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Originally Posted by tijlover
One big problem with Salt Lake City is its isolation!
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I'm a non-Mormon who lived there for 5 years, it's a very nice place to live or retire to. Nearest "break" is the stateline hotel/casino a couple of hours (if I remember correctly) due west of the city: typical small casino. I considered Las Vegas the "next" city, it was 8 hours by car, I'm sure there are buses too, never drove to Denver except in passing when I moved out.
As to the original question I don't think any retired non-Mormon would have any problems living in SLC at all. As mentioned it is about half non LDS & a lot of the LDS there are pretty casual about their faith. Where non-Mormons run into problems here are when they try to run & grow a business (they have no real connections with the power structure) or raise a young family where your kids, & you, feel left out of the local community's activities.
The city is getting more sophisticated, a lot of Californians have moved here, if you would like a smaller more outdoorsy place check out St George, which is very close to Vegas, or Park City if you are rich. Also beautiful, but more LDS centric are Ogden & the area around Heber City to Sundance resort.
SLC is very, very nice for a lot of reasons, the main draw backs are the isolation & the inversions which blanket the city (in a valley ringed by mountains) during winter so if you have any respitory issues I would advise living on the mountainsides above that.