Why Is Everyone Moving to Utah?
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- Why Is Everyone Moving to Utah? (Mostly Californians)
People are flooding into Utah. This has been going on for a while but has really picked up steam in recent years. Most of the people are coming from California. All over California, not just Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernardino. It isn't just the real estate bringing them in. A quick-thinking realtor might tell you that, but it isn't 100% true. People are moving to Provo, Salt Lake City, and Ogden for a variety of reasons, and that is what this video is looking at.
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Hey, I made a mistake. I was thinking of Nevada when I said Utah didn't have a STATE INCOME TAX. Sorry. Utah has a flat 4.85 percent individual income tax rate.
Okay Wow!
I was just about to post some links... :) Glad you caught that.
WOW I didn't even know but thanks for updating us .
Good on ya for instantly correcting an error!
Good journalists correct.
I lived in Utah for 2 years, and in that small amount of time, it had inflated so much because of its popularity that I had to move away due to the cost of living.
Exactly the same for me. Was there for two years and it was miserable (just left a month and a half ago). Been visiting for 20 years as I have some family there, but now that I’ve lived there, I’ll never go back.
@@MVous86 Where did you move to?
Welcome to every desirable state in America
where'd you move to?
Every state in America inflates by the day. The grass isn’t greener on the other side. Live where you want and be happy 😊
The home prices in Utah have climbed significantly thanks to people fleeing Krazyfornia. Like Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon they will make it harder for the people from Utah to be able to afford a house.
Moved here 8 years ago and it was a hot market then. I was told by LDS coworkers that buildable land is at a premium here and often the LDS have fairly large families which has meant the inventory of homes for sale has often been low. Families which have been here for several generations have adult children who are finding it too expensive to purchase homes.
Why Is Everyone Moving to Utah? (Mostly Californians) So they can ruin it by trying to make it like the state they left... Much like every other state So-Californians move to. Nor-Cal is still ok, for the most part but if someone offered me a 100 million dollar home, in So-Cal, for free; I'd turn that thing down faster than an auctioneer talks!
Californians moving here, remember you are a refuge not a missionary, leave your issues were you came from.
I’m not sure of the numbers, but not all people from California who move to Utah or other states are on the Democrat spectrum, and some are not tied to any of the parties.
STFU. Californians and anyone else who move to Utah...vote however you like you are Americans after all. Apparently most of the locals skipped that part in school.
And not all issues are related to one's political party.
Keep this same energy when talking to me irl not just online don’t be a fake nice passive aggressive bitch like all your mormon buddies😂
@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas - I'm a lifelong Utahn, except for 18 years in idiot California. Trust me - tens of thousands are moving out of California and going to states like Utah. Other popular destinations for Californians include Texas and Florida, but even to states like Idaho and Montana - of all places. Put it this way ... the destinations are NOT to other idiot Democrats states like California.
I retired from the military and moved my family to Utah in 2005. The good far outweighs the bad and, overall, we love it here. We are not LDS but chose to live in northern Utah County, which is known for being a very high percentage LDS area. My LDS neighbors are great. We politely made it clear from Day 1 that we are not interested in converting to their faith (we're Catholic) and we have tried our best to be great neighbors to them.
The biggest negative here is that the infrastructure has not kept up with the population growth. Traffic is horrible and, despite what Briggs said in the video, many schools are very crowded. The high school my kids attended was built for 2,000 students but had well over 3,000 students while they were in school. I taught at a high school that had 45-50 students in many core subject classes.
If you like the outdoors, there is no place better than Utah.
Do they play drinking games?
Utah tends to have bigger families because of the culture thus more kids in school than other states.
Honestly curious to see if that's remained the same since your comment a year ago and what if anything has changed. I'm currently in SC and I'm planning a trip to the SLC/Ogden area for a potential place to spot check as one of my options of areas to move to. Overall the states statistics are appealing, same with the companies there.But my main concern is the LDS community, and the stories I've heard of where they're "friendly" to non Mormons, but not particularly welcoming. As well as the horror stories I've heard of where you're treated differently if you don't share the same faith as them and how it can make you an outcast.
It’s getting worse. Too many people moving to the Wasatch Front area, which extends from Ogden to Payson. We’re likely moving to Logan or Cedar City in a couple years.
It's not the people moving from California into any state, it's the politics that follow them
Those ultra conservatives moving out of California because they don't like liberals make the states they move to even more toxic.
I hate to be the one that breaks it to ya but if a Californian is moving to a conservative state they are most likely conservative.
@@Ddreinthebay not always unfortunately
@@Ddreinthebay Not at all. Growing up in NY, liberals are quick to criticize and even quicker to run when their policies fail. Limousine liberals insulate themselves in high income areas with active police protection and criticize anyone who complains when the crime in their defunded police neighborhoods soar.
@@Valhalla_Heathen and that’s why I said most likely
We're full. For those who already moved here, do NOT forget the policies you fled.
Too late already forgot gonna vote blue babyyyy
@@himeh02 you're broke
I moved to Utah about two years ago, and overall, I love it. I moved here for a combination of the factors you mentioned (strong communities, low crime, good schools, semi affordable) but the number one reason you didn’t mention is that just about everyone in the Utah front range is 30-60 minutes away from world class skiing! As a native Coloradan, who still loves CO, this is truly unbelievable! Plus there are many different roads to the resorts, so not everyone is stick in traffic on one road (I-70). Essentially, you can live a normal middle class life in Utah, and almost have the proximity to skiing that people would pay millions for in other states. The trail running and mountain biking are also incredible here.
