Looking to move from DFW Texas to SW Utah (Lehi: sale, real estate)

[markg91359]

Originally Posted by Mister Torgue

To answer that last question, for me yes. Not being a baptist or church of christ member is seen very negatively and you are instantly judged. This is especially apparent if you make the mistake of self identifying as an atheist or agnostic (which Texans see these two as the same thing ). Make no mistake, Texas is very religious and does not really tolerate people that aren't what they practice or people who aren't religious at all.

Unless you are in the hill country (which is almost completely hunting territory) or west Texas in the desert you aren't really free to shoot on your own property without complaints from neighbors. Several acquaintances of mine with decent sized pieces of property cannot shoot on it without their neighbors complaining to the local sheriffs for noise. That's just one example. Another example is even in the country you can get an HOA in Texas. HOAs do not allow one to be free on their own property. There are large plots of land in Texas that are being or have been sold where you would have to pay an HOA fee because they are technically in a subdivision. There are a few I've seen in Alpine in the past which turned us off from going there. This seems to be a situation caused by large ranch owners dividing up property to sell to an investment group/contractors who then turn that land in to a "subdivision" (even at 20, 30, or 40+ acres per lot) which results in an HOA "to protect the investment". I do not want to be a part of anything relating to an HOA. If my wife wants a purple house then we should be allowed to paint it purple.

Also, Texas is currently going through a political change as tens of thousands of Californians and north-easterners are relocating there every year and changing the climate. What this means is the more of these transplants from parts of the country that aren't free that come here the more of our lifestyle and freedom we will lose. Just look at what's going on with the 2nd amendment in these states. It won't be long before Texas changes forever and it becomes California Jr.

So having said all of this do you have any answers or information on any point/concern from my original post?

I wish you good luck wherever you move. However, I shudder to think of Utah becoming a refuge for people freaked out about the supposed loss of their second amendment rights.

[kcoliver]

Yep, I'm worried about someone wanting the "right" to own an ak47 or AR15 because it's their right.

[556poor]

Originally Posted by markg91359

I wish you good luck wherever you move. However, I shudder to think of Utah becoming a refuge for people freaked out about the supposed loss of their second amendment rights.

Already is a refuge for second amendment supporters, I know at least a dozen people who moved here due to California's attack on gun owners and their loss of rights myself included. Also if you think the second amendment isn't under attack you haven't been paying attention.

[Code Stemi]

Originally Posted by 556poor

Maybe I drive too fast but its never taken me two hours.

Well hopefully one of the highway patrol officers catches and tickets you for disregarding safety on the road. An expensive ticket. People like you going 10-15+ mph over the speed limit on the highway... Ridiculous.

[556poor]

Sent a private message some people on here may wanna put a police speed trap near my house if I say too much

[Code Stemi]

Don't worry you will get caught eventually.

[Mister Torgue]

To update this thread a bit and get it back on topic, I now work remotely for the same company and just found out we have an office in Lehi. I spoke to HR yesterday and both my wife and I could transfer to that office without any trouble. I may have to move my topic to the SLC sub forum..?

So either:

• We find some property close enough for my wife to commute to Lehi within about 1hr 15mins of
• My wife is allowed to work remotely and we get property anywhere in the state
• We move anywhere in the state but my wife leaves the company and finds a new job (if needed)

There is still a strong possibility we move to ID but it is now less of a dominating % chance, now its more like a 50/50 chance. If we move to ID we'd need to find new jobs and that significantly impacts the decision. Especially if we can keep these high paying jobs that we currently have in Utah. Hard to judge the land prices with so few lots fitting my criteria for sale at the moment, but it looks like the prices around that area (minus Peoa) are fairly comparable to the south. This effectively solves the job problem assuming I'm still with the company in 2~4 years when we relocate (which I plan on it if I have any say ). I'm hoping this process goes a little quicker now that the job situation may have resolved itself and that was the #1 concern.

Originally Posted by markg91359

However, I shudder to think of Utah becoming a refuge for people freaked out about the supposed loss of their second amendment rights.

I believe it already is, does that bother you? The bill of rights are very important so if UT becomes that safe haven for us who treasure them then so be it.

[paintedeagle]

As Texas goes bluer, due to the influx of Californians(Californians are like locusts), you'd likely fit into the Southern Utah landscape. While Utah is going bluer, Southern Utah is still pretty good.

[slomofo]

I really hate to do this, but you may have better luck asking either reddit or ARF. The people of the Utah City-Data forum aren't very welcoming to people whose opinions differ from their own and unfortunately for you, their opinions lean a bit further left than yours do.

Originally Posted by irman

Yep, you do ...

At 119 miles, it is easily possible to do it in less than 2 hours

At the speed limit, no way ...

Speed limit is either 75 or 80 and the distance between the two cities is 119 miles, correct?

I'm no expert on anything, in fact, I'm borderline incompetent, but just for sh*ts and giggles, hear me out for a second here. Assuming there's 60 minutes in an hour, now I could be totally wrong here because I'm no expert in time or math, but let's pretend there were 60 minutes in an hour and with a speed limit of 75 miles per hour, my non-expert guesstimation would create an equation of 75÷60= 1.25 miles per minute.

Now if I divided the distance by the speed, I believe I would come up with the time it would take to travel said speed. If my inferior brain were correct in the equation of 119 miles ÷ 1.25 miles per minute, I would yield a time of 95.2 minutes. Again, not being an expert in anything along with being borderline incompetent, I believe that 95.2 minutes is roughly an hour and a half or 1.58 hours to be exact.

So you were correct, there's no bloody way this bloke could cover 119 miles of ground at speed limit in under two hours, NO WAY AT ALL. I mean, even Google maps says it can't be done and google maps always adds in extra minutes to account for traffic.


I say we track this son of a gun down and have the Highway Patrol confiscate his driver's license!

[westcoastforme]

Originally Posted by paintedeagle

As Texas goes bluer, due to the influx of Californians(Californians are like locusts), you'd likely fit into the Southern Utah landscape. While Utah is going bluer, Southern Utah is still pretty good.

Ya most Californians are lefty fools. Then they leave cause Cali is doomed. Then they keep voting blue