Where in Utah might I find ........

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by osugirl2

Awww, you don't like the Thuderstorms??

I love rain, but I hate thunderstorms unless they're relatively calm which they aren't in the Spring and other times of the year as well. I could never live in OK (can't believe I'm even in TX) with all the storms you guys get. Ugh!!

[osugirl2]

Originally Posted by Canine*Castle

I love rain, but I hate thunderstorms unless they're relatively calm which they aren't in the Spring and other times of the year as well. I could never live in OK (can't believe I'm even in TX) with all the storms you guys get. Ugh!!

I guess I'm a weirdo.... I would be a storm chaser if I could. Besides my friends and family, I'm going to miss the storms more than anything when I move to Utah this year

[kaytidid]

I so miss my thunderstorms out here! I would be a stormchaser with you!! We get some good ones, but they don't last nearly as long as the ones that I am used to back East.

[osugirl2]

Originally Posted by kaytidid

I so miss my thunderstorms out here! I would be a stormchaser with you!! We get some good ones, but they don't last nearly as long as the ones that I am used to back East.

I told Chickrae that I'm going to record all of them this spring and summer so I can listen to them at night when I fall asleep.....lol To me, there's nothing like the way the air feels outside right before a good one starts....but again, I'm kind of a nerd about weather

[educatingmommy]

What part of Texas are you moving from? We are in Enoch, and we love it here, but we are having to relocate for work to Fort Worth area. I am actually excited, I think there will be fun things about Texas, but southern Utah's beauty is incomparable and we will miss it! If you were moving soon maybe we could swap - our 2100 sq ft house is 185K on half an acre. But 6 yrs would be a little long to wait haha. Good luck, I am sure you will enjoy Southern Utah whenever you get here!

[Lamborgotti]

I would recommend an area in central Utah, like Manti, Salina, or Gunnison. One of our relatives has a house in Manti, and we usually stay there for a few days each summer. It's a very nice place. The weather is very comfortable. Though Washington county (where St. George and Leeds are) is dry like the rest of Utah, it gets up to 117 degrees in the summer, and is in the hundreds practically every day during June, July, and August. You can sure feel it, I think it's supposed to be in the 90's this week. One of the nice things about a dry climate, particularly in Manti, is that it cools down at night so you can always find a temperature to be happy with. Our relatives have a good-sized house down there, with a few acres right on the edge of town with the mountains/hills literally in their backyard, and town is only like a ten minute walk. They also have a spectacular view of the temple there, which is one of the oldest, largest, and most beautiful LDS temples. There's a wide variety of land there, lot's of people there own four-wheelers and ride around the hills whenever they feel like it. There's also farmland and such.

The main drawbacks of the St. George area for you, I think would be the heat and the size. That area is booming, and is expected to be the largest city in Utah (pop. expected around 500,000) in the next few decades. I would imagine areas like Leeds would certainly feel that growth. If you'd like to be closer to a big city, it would probably be a better area for you.

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by educatingmommy

What part of Texas are you moving from? We are in Enoch, and we love it here, but we are having to relocate for work to Fort Worth area. I am actually excited, I think there will be fun things about Texas, but southern Utah's beauty is incomparable and we will miss it! If you were moving soon maybe we could swap - our 2100 sq ft house is 185K on half an acre. But 6 yrs would be a little long to wait haha. Good luck, I am sure you will enjoy Southern Utah whenever you get here!

I live 65 miles south of Fort Worth. Wow, what a great price for your home, but it's too large for me since I'm single and will be moving alone. I hope you enjoy Fort Worth, but you are right. You won't find the beauty here of southern Utah. You have a wonderful attitude and with that, you will like Texas, I'm sure.

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by Lamborgotti

I would recommend an area in central Utah, like Manti, Salina, or Gunnison. One of our relatives has a house in Manti, and we usually stay there for a few days each summer. It's a very nice place. The weather is very comfortable. Though Washington county (where St. George and Leeds are) is dry like the rest of Utah, it gets up to 117 degrees in the summer, and is in the hundreds practically every day during June, July, and August. You can sure feel it, I think it's supposed to be in the 90's this week. One of the nice things about a dry climate, particularly in Manti, is that it cools down at night so you can always find a temperature to be happy with. Our relatives have a good-sized house down there, with a few acres right on the edge of town with the mountains/hills literally in their backyard, and town is only like a ten minute walk. They also have a spectacular view of the temple there, which is one of the oldest, largest, and most beautiful LDS temples. There's a wide variety of land there, lot's of people there own four-wheelers and ride around the hills whenever they feel like it. There's also farmland and such.

The main drawbacks of the St. George area for you, I think would be the heat and the size. That area is booming, and is expected to be the largest city in Utah (pop. expected around 500,000) in the next few decades. I would imagine areas like Leeds would certainly feel that growth. If you'd like to be closer to a big city, it would probably be a better area for you.

Great information...thank you. I will check out the areas when I get home from work this evening. You are very right, people and heat I don't want. The smaller the town, the better with no chance of great growth in the next 20 years. I figure I have that many left....maybe. Even dry heat of 117 is not fun and there is no sense in jumping from the frying pan into the fire. I want cool, cool, cool at least for most of the year and nothing hot to an extreme. It was 80 degrees here yesterday and that's too warm but nothing like Texas' summer which is right around the corner. I dread it with a passion.