As for the LDS thing, I’m Catholic and have engaged in many conversations with LDS neighbors and friends. There’s a lot to say about this, but overall, I think the positives of the LDS culture are a clear net positive for non-Mormons as they foster a caring and friendly and safe culture, generally speaking.
If you could kidnap me from Illinois and take me there, I would appreciate it.
@@MoonlightXYZ 😂
I thought about selling my townhouse by the beach in CA and buying a house. I have to be close to a Orthodox Church. There is a Church in SLC. I don’t want anyone knocking on my door and trying to get me to join Mormonism.
@@LCx829 I understand that, but then again, I believe we non-LDS folks have a thing or two to learn from the evangelical persistence of the LDS Church! In any case, there are some good Orthodox churches in the SLC metro area, if I’m not mistaken.
@@LCx829 Put a "No Soliciting" sign on your door and have tell your neighbors up front you are not converting. No problem. Has worked for me for 17 years.
LDS says keep your sin in California
Exactly. I am rejected by the city of Tooele Utah. They're still LoL ROFL right now because they got to change my maiden name to one that rhymes and misspelled as the lesbian slur word dyke. No joke at all.
No one gives a damn about the LDS
@@seansatx LDS steals money from their followers. It's a fact. Watch 60 minutes.
Hey I'm wondering the context or meaning of LDS
Everyone says that.
I lived in Utah for 25 years and left because it’s not the Utah it was. Almost everything you mention is the opposite pretty much. Utah’s become so overcrowded it’s gone downhill very fast, housing is not easy to find and way overpriced. I sold my home for 6 times what it was worth. Utah taxes everything, if they could tax the air you breathe they would.
Fully agree!
💯 true. And the housing prices cited in this video are dead wrong. If you find anything in the primary metro areas for 500k it’s a steaming pile of -it. Rent in slc is 2500-3000 for 2bd 2ba. Fing ridiculous
Native Utahn here and I totally agree! Except Utahs air quality is one of the worst in the country consistently so who wants that air hahaha
@Donjuan-ly3td uhh I just moved from Utah a year ago......nice try at trying to make the state what it's not. It's like Little Mexico anymore, with more gangs drugs and crime than most of Mexico.
Get million for their So. Cal. shack. Come to Utah and overpay for a house. Totally screw up the market and now our kids cant afford a house. Utah does have a state income tax!
I've lived in Utah pretty much my whole life. When I had just graduated high school I hated Utah, but after traveling around to many other places around the country, I'm realizing how good I've got it here. The only place I'd rather live is in Norway, Austria, or Switzerland. Definately a pipe dream. With all that said, the popularity of Utah is becoming a huge problem. The road congestion has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. The traffic still isn't anywhere near LA status, but there are definately pockets that are just as bad as LA. I'd know because I've spent a lot of time in LA traffic and even more time in Wasatch Front traffic. Probably the biggest concern is the skyrocketing cost of living. Yeah it's cheaper than California, but the gap is closing. I don't know where the median home cost of 350k is coming from in this video. That stat is just not true. My guess is that condos and townhomes are lumped into that number. The median cost of a single family home across the wasatch front is probably more like 450k and really more like 525k if you don't want to live way out in the outskirts of town. I've spent far too long looking at home prices across the valley. Luckily I already own one or i'd probably be screwed. The cost of food, gas and activities is also out of control. I'm not kidding when I say the price of food has more than doubled since I graduated high school 10 years ago. Inflation is part of that, but costs have far outpaced inflation here and that's a verifyable fact if you look at the data. I remember 10 years ago I was looking for an apartment so I could move out of my parents house. Where I lived at the time in Bountiful I found several options for around $550/mo. I remember thinking that was too expensive. Now I'm sure no one believes me because the cost of that same apartment is easily upwards of $1200/mo just 10 years later. I think the most concerning of all is the fact that the wasatch front is almost "full". We're kinda land locked here between mountain ranges and all the empty space has almost been filled up. Yeah we can build on the other side of the mountains, but that's not going to be realistic for commuters and that sort of thing. That just means ever skyrocketing land values and scarcity. I love Utah, but I'm worried about what's happening.
I'm a Utah native who just moved back from California. We moved here mostly for the family but a large part of it was because the healthcare, especially mental, in California was awful.
I really hope the healthcare in Utah really is as great as it seems to be because honestly I'm in California and I love where I'm from in California it's a large town or small city however you want to call it called Santa Rosa which is the most populated city in wine country in the fifth most populated in the Bay Area, but healthcare isn't really all that good here either. I mean honestly I'd rather just live in Canada where health care is something you don't have to pay a fortune for, but if Utah's health care really is that great I might actually consider moving there even though I would much rather not have to live in the desert.
what do you expect california embraces mental illness
Utah has lousy health care if you're low income. I know cuz my daughter was in that situation, had a TBI and couldn't work and couldn't see a doctor. Thank goodness she doesn't live there anymore
In general, health care is lousy in the entire USA. 😠
@@brendaallen5842 If you walk into any emergency room in a Utah hospital they must treat you by law with or without insurance. Your daughter could have simply walked into any hospital. The migrant workers that aren't even citizens all know this about Utah and simply go to the emergency room for their healthcare needs.
I hope those from California leave their voting Democrat behind. Otherwise they will destroy the state like they have destroyed Colorado. Please don't Californicate the state of Utah.
Exactly...
