If YOU are Relocating to UTAH... Watch This! (Living in UTAH - 2024)
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- Moving to Utah can be an adjustment and I'm going to lay out all of the PROS & CONS that you'll need to know before making that move and living in Utah. You'll find a library of videos here on this channel to help you understand all that you need to know if you are moving to Salt Lake City or moving to Utah anywhere at all. The cost of living in salt lake city utah can be another thing that you'll need to know as well. In summary, If YOU are Relocating to UTAH... Watch This! (PROS & CONS of Living in Utah)
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Outdoors
2:38 Crime
2:58 Opportunity
3:20 Family
3:46 Scenic Beauty
4:26 Culture
4:48 Community
5:27 Quality of Life
5:48 Economy
6:07 Winter Sports
6:53 Cons
12:26 To Consider...
12:55 Wrap Up
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I moved here for a better job opportunity 6 years ago. My biggest con I’ve experienced after relocating here is the high cost of housing. My new job allowed me to make the most money I’ve ever made in my life but I did not qualify for any apartments I’ve looked at. One time I barely qualified for an apartment but it was small and overpriced. Finding affordable housing is a challenge especially when you’re single and living alone.
You are SO correct! Affordable housing is our biggest threat to the State of Utah
high cost of housing??? utah??? bro i pay 3k for a 1 bed in miami shut your broke azz up
Yes, if you're in Miami and you're not paying attention to a Utah, it's absolutely rising here and it's completely useless to compare it to specific cities on the coasts like Miami, New York, San Francisco, etc. Something doesn't have to be compared to another city, but rather should be compared to the market where one lives and earns a living. Lastly, I'd appreciate a little more respect in your choice of words. Have a great day!
I’m a bit confused. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve said nothing rude about my comment to your video. All I’ve said was that the cost of living in Utah is a little high. I’m not from Miami or any city on the west or east coast. I moved here from Las Vegas about 6 years ago.
@mariog1982, I'm so sorry, that response was for the other person who commented on this thread (@XCapital28), not for you! Thank you so much for sharing!
Too many people live here anymore. I'm native of SLC. Can't enjoy anything. Crowded and expensive.
I understand
Amen
My experience in Utah was AWESOME. I spent a few weeks visiting a friend north of SLC and liked the atmosphere. I'm in Houston right now and am desperate to leave. I applied to a couple of jobs in SLC via referral, so fingers crossed.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. What part of Houston? My brother lives there
@@scottdsteele Katy. It's great for many people but not quite my vibe.
Got it, my brother is on the other side... in League City
Moved here from Idaho in January and I think you are pretty spot on with most of these. The other con I would add is housing affordability. We paid the same amount for just a lot here that we paid for an entire house in Idaho.
You are spot on Annelise! Thank you so much for your comment and yes... home affordability is a crisis and I'm super passionate about helping create a solution
Thank you for the info!
Of course!!! I love doing this!
Thanks for the information, Scott. I'll be a renter when I move but I found your video helpful
You are so welcome! Regardless of whether you're renting or not, I'm always happy to help you and answer any questions that you may have.
You’re not wrong about people being extremely nice 😂
Moved to Utah late last year and this was my experience haha
That's awesome Nate! I really hope that you love it here for years to come too. Welcome to Utah!!
Ive lived here my whole life...we are a bunch of assholes. No seriously. I hate the people here....
I've been traveling here and there for 22 years. I've been to every single state except for Hawaii. Betty Jean Eadie will tell you that the slightest thing that anyone does effects the world for better or worse. As much traveling as I've done, my comments carry more weight behind them than than Rick Steves and Samantha Brown COMBINED!
I would love to visit as many places as you have one day!
I know it's not exactly your fault, and I don't mind the concept of this video or people moving to Utah, but young people who grew up in Utah are literally unable to buy homes here because of how much prices have risen in the past 10 year. Even with a decent job I can only afford a mortgage for a house that costs about $200,000, and unless you go wayyyyy out into the desert the minimum price on even a condo or fixer-upper is $300,000. I would have to make $80-90K a year just to qualify to buy anything on the wasatch front, and I make just over half that which is really good for someone my age. Unless you have rich family or get really lucky, you're pretty much screwed trying to afford any housing here. If you have older children who are getting closer to the age of moving out DO NOT MOVE TO UTAH! Your kids will be stuck with you forever unless they're really successful.
You absolutely nailed this comment. I'm really passionate about Utah's housing affordability crisis and I'm really looking to get involved at the highest level possible to hopefully be able to provide solutions and make a change. This is Utah’s greatest threat to its success in the future in my opinion.
