Non-mormon family looking to relocate to Lehi (Sandy, Price: theater, university)

[Zuma Mama]

[quote=DP525;157689]

I still think my neighbors are great and just real busy like us. Find me a couple in their 30's with a kid or four who isn't busy. And their kids keep ringing the doorbell looking for playmates and my kids are only too happy to oblige.

That would be my "crew"! Too bad we're not neighbors.

About the "other things" that might be making your neighbors scarce. When the weather turns cold our neighborhood becomes a ghost town. What was once a friendly-we-like-to-talk-to-everyone-regardless-please-come-to-our-pumpkin-party-utopia becomes a sorry-it's-too-dang-cold-to-be-out-see-ya-next-spring...thing.

There also was a poster who made an excellent point ~ the LDS neighbors are not always having parties with each other (aside from the traditional church activities). I've found, that as we become very busy with family and work we tend to sentence ourselves into a personal hermitage. But I certainly don't believe that's any excuse for being unfriendly. Reading this thread has made me determined to be all the more inclusive of those around me.

Do you know what? I loved the suggestion from "Chaz" to ask your neighbors over for coffee or juice. I agree with the poster who surmised that 90% of the people you invited would be delighted to accept. I believe many would find your openess refreshing and they would be grateful for the chance to demonstrate their acceptance of diversity. DP525, why don't you conduct an experiement? Use your unsuspecting neighbors as your test subjects and then let your cyber friends know how it goes! Who knows, you may start something!

You asked about "favorite mormon juices". There is a line of hot chocolate and ciders made by "Stephens" that is very popular this time of year. In fact, I predict that at Christmas time you will find your neighbors leaving cans of it on your large porch. Expect it to be cello-wrapped and tied up with cheerful ribbons and clever puns! If it isn't the hot chocolate it will probably be green bottles of Martinelle's (sp?) non-alchoholic cider. I'll admit some neighborhoods have turned this holiday gift giving tradition into something of a cultural phenomenon. Where I live it is practically a competitive art form! But that is a debatable issue for another forum ~ a rather humorous place where frazzled moms would love to vent their frustrations. Forgive me for digressing from the original issue.

DP525: Call me a ****-eyed optimist, but I believe the antidote for religious frustration and paranoia is a good dose of patience, understanding and old fashioned long-suffering (on both sides). Reading between your lines I would venture to guess you agree.

[Zuma Mama]

Forgive me, I did not mean to be vulgar! I guess this site doesn't recognize a song from the musical "South Pacific"! Oh, good grief! Quick, where's the little face/icon that looks embarrassed??

[DP525]

Originally Posted by Zuma Mama

Forgive me, I did not mean to be vulgar! I guess this site doesn't recognize a song from the musical "South Pacific"! Oh, good grief! Quick, where's the little face/icon that looks embarrassed??

Too late, I already forwarded your message to your bishop. He wants to talk to you on Sunday.

[shanenlori]

DP525, already starting with the mormon jokes?
it's a good sign, you are now a Utard.

[ggirl]

DP525 I was both thrilled and horrified when I stumbled upon your post today. My family is in the same situation - husband may be transferred to Utah and I am worried to death about my kid in Utah! We are New Yorkers by way of New Mexico, Atlanta and now NOVA for the last 9 years. Our neighborhood now is extremely diverse - African American, Sikh, Asian, Latin American, WASP, Catholic, Jewish and we even have an LDS family across the street. My biggest concern for my child at this point, is removing her from such a diverse neighborhood into - well - Utah.

However it sounds as if there are quite a few transplants coming in so I'm sure the culture is bound to change - it has to (whether they like it or not - insert evil giggle here). If worse comes to worse, I figure we just start our own Micron clique.

I have sent my darling hubby to check out Daybreak while he is out there - it looks fab! Thanks for the heads up on that. I will be out in December to give SLC the once over before we make our decision.

[michelleleigh]

Hey Were New Mexicans In New York my husband is going to the new micron plant in utah,where in new mexico?

[ggirl]

hey michelleleigh,
we were in abq for almost 4 years at the Intel facility and then got transferred back to the east coast almost 9 years ago. when we moved here it was pretty redneck, but then again, the outer boroughs and upstate ny are not all bastions of free thinking either. (I think abq was the biggest culture shock out of all the places I have lived. ) My point is that prejudice and bigotry exist everywhere - in the largest of cities, the smallest of towns, the richest and most educated neighborhoods to the poorest, trashiest neighborhoods. I briefly lived in atl and if you drove an hour out of town there were klan signs - they're much scarier to me than lds
where in ny are you?

[michelleleigh]

ggirl, were in beacon ny my husband is at the fishkill plant. Yeah New Mexico can through you for a loop evean if you are a native.I miss green chili,christmas time, and of course my mom dad, sis,and brother oh and the mountains. I love the four seasons you get out here in NY and I am still shocked about how green it is out here. As for the other stuff I look at it like this we are all children of God, no matter what and we are all equal> I just wish everyone thought that way,So are you still considering Utah?

[michelleleigh]

What shocked you so much about albuquerque? Its sad went back there and was really suerprised about the crime

[aussie_american]

I have been looking at housing online and am wondering about the Traverse Mountain development. It seems that it would meet the "new neighborhood" criteria and is a lot closer to the IMFT plant than Daybreak, or even Suncrest. A lot of the lots look small in size, but being on a hillside, many also have a view, which makes living on a smaller lot not seem so closed-in as just looking at the neighbors house. Does anyone have any experience or insight into what the Traverse Mountain community is like?

DP525, obviously you have already chosen Daybreak and seem reasonably happy with it, but you haven't really responded to my query on the commute. How long does it take you to get to/from work each day? Also, how close is the nearest shopping mall and/or grocery store?