Liberals are super allergic to even the tiniest abortion restrictions. So keep some moderate ones in place and it will repel the worst of the liberals. Seriously I know a bunch and they would rather live in an apocalyptic nuclear hellscape than in a place with any abortion restrictions. I would wager those moving there right now are actually right leaning californians.
They won't. They are like The Prawns in the movie District 9.
I with ya there. Look what they dude to Portland. It's like they don't get that their policy ideas were directly responsible for the things they are fleeing.
They destroyed Vegas. It's like a plague.
Also…the housing prices you mentioned as the “median” being $350k…you can’t find a house for that little. Maybe a condo or a townhouse, but not a single family dwelling. You $500k figure was more accurate.
And rent for $1200? Maybe a studio apartment. But anything bigger you’re looking at $1500-$1800 for a 1-2 bedroom. Renting a house? $2000-$2500/mo easy. Just renting a bedroom in an existing house is $700 with roommates or more.
Yes, my adult daughter is paying $1,900 a month for a cute, historic apartment in the Avenues. 700 square feet and on street parking only. In the far west suburbs of Chicago, our mortgage for a 3,800 square foot home on half an acres was only $25 less.
Used to be a lower cost of living. Everything including housing has sky rocked from what it used to be.
Any place rural has been hit hard due to working from home accelerated by COVID lockdowns. If there's a cell phone tower, you'll find remote workers.
2:19 Utah does have an income tax. A flat tax of 4.85%
thought so
Yeah, I was trying to figure that one out?
I have lived in Utah my whole life. The issue if 😮you are a long time resident of Utah is the wages did not increase to compete with California dollars. Most Utahns cannot afford the homes because the prices increased to match what Californians could afford with their budget and excessive incomes or income from the sale of their homes. The home prices in the 300,000.00 range is not accurate even in neighborhoods that are /were affordable in Utah the homes are
overpriced.
It is a beautiful place but it has also gotten over crowded which makes air quality dangerous in the winter.
It is a bummer for someone like myself who have lived in Utah and call it home but can’t see how it will be possible to stay and have the quality of life we once had.
You can’t exactly put all blame on California. Utah has the highest birth rate of any state and all those kids grow up and expect to buy a house 5 minutes from downtown.
Agreed! It's not just prices for trying to buy a home. All rental prices are ridiculous too and you're right wages are nowhere near what they need to be for anyone who has grown up here in Utah and already appreciates what we have!
Been in Utah my whole life and I agree, my neighborhood is safe and my neighbors are chill.
I live in downtown Salt Lake City. It’s a beautiful city, and really has come alive over the past couple of years! One thing to keep in mind when moving to Utah; Utah county = heavy lds culture influence. Salt Lake county = like any other city in the US; Salt Lake county is like it’s own state compared to all of the other counties. I love it here!
This is spot on. Utah County is heavily LDS where Salt Lake County is less LDS each year. I kid you not, we live in Salt Lake County and one day I asked my then 10 year old daughter if she ever gets any pressure because she’s not Mormon. Her response- what’s Mormon? All she knows is Starbucks and bbq’s where the parents are having drinks. Just like any other city.
How many wives do you have?
Exactly my experience when I visited. Went down to Provo for one day and it was a culture shock. SLC feels like any other large US city. Suffice it to day, I’m moving to SLC proper in a couple months.
You lie. I lived right of State street and 2100 south near the WinCo and it's ghetto af there.
@@jimdandy8996 lol. None. One is one too many. Like I always say "never let your wife prevent you from finding your dream girlfriend "😊
As a Utahn the problem isn't about a lot of people moving in, it's about people in the state government not understanding what good urban planning looks like.
Do you think it's because of nimbyism, a lack of education and passion around it, or just the instinctual counterproductive fiscal conservativism?
Exactly. Why cant a place just be at max capacity instead of in a housing crisis
@@matthawksworth the history of nimbyism ties to the competition of what the future of the 19x0's would look like, American suburban homes, or soviet apartment blocks. now that the soviets are gone, but we have to densify anyway to keep the system alive, many capitalist's are incapable of acting like "commies".
and also from an economics perspective, having housing scarcity benefits the control of the billionaires as well as their power, as it creates both a carrot and a stick with which to manipulate and control the masses. actually improving things for everyone but the billionaires, gives the billionaires less ideological control of what people will say and do. it's why trump gave his employee's houses, as it was a way to control them.
You guys must have the same local govt Vegas has. They clearly don't understand growth control nor do they know how to plan for pop expansion. I've been here my whole life and loved it as a kid growing up. Now, can't stand this place....newbies moving here are rude, selfish, road hogs, and IDIOTS!!!! This town was soooooooo much better when the Mob ran it...they kept shit in line!!!!
@@ethanstump Its nimbyism. Even the faux "progressive" people in Salt Lake City will do anything to prevent their property value going down.
My son lived there for 6 months and I loved visiting him. Wonderful people, a lot of things to do both inside and outside, and beautiful scenery.
Born and raised in Utah. Been here all my life cept for a hitch in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Let me tell you a little story about State Taxes. Utah wanted their state tax for every one of the four years I was enlisted. EVEN paid Utah state tax during my tour in Viet Nam. No Chit !!!!
California does the same thing. It is best to move to Washington or Nevada before enlisting or going abroad.
I may be wrong, but I don't think it's as much THAT people are moving from CA to UT, it's more WHAT people are moving from CA to UT.
The roaches of CA.
@@jimdandy8996 in a few years, SLC will start to resemble San Francisco.
