue natural disasters, but all the areas that the 5-6 forum regulars continually push for are the only safe places to live despite having more odds stacked against them?