Come live in Hawaii and I tell you what is expensive. $6 milk, average house is over a million. Almost $5 gas. I laugh when people complain about cost of living. Hawaii is the number 1 for highest cost of living!
@scottdsteele there's not much more room to grow proper SFHs within the wasatch valleys. Setting aside the affordability issue, if people want growth here to never stop, then the result will be piling on top of each other like sardines. When it's all single childless people living in pods, it won't be the Utah you describe here anymore
Great video. Sounds like an amazing place to raise a family in.
It most certainly is!
You forgot the massive amount of nats and mosquitoes as a con. I came from Miami and never experienced anything like the amount of bugs I see here. It’s almost to the point where I want to move 😂
Where are you experiencing this? Utah is so much better than most states due to its arid climate. Unless you live right next to water, it's almost never an issue at all.
I’m near Ogden just 30 mins north of salt lake. I’ve experienced terrible bug issues where I’m at. I went to antelope island last week and it was also a night mare even with bug spray. I love the outdoors here compared to Miami (we only have beaches lol) i just need to carry a can of spray to help 😂
@natefiggs Got it! Yes, right next to the Great Salt Lake is absolutely terrible especially right now at this time of year! My wife and I drove to Antelope Island last year at precisely this time of year when those gnats and bugs have hatched and it was almost apocalyptic and our black suv was plastered. Outside of this spot, or anywhere right next to water, Utah is super easy for bugs like this. You might want to live just a little further from the Great Salt Lake
Is living in Utah as expensive as Orlando Florida?
Seems like only developers love the growth, others are trying to find the minimum amount of open spaces where I live, so they can stand it, and other people won’t get mad, and no one loves the traffic, it is dangerous, I get scared as a rider….the whole way, if I have to ride on the freeway. The smaller canyons are crowded now. I do not breathe as well as I did where I grew up….because I am nervous of the air. And in my area, they are getting people to prepare for the big one. I won’t say the rest, but there are growing typical big city issues where I live.
Hi Katherine! I hope that you can find the many beautiful things to living here as well
Do you serve the whole state? As a couple that are both remote workers, internet speeds are paramount. Would like to see more information on this feature of different locations.
Yes, I / we do....I have a small team and other than a few small towns to the east and southeast, we cover all 5 metro areas plus the entire Wasatch Back and beyond.
Speaking to your point on internet speeds, Utah ranks #2 out of the 50 states for internet access... and as for speed we're in the middle of the pack ranked @ #30 with an average speed of 314 mbps. As for the best cities in Utah... here they are:
#1 Mapleton
#2 Murray
#3 Roy
#4 Syracuse
Beyond this, Salt Lake City also has great infrastructure that includes Google Fiber. Google Fiber is the fastest provider in Utah followed by XFINITY (Comcast)
@@scottdsteele If you are in Utah or SLC county you almost always have access to a fiber solution. If you get out to rural areas it gets patchier in terms of coverage, though I somehow never lose cell service.
I've been traveling here and there for 22 years.
Nice!
The list of cons was very helpful, thanks, and saludos desde Nicaragua!
Awesome! Thank you! I also speak fluent Spanish and I'd love to talk sometime. Que les vaya bien y saludos de Utah!
personal question, do you make videos like these to convince people to come to Utah. and by scheduling a call to get to "know us", would that be when you'd be like.. hey "I'm a realtor and i know where to get you the best houses for the best prices!" thus you benefiting in the long run. because if this is your goal, i got to tell you its smart as heck. and GOD Bless you for that. i just really hope you arent one that rips people off 🙂
I'm not sure how in the world I would ever be able to "rip people off" let alone convince people to move here. I'm 100% transparent in what I'm doing and that begins and ends with me answering people's specific questions around moving to and living in Utah and it just so happens that I love doing it. I'm also a huge fan of my home state of Utah and my audience is people looking to relocate here or people who live here. I'm also 100% transparent in who I am as a real estate expert and agent and that I would love to be their real estate resource of choice. Simplified... client attraction (not selling or convincing or ripping off) through value giving service using relevant content to answer people's questions.
Don’t!!! We don’t have any more room or can afford any more people😂😂😂
I understand, but it is still going to grow
If you are outdoorsy you'll love it! Between the bad air quality, inversion, and general higher altitude thinner air you can feel the struggle to breathe even more on a beautiful hike which could easily be too hot, too cold, or both hr to hr. If you came to enjoy the greatest snow on earth you can enjoy it up close and personal on your driveway, car, sidewalks, and even in your face! With winters so cold the bitter air can give you brain freeze. Good times for all those who love being cold and wet. It's fun digging your car out when you get stuck or slide off the road. Like sledding but in a heavy metal vehichle. You might get killed, you might not, it's anyone's guess....