I’ve read different things. Some are saying that non-Democrats are fleeing the shithole formerly known as California. We’ll know for sure after the next few elections.
You are bringing more attention to Utah with your video!!!!!! Before you criticize lds people. Read Utah history , how it became a prosper community. The Lord blesses the people who are obedient. This community have been blessed from other state because of obedience of the beautiful kind people who started in the desert where nothing grows. It’s wonderful how lds pioneers transformed this place and the Lord blessed them. This prosperity is because of them and now people are coming to enjoy it. The Lord is observing. Every time in the Bible, when people start becoming wicked they were destroyed. You believe or not someday you will know without questioning.
I’ve lived in Utah my whole life and grew up in West Valley and currently live in Murray. My condo I bought in 2016 was $97,000. Now it’s tripled. Even in places like Tooele and Grantsville that were once small towns are expensive as hell. I’m an ex Mormon but still love the state because people are nice and the state is just beautiful. Unfortunately because so many folks are moving here it’s getting crowded and the cost of living is going up. A few years ago Utah wouldn’t have a low unemployment rate if Amazon had tech companies didn’t move here. Finding a job back in 2009 after high school for me was rough. I’m glad to see Utah grow but it’s happening a bit too fast.
Grew up in Tooele. It's awful out there now.
A little insight into how Utahns pronounce Zion. It’s not only a national park, it’s also a regional bank and a term used by LDS peeps. Zion rhymes with lion.
zion williamson
or zi en zi on
Just an FYI, cost of living going up in red states has nothing to do with Californians. It's the corporate takeover that happened while you were all sheltering in place.
Yup, most of the land in SLC is owned by corporations and not “commiefornians” like these inbreds believe
The state being heavily permeated for a long time with LDS values and ethos....honesty, law abiding , good neighbours....( besides its rugged beauty ) has made it highly attractive to outsiders. Am sure Californians will find various ways of ruining it.
its what they do best
And public schools are awful I went to east high and it was gangs and drugs
You got to watch out for the tech companies, look at what they did in California.
As a sixth-generation Utahn (my third great-grandparents were the first to enter the Salt Lake Valley and settle here), I want to welcome all who come to Utah. It is a beautiful state with many benefits/resources both in the valleys and in the mountains. The opportunities here are plentiful only to the extent of your imagination. There is an abundance of both liberals and conservatives who live here. We all find a way to get along and be respectful of the philosophies that make up the uniqueness of our people. I imagine there is much good and much we can learn from each other.
I am neither american nor mormon, but I am very impressed about the people in Utah and what they have achieved!
People from California: don't bring your messed-up politics with you---leave them behind. "From my family in Logan and St. George."
@Changeur2009 Nothing worse than a woke tik tok dancer......... lol
Take anything and it's ruined if you add enough people.
Overpopulation of humans, there's no cure... people will continue to reproduce until humanity collapses or is destroyed by natural diester.
After living in Ivins and St George for seventeen years, we are looking to move. Unbridled growth and sprawl, water conservation measures that are twenty years too late, National Parks that are overcrowded every day of the year, real estate prices that are so high the service workers have no place to live, I could go on. That said, it's very beautiful, the climate is great about eight months out of twelve, very safe, and generally speaking, most people are pretty friendly. The quality of healthcare depends on what your needs are.
Thanks for your input. We have lived in Northern Utah and are considering moving to Southern Utah. This last winter just about did us in ❄️❄️❄️❄️! Seriously though if we still enjoyed the winter sports it’s the perfect location.
Would love to move to Hurricane from out of state, no idea where people rent in St George/Hurricane almost nothing and expensive they better build apartments or tiny homes and stop over building McMansions you’ll have no youth left besides the colleges or young kids….
@@itsnick37 The area is trying to become a tech hub. The former airport is being built out for that purpose. The goal is to keep the grads from Utah Tech in the area. It remains to be seen if that will happen.
Lived in Hurricane in 2019, it was paradise, plenty of space for everyone. Visited early 2023, place was like a bee hive. I cried. Glad I got to see it in its glory.
Thanks for promoting Utah so now we can begin to see what homelessness looks like here as well. I am in rural Utah and none of us can afford housing any longer because of ALL the people coming from more expensive states will pay 400,000 for an OLD home, it is insane. So thanks again.
Your situation isn’t other people’s fault. Prices have gone up everywhere, not just because Californians moved to Utah. Plenty of people from Utah have moved to California too. If you want to blame someone look at companies like Zillow and private equity firms that have been creating management companies and buying any house they can so average Joes can become renters instead of homeowners.
californians ruin everything, everywhere they go
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Those promoting it are the cause and there are so many its gotten crowded. Not as fun anymore do to so many people coming here.
Many new buyers coming to the state can afford to outbid the locals. Once the locals get outbid, Utah won’t be Utah anymore. It’s got very bad very quickly. From a long term resident who has studied home prices ✌️
Also: people here don’t use Zillow.
9 months ago I moved from FL to UT (for work) for the second time. It really is a great place to live, especially if you like outdoor activities, and can tolerate winter weather (though you can avoid most of the real winter weather by living in St George, assuming you don't mind incredible desert heat in the summer). We don't plan to ever leave again. Going back to FL only cemented our desire to be here. Though our hatred for humidity probably played a big role in that, because humid weather is a foreign concept in Utah lol
I would add as a native Utahn that the winters here are relatively mild compared to places like Chicago where it gets extremely cold (-40), humidity and wind chill make it worse.
i’m moving from florida tomorrow
Awesome! I’m from FL and would love to move to Utah. So I’m glad I found your comment since you’ve lived in both states.
don't you miss the beaches???
