can anyone tell me about Kanosh? we are poss. moving there (Cedar City: house, public school)

[shana1246]

my MIL lives in Meadows and we told her we were thinking of moving out by her, we live in KY and well we are away from fam and i miss them so we are moving west. She found us a place in Kanosh and we are thinking about moving there. Now for my questions....

1. is it pretty, i grew up in Or and loved the mountains and rivers
2. we are christian, is this going to be a issue? we have no problem with other religions and would not disrespect anyone for their beliefs but will because we are not mormon have issues, my kids are homeschooled here but were thinking of trying the public school there but if they arent going to be well recieved i would prefer to just keep them at home.

3. okay last month my step daughter moved in with us, she was raised by her mother and on her 16th bday she had a baby, it wasnt the best thing in the world but what is done is done and her mother couldnt afford her and the baby so we brought her into our house of already 4 kids. Is she going to have problems.

4. my step daughter mentioned above also had a very "free" lifestyle up where she lived with her mother and was into drugs, cigarettes, sex, alcohol. We would prefer to move to a area that this is not easy to access, we have done our best to "clean" her up and get her off of the crud. I just want to know that if we move there is there a high rate of kids that she is going to find that she can get tempted to go back into that lifestyle. Im hoping not since Ive been told this state is fairly religious.

5. for my next question, my dh is handicapped due to injuries in Iraq, is there a VA hospital or clinic anywhere near?

6. how close is the nearest college since he is also in schooling to retrain.

7. not much else i just hope to make friends and if any of you live around this area i would love to meet you, we should be there within 6 months or so.

[westerndog]

Kanosh is a very very small town right off of the interstate (I-15)
You are 2.5 hours,probably closer to 3 with traffic,south of the closest VA Hospital in SLC--it is in the extreme Northeast part of SLC so you will have to traverse the entire city.
Don't know about the drugs in Kanosh but suspect if somebody wants something they will find it.
Closest school of higher learning is probably Snow College in Ephraim about 1.5 hours Northeast.There may be some smaller schools closer like a community college or trade school in Richfield.
There is also a college in Cedar City south but a little further away still.
The area is rocky and dry--sincerely doubt you will mistake it at all for Western Oregon--maybe more like extreme Eastern Oregon.It is south of the Wasatch mountain range so true mountains are a little drive North as well.
You will be fairly isolated and have to drive for most of the services you are interested in.
As far as religion goes,I dont know the exact counts in Kanosh but Central and Southern Utah is known for a predominance of LDS for whatever that is worth.
If you want small town life with more trees and water,you probably will find Northern Utah much more like Oregon than the Kanosh area.

[shana1246]

thanks for the info i will tell my dh what ya have told me

[Blondie-Rabbit]

My best friend from college lives in Kanosh. It is a very small community just a few hundred people. Filmore is the biggest city near it and it is small as well. There are mountains to the east. They are quite magnificent once you drive up into them. The sunsets to the west are something to take your breath away. All VA things are in SLC. So will be any major medical care for the family. The easiest college/university to get to will be Cedar City just down the road on I-15. It will take about 90 minutes to drive there when the weather is good. Knowing some of the characters in Kanosh, if you are friendly, you will have friends. Kanosh has one gas station, no stores, and afew in the home type small businesses.