I would like to move to Utah from Florida (real estate market, public schools)

[LAFrench]

How much snow does the SLC area get?
I hope it is not like S. Dakota (that is where my mother-in-law lived in the past) - my wife thinks anywhere up north gets snow out the wazoo.

[dreameyes]

SlC can get its fair share of dumpings (about 2-3 ft. sometimes more) but the thing is snow doesn't last that long here (at least IMO ) I'd say that January and the beginning of Feb. is usually when the greatest snowfall is. It is fairly common for SL Christmases to be brown or only have a dusting of snow although last year it was like a postcard Christmas.

[Chickrae]

Last winter was an usual winter...alot more snow than the area had seen in years. I had moved by then but my kids kept telling me how bad it was.

[Chickrae]

Sorry an Unusual winter not usual

[kaytidid]

Yeah it was. For the first time in I don't know how many years, my girls' school had a snow day. I was SO happy when that winter ended!

[11thHour]

Plus S. Dakota gets much colder than here in SLC, at least according to this agricultural hardiness chart: http://www.ahs.org/pdfs/USDA_Map_3.03.pdf

[bestshot]

Please think twice, we moved here 3 years ago and we to are good natured people but my son and daughter have had a very hard time finding and keeping friends due to the religion factor. Im a confirmed Christian from the Detroit area and hold no biasis, but St George is a very different, and difficult place listen to your wife for the sake of your family's sanity. My wife and children are leaving at the end of Aug to go home, I have to stay due to my employment we are in our late 30's and its a very difficult time in our family's life with this decision. I can't beleave everything I have worked so hard to give our family is comming to this conslusion. "Its that bad"

[kaytidid]

I am very sorry about your situation. I am wondering how you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you and your children have had trouble due to the religion factor? Is it even remotely possible that there might be other mitigating factors?

I will be the first to admit that moving here can be a huge culture shock. I have been there. I do think that when you relocate to somewhere else, more times that not it takes more than just 2 or 3 years to fit in someplace. Being a military brat, I moved TONS in my life. By time time I was FINALLY getting someplace to feel like home, we would have to move again. This was a minimum of 4 years...it took me 8 years to feel like that when I lived in Jersey.

It is funny. I was just talking with my mom this morning about how much Utah feels like home to us. She, nor I, have ever lived anyplace that makes us feel at ease, at home, like Utah does. Neither of us are LDS, but I have had no trouble making friends that are or friends that aren't. My daughters both have friends that are and aren't.

Again, I am very sorry your experience living here hasn't been better. As for me, it has never been better!

[newtoutah]

Yeah I asked my sons principal today about snow days and how they notify parents and he said what are snow days..i was like um ok guess they dont close for anything around here.

[kaytidid]

No. Last year was the first snow day in I don't know HOW long. Back east they closed for every little snowflake. Just FYI though...it is broadcast on the news stations in the morning....should it ever happen again.