We are considering moving to Utah (also from florida) and it is so nice to see this comment!! Are you still happy there?
Give it a few years and we'll be hearing that Utah is now ruined due to Californians moving in.
No more, Utah's full. No more transplants.
ABSOLUTELY!!! Stay OUT!!!!! UTAH SUCKS!!!!!
My daughter moved to Utah in 2021 to attend BYU.
I hate that you brought more attention to Utah. I grew up here now I can't afford to buy a house because of the housing shortage. The cheapest house is around 400 thousand. That's an old tiny house In a bad neighborhood. A studio apartment costs around 300 thousand dollars. A two bedroom apartment is around 350 thousand dollars. The house prices have gone up 15 to 20% a year for the last 5 years.
Can't blame Briggs. Blame the tech companies moving to Silicon Slopes in Lehi. I will say, there is much more diversity since when I arrived 8 years ago.
Not comparable, but I live in MS and talked my builder down to $227K in 2015. Present day, houses in my neighborhood start out at $330K.
It’s like that everywhere now. Everywhere. Utah is still more affordable than many places.
That is WILD. When I visited there I could not believe the cost of those houses, and it was not like houses that are upscaled , they were just basic, I see why there is the issue of homelessness in UTAH
I hate it too! Way too much traffic and we don't have the infrastructure that California has. People need to go back. We are lucky there hasn't been a drought, but wait till it happens. We can't take all the people and multihousing they are building. It's ridiculous! Too over crowded and we don't have enough water for all of the people! They need to stop the building.
Don't move to Utah. It's cold, we have traffic worse that California now and high cost of living.
Worse traffic than LA? Or worse traffice than rural farmland or heavily wooded California?
I moved to Utah from California and there is not anything that could make me move back there. I am so in love with this state. It's clean, the people are friendly and they smile at strangers, which has me smiling at strangers. The new houses being built have had large price increase just like in every state, due to the lumber prices that have soared. I bought a great house, built in the 90's and it's lovely. The residential streets are super wide and the people on the street want to know you. I love Utah. When I was growing up in Northern California in the 70's, It had a lot of the same attributes that Utah has now, but not anymore. When I moved I felt like I was "escaping" California.
Dont forget why you moved and dont vote for those same policies
@@skurinski Maybe remind the people that voted Romney into office.
how can those people not see what a traitor he is?
Sorry, having lived both places, I'd take Northern California over anything in Utah. Depends on what part of Northern California you're talking about. I lived in Far Northern California and it's still unbelievably clean, water air and land. Utah is a military wasteland in an ugly desert with all lakes and most land and air unusable.
Yup, same here, we love it ❤️
I am originally from California born and raised in Oakland I moved to St George Utah in 2004. And I got to say I love it have the best of everything within the hours drive hiking boating skiing outdoor activities whatever you like we have it here in Southern Utah been here for quite a while and I highly recommend it cost of living has gone up a lot since I've been here though but that's to be expected and people say they don't have nice people in Utah I'm a 6 ft Mexican tattooed from my neck down and I've never experienced any type of racism or anything like that then welcomed with open arms from everyone that I've met here in the southern part of Utah
One of the best parks in my opinion is Natural Bridges National Monument. It has 3 huge rock bridges, one with a 500 foot span. Down in that part of the state is also Valley Of the Gods, the Moki Dugway, Mexican Hat, and Monument Valley. All very beautiful.
We were just there! Less crowds for sure and beautiful red rocks.
A huge congratulations to you on 1 million subs!!
I live in Utah now. Housing is out of this world. Traffic in the cities is horrendous.
Once, 50 years ago, it was affordable.
STOP MOVING HERE!!!! It’s overcrowded, pay is crap and it’s extremely expensive compared to what is was, higher crime , homeless camps , it’s awful I’m moving
Because we want Utah to look like LA and have no farmland so we all starve next time there is an orchestraited supply chain shutdown.
I’ve lived in Utah my whole life and it’s an amazing place. Nice people everywhere you go, and I really enjoy living in faith based communities. If I had any complaints about the state it would be impossibly high real estate prices and long winters
only thing that sucks about Utah is the overwhelming concentration of a single religion. However having a high population of mormon has its upside like how it's relatively safe.
NO they arent, they're moving to Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho.. KEEP GOING. Nothing to see or do here in Utah...
I’ve been to Utah twice, both of them in St. George and the southern desert. It’s a beautiful state with warm weather and (hopefully long-lasting) affordability. I’ve thought of living there at several points in my life, but the rise in prices has had me question it
Warm? It's hot as hell in Saint George
@@matthewviramontes3131 had an apple cook in my car that day
There's always Mesquite, nv.
Cause they already ruined other states 😂
I moved in 2019 from the one party state of The Peoples Republic of New York. Hopefully these people moving in don’t vote for the same politics that has ruined Commiefornia and NY
Pretty much every “data point” you state is anecdotal. That said, the state of UT has incentivized many companies for 20 plus years to come to Utah and create jobs. With jobs come people. Not the other way around, as you imply. As the state grows (which is what legislation intended) so to will the growing pains, like larger class sizes at schools, higher crime rate, strain on infrastructure, etc. This ultimately leads to higher taxes and the challenges that you cite are reasons you left CA. While you may have left for the reasons you claim, you are not correct that “most of the people moving to UT are from CA”. If you make a claim like that, you need census data. The most recent census data shows more people from TX and NV are moving to UT as compared to CA. Most people leave CA because of the cost of living but if they could afford to stay, they would. Why? Because of the weather. If you could buy a home in Santa Monica for the same price as a home in SLC, all else being equal, people will pick SoCal - every single time. And for the record, you make the blanket statement of better schools in UT, then refer to the private university of BYU. The public school system for the vast majority of UT (Park City excluded) are among the lowest ranked in the country. The schools in the West Valley of SLC are among the lowest ranked. I am a believer of continued growth in UT-I was part of the effort of a major bank moving thousands of jobs there. But I live in SoCal because of the weather and lifestyle. But if you’re correct and people are leaving CA in droves, that ultimately will be a positive for CA and a negative for UT if the reasons you mention are accurate. In other words, taxes, cost of living, crime, etc. will go higher. Lastly, the bulk of the population in UT is in SLC. The rest of UT is very rural, which distorts the undocumented statistics you mention in this video.
I have a customer that has had 6 families move in her neighborhood from California within the last couple of years.
Hey buddy, you forgot to mention why our governor told Californians not to move here anymore. We are a desert state with limited resources. We don't have the water to sustain a population like a state like Colorado can. Add to that the fact that we have a 1700 square mile arsenic, mercury and iridium pit, covered by a shallow lake that is drying up and it might be a good idea for people not to move here and take more of our water, speeding up that process. That's right folks, what he is not telling you is that our state is teetering on the brink of becoming one of, if not the largest environmental disaster the United States has ever seen. Unless something changes quick, the Great Salt Lake is going to dry up exposing a lake bed that is chock-full of those carcinogenic chemicals. When that happens, winds blowing across that giant basin will blow giant, cancerous, dust clouds straight into the largest population center in the state all along the Wasatch Front. At that point the choice for the federal government will be spending billions on dust mitigation, piping water from the Great Lakes or the Mississippi to the Great Salt Lake, or evacuate approximately 1.6 million people.
I had a job offer in SF and SLC. After living in both places it’s sad to see how similar our trajectory aligns with the bay areas. Locals are starting to get priced out and that’s bad for the culture of the state and for crime as the middle class here really can’t afford to buy a home. The best times are behind us here but for now it’s still a nice place to live.
If you hate Latter Day Saints, don’t move to Utah. If you hate Catholics, (and so on)don’t move to Italy. Simple as that people. It’s ignorant to move to a place when you have strong, opposing views 🙄
Quite interesting. My opinion is stay as far away from any big city as you can.
Especially Salt Lake. Everywhere within like a hundred miles of that city is crap.
Been here for 2 years. It's nice but I'm not used to such a long winter and it seems to skip spring temperatures and jump right into summer. There's also a huge issue with the Great Salt Lake drying up, poorest air quality in the country (bad for asthma and lung disease), and major water restrictions from the drought. It's pretty though, the people seem friendly and the low crime is such a huge relief.
I always say we have 5 1/2 months of winter and 5 1/2 months of summer. 😀
If the lake dries up, they should pave it over and build more affordable housing!
lived here (almost) my entire life. Winter 22-23 was an anomaly, definitely not the norm in the last 20 years or so.
wut, its legit been 50-80s for weeks now, that's literally spring temps. Summer temps are 90 and above.... True it was a long winter but we have had a good spring already.
GSL is up several feet after this last winters snowpack, and still has a lot left to fill with more runoff in the High Uintas. Lake Powell expected to rise 70 feet! Problems aren't solved, but the relief will stay any toxic dust bowls for a bit longer.
Poorest air quality in the country is a hyperbole. It has been the poorest air quality on specific days that were brought on by californian wildfires. Pollution wise its better than LA or Houston for most of the calendar year... You can't take a small sample size and say that's the norm. In fact the last 2 years minus the wildfires have been some of the best years ever in terms of winter inversion pollution!
Yeah last fall it went from 80’s to snowing within 3 days
If the Californians moving here don't mind me and every other resident owning ar15s then we'll be just fine 😅
That will change soon. Look at Colorado. They will never stop trying to Californicate every other state.
I fill out a Utah State Income Tax form every year...don't know why you're reporting that we have no State Income Tax?? Anyway, Stay In Cal Dudes...(we don't need/want your failed socialism)
I moved from oceanside for a job, (Utah has a lot of financial/ wall street companies) but that last week i was in CA i called the police everyday with have issues with homeless/druggies my property. I have not called the police once in the 6 years i have been in utah. I currently live in the safesite place i have ever lived. The people are super nice but sometimes just oblivious. I want to move back to CA but the schools suck ass. Just read my post and you will see that i clearly have a CA education. Utah has national parks but, unities mountains are beautiful.. Yeah.... most my friends moved to AZ and have tried to get me to move there but i not a huge fan of sand and rocks, they need some trees.
Interesting, I run a business in Salt Lake, and used to live downtown (now I live on the outskirts). I've had to call the police so many times I've lost count. Drugs, whacked out people, gunshots, fights, vehicle break-ins, vandalism. I'm looking to move, due to both this and the cost of living now. Never lived and worked in this environment, and I can't stand it.
@@bonnieinla -- I guess SLC homeless, druggies, criminals - are just like other major cities... darn, I was hoping for better.
Its Not great here, we have Inversion, Traffic, And Lots And Lots of Mormons, you wouldn't like it here so.... Don't come ago to Idaho, or better yet go to Colorado
Hope they don't ruin Utah ..
I'm moving to Utah. I hope they ruin it
No. 10 is out the window. Lol. Everything is expensive now.
It is true the people in Utah are very friendly, never had a bad experience in Utah. Went there in March and visited Arches National Park, stayed in Moab.
I don’t understand the stigma of Californians moving elsewhere. What people complain of transplants moving in and making cost of living go up is what happened to CA. In all three major population dense cities LA, SF, SD a majority of the people are transplants, non native born residents. California absorbed a vast amount of liberal minded people from other states. CA use to be more conservative at one time believe it or not.
CA did use to be more Conservative but than rapid growth and popularity of the state got the attention of Liberals, Who moved to the state and was "absorbed" as you call it, Who proceeded to turn the state into what it is today, And now those same Leftist Californians are leaving due to high taxes and cost of living, Crime, Homelessness, Drugs, Strict standards on guns, Et cetera.
The stigma exists because people are rightfully worried about what Californians will do to their state or area, Which clearly is not baseless due to quite a few comments by people here who actually LIVE in Utah and are getting a first-hand experience of how transplants are treating their state/area.
I keep reading all the posts about "friendly people". I have lived in many places, but though people are polite and helpful in Utah, I'm finding it impossible to actually make friends. I'm not Mormon. But I like the Mormon faith, it seems as good as any other religion. I'm finding either people here are Mormon, or they are rabidly Anti-Mormon. No one is middle of the road. And Mr. Briggs didn't mention the flat-earthers and the sovereign nation adherents. It is a hard place to fit in if you are accustomed to the diversity and open-mindedness of California. All in all though, a very good video and I enjoyed it.
What part of Utah do you live in?
@@travlntam I'm in between Provo and Salt Lake City in a town called American Fork.
I guess you answer should not surprise me. I have heard that area can be difficult. It’s really sad I have many friends probably equally as many not of my faith than those who are.
We respect each other’s religion or lack of. If they have questions of mine they are free to ask otherwise we’re just good friends.
I was not active in my faith for a few years and maybe that is what gave me perspective on what it is like to be on the outside.
Now I just love everyone no matter where they are on their journey.
Keep looking there’s some really good people out there you’re going to find some great friends.
Wait… ppl move to Utah??? That’s a thing??? I know the state is clean as hell but I never heard a soul say imma move to Utah lol
All 4 corner states are flooded with Cali
Thank God. Keep those human locusts and Prawns out of AZ.
Utah drivers are historically insane. The rudest drivers in Oregon have Utah plates.
Historically insane please elaborate
There are some crazy road rage stories here, look it up.
Native to utah.
The state has been ruined by idiot politicians promoting it.
And the politicians who are vested in real estate.
The growth of homes is beyond comprehension.
What drives me nuts is the known lack of water and yet the approval of so many high density residential projects. The natural resources can not provide for the increasing population.
Moved from Washington state to Utah. Moved because it’s, cheaper, beautiful, and very outdoor friendly. Utah does have an income tax. But worth it.
Texas Cities are waaaaay over crowded now. The infrastructure is a decade behind the population growth. Traffic in metro areas is just plain stupid.
I like Utah. Always a great pretty trip to visit. It has mountains, forests, and deserts. Limitless outdoor recreation really. 5 mind blowing US National Parks, monuments, etc.. Hope to visit again soon. Now you have to have a car reservation ahead of time to get into Arches National Park.
Where ever Californians go,the real estate prices get too high.I have watched this happen in Texas.
Utah does have a state income tax!!!!
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Yup, I screwed up. I was thinking about Nevada when I said that.
NOT EVERYONE IS MOVING ANY DAMN WHERE!!!!! STOP SAYING EVERYONE IS DOING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you're thinking of moving to Utah from California - DON'T! You're turning it into another California! I live in Hurricane, just outside of St. George... it USED to be a nice small town, maybe15,000... it's predicted that in another 25 years the population willbe 50,000!!!!! Our accident rates have skyrocketed so therefore insurance rates are almost doubling, it's getting very difficult to get in to see your doctor, housing is exploding all over the place, and all this growth is in the midst of a very bad drought. My sister and I are actually thinking of leaving Utah to get away from the Californians.
Maybe your state should focus on bring in more businesses/working on infrastructure to handle growth properly…. All they do is build houses and rich Californians that work remote or retiring boomers move there and cause problems with growing to fast. It’s going to grow deal with it southern Utah is incredible stop complaining your local politicians and your community is the problem. Embrace the growth so it doesn’t become a problem.
Born and raised still living in utah I will say tooele use to be a pretty small quiet town and now it's like westvalley 😢
Omg yes! I lived in Herriman 10 years ago then moved back home to Hawaii. Moved back 2020 son mentioned I should drive to Herriman WOW!!! 😮 The whole valley is different. I get it, but wow big changes.
Moved to Northern Utah from SoCal (San Bernardino Mountains) about 9 years ago with my family after my dad retired. Moved for lower cost of living, to actually have four seasons (it actually gets cold and we get a good amount of snow here!) and we have family living in the area.
Surprised about the school thing, considering how big clases are because of the families have 4 or more kids in them. The only thing I disagree with is health care. I can only find one psychiatrist that treats people with Autism within an hour of where I live.
I moved from Southern California to Utah 3 yrs ago,I was born in San bernardino,lived in yucaipa and orange county and Los angeles..I don't mind utah,my wife still hates it,we live in sandy...not sure if we will stay
Everyone is not moving to Utah. I've been traveling here and there for 22 years. Utah is the #1 suckiest place in the whole U.S. to go to.
It's tied for 1st place in that category along with other States.
Ive only driven through utah when I was headed out to the west coast. Id love to actually visit. Loved seeing all the valleys and canyons almost mars like where I was at. Beautiful drive.
being az utahn i am glad utah is becoming more popular for people to move to
some of my best friends moved to utah so i wouldn't have known them otherwise
but at the same time it is annoying because there are so many people now in utah that traffic is getting terrible and the people moving in are taking advantage of our land and nature acting as if they own it and were here from the beginning
it feels like us ocals are being kicked out
We really need laws banning Californians from moving to our states
Utah was a serious contender on our list when we lived 2 years ago but the poor air quality was ultimately why we decided on somewhere else. Still plan on visiting several parks though.
the winter inversion layer can be a real screamer sometimes!
Where did you decide on?
bali indonesia adios usa@@jimjohnson6944
With all these California's moving to Utah will more than likely turn Utah, Democrat. Such a lovely thought for the likes of Biden & Harris.
I know a lot of people who moved from California to Utah. I considered it, but Utah is too crowded for me, so we chose Idaho. But we're full up here, so don't move to idaho. 🙂 I talk to people from a lot of different states and it seems like everyone feels that they're getting too crowded. I hear that Wyoming is still kind of empty.
californians need to stay in california, thats why other places are full now.
@@baldisaerodynamic9692 - So once you move from Idaho or Utah to California, you can't ever go back, is that what you're saying? Most of the people I know who moved from California to Utah didn't start out in California.
@@scottnelson1713 Exactly, or CA conservatives moving to a conservative state, so probably not exactly the type of Californian most of those people are shouting against
@@p-forest -- Nobody wants Democrats moving to their conservative state, that's the bottom line...
Today Utah was rated the #1 state to move to for the second year in a row. Ya’ll must have low standards. Having lived here for 50 years, this state is rapidly declining. The inversion is almost a constant. Traffic is atrocious. Housing costs are 50% higher than they should be, and they aren’t going down. My family is moving to Texas right before the start of the new school year. Oh, the “Furries” are out of control at Albion Middle school also.
As an ex-Utahn who fled the state after living there for 30-ish years, I think your video is on target with one big exception and an additional comment. :)
First, I was going to point out your mistake on state income tax, but see you commented on that already.
Also, all the western states that aren't California have been whining about Californians moving to their state for at least the last 50 years. I think your current state had a popular bumper sticker at one time that said "Don't Californicate Oregon." Lots of these states are still complaining about Californians moving in. They blame them for driving up home prices and accuse them of trying to turn their new state into another California. If it was as bad as they claim then nobody would be left in California. The reality is a lot of those people moving from California are people who moved away to California and are moving back. Yes, tech companies in Utah plus the greater ability and option of "working from home" has meant people who want to move from California probably have a bit more often recently, so I don't doubt the trend you found, but also expect some Utahns to see this and panic. :)
I'd also add that the difference between the Salt Lake Valley (especially the city itself and close-in suburbs) to the rest of the state in how the people are likely to react to an "outsider" is going to be vastly different.
I'm 69 years old, and I was born and raised in San Diego, California. Back in the 1970's and 1980"s a lot of people moved to CA from places such as New York and Chicago. These were the people who were mostly escaping the snow and crowding, but they brought the ideas with them that turned their home cities into cesspits. Now it has stewed and festered here.
@@garylangley4502 Thank you for saying this. You are spot on. It's unfair to keep blaming Californians when it is mostly East Coasters who brought radical views to the state.
so true, outside of the Salt Lake metro and maybe St. George in the south, the newcomers will be seen and accepted differently... I'm in Salt Lake City since 2005...
Washington county doesn't like most
Hii. I am living in Sweden. I want to move to UTAH. I drive buses. All I need is a little apartment and a bike. I am 36 years old. I want sun, NO SNOW! I want safety and normal salery. ANYONE??????
I’ve been to Utah twice and I loved it. It was absolutely beautiful. Once for skiing, and once to Zion in the summer for hikes and horseback riding. My dream is to live in Utah
Anymore you need to make reservations to get into Zion it's so crowded.
@@mardinoetling7871 😳❗️
Utah is full, sorry
@@lostinphil and for good reason
I’m from Colorado, but I live in Montana now. I’ve been to Utah (Salt Lake City area, and Moab), and it’s the most beautiful state I’ve seen in my life. Even for someone who lives in Montana, I really like that Utah has red sandstones and deserts that remind me of Western movies! Also, I live skiing!
I did vary well for myself in Utah, bought 2 properties lived there for almost 13 years in the Utah County area, Payson - Lehi I probably made the worst choice of my life by selling my property in Payson and moving back to oregon ben down hill ever since but that's what divorce dose ruins your life ..
Another question for people who have moved to an area. Did you move there because you liked visiting the area? If so is has your opinion changed of the area?
For my partner and I, we had to relocate here for work. I wasn’t complete happy with the move, however spending more time here, and exploring the area has changed my mind. Utahns really care about their work/home life which is refreshing.
I'm born in Utah and I moved away but stuck around the 4 Corners and I'm not leaving Amen. 😊😊 So beautiful if you like dirt and rock. So much Native Country so watch out for skin walker cuz they real. 😮😮.
Been in utah for almost 5 years and I love it including the ppl