If you're into the outdoors, you'll love pretty much sums things up!
@@scottdsteele sure if you want to make sales and pretend there are no cons. I've lived here my whole life and while it can be pretty it's really giving an influencer highlight reel or sales pitch pov to pretend it's all picturesque hiking and skiing when it's not. The reality is a pretty harsh contrast if no one prepared you for it, especially for those coming from states like Arizona, California etc that aren't used to the crazy weather shifts. Utah is struggling right now in a lot of ways based on the people who live and work here and have for years. Some stupid biased articles come out nad try to say otherwise but they aren't the ones struggling to find affordable housing or buy groceries. If people want to move here that's fine but they should get an honest review on what it's like to live here....probably from people that don't profit off of those people moving here
Have you even watched my videos? I DO point out the negatives... the Pros and the Cons. Where in the world do I pretend there are no cons? You can literally see the video on the Front of my TH-cam channel where I talk about the Pros & CONS... it's right there as the very first video that people see when they visit my channel. I've lived here my entire life as well and I work with people moving here very frequently and there are Pros and Cons to everywhere, everything and everyone.
Friendliness is subjective and not the same experience for everyone. That should be removed.
You failed to mention how it’s getting so unaffordable to live here
Thanks for that feedback Lynette and I do agree with you for sure. When I redo this video in about 6 months, I will definitely leave that out.
As for affordability, yes... this is becoming our biggest enemy and something I'm really passionate about. I'm going to create videos just on that alone as well.
Thank you so much for your input, I appreciate you!
D O N T !!!
I understand this too
californication is a real thing!!! dream of it
RHCP
If your thinking about coming to Utah don’t
Lol
Why, Utah is awesome!
@@lollipop1894it’s really not. It’s lame in Utah. Hot, low water supplies, expensive gas. Mormons. Wouldn’t recommend. 0/10
Wow, you should consider a move then!
@@jayk.2276expensive gas? Are you a moron?
You mentioned Jobs but did not mention the staggeringly low wages of those jobs in Utah. It is shocking how little the businesses pay their employees and they consider it a "living wage". Very disconcerting to say the least
Thanks for the comment and I completely understand that sentiment for sure, especially as everything has become so much more expense. The narrative that wages aren't increasing must is not true and there are numerous reputable sources for the data. From 2010-2020, wages increased by just under 40% and Utah ranked #9 out of the 50 states over that period (source= U.S. Dept. Of Labor Statistics) and since 2020, they've increased by 18% with Utah ranking #14 over that period. Overall, wages are on the rise in a Utah and Utah is rising in the ranks as well for overall average wage with Utah ranking currently @ #25 in the nation and an overall affordability ranking @ #28 (U.S. News). I've noticed significant wage growth in the big 5 growing industries here and throughout construction and the trades as well... and retail worker wage growth has been almost the worst so for those working retail, it's felt terrible. For anyone living here and reading this, it might be time to ask for that raise if you've earned it too!
Is not being Mormon a problem for newbies?
Absolutely not
They'll just try to convince you to join their cult
Ignorance makes yet another appearance 👏
Not really but prepared for missionaries coming back every few weeks. They put nonmembers on a list that gets passed around to the missionaries.
Not a problem per say but it has it's own issues. They won't be outright rude to you, as a matter of fact they are more likely to come introduce themselves and invite you to church or a ward activity or to hang out etc. The goal is to encourage you to join the church. If you choose not to they usually won't be rude but a lot of non members have said growing up in highly populated Mormon areas that they do feel left out when a majority of the neighbors and neighborhood are attending church activities that they didn't go to because they weren't interested in joining the church. It can affect your kids friendships if you move here because all the kids going to camp or activities together will bond more and your child may not get as many opportunities. There is also the Mormon influence on things (places being closed on Sundays, extreme liquor laws compared to other places, seminary at local schools etc.) If you aren't Mormon but live a Mormon lifestyle you'll be fine but if you enjoy things that may be they don't do then you'll probably find the culture restrictive (as most non Utah natives bring up in their complaints about Utah)
If your not Farmers, LDS (mormon), Military veteran. It aint for you. 🤠 but if it is. open carry 🔫 its your right
That's an old way of thinking and an old narrative. I meet new people every single day who live here and most are from somewhere else other than Utah and their feedback says very much otherwise
Look elsewhere than the Salt Lake Valley tbh so many other great places in Utah to live without a big city.
You're totally right smokey! There are so many great places other than just SLC
You forgot to mention guns everyone here has a gun. And we have a high Concealed carry rate here. Theres a reason we have low violent crime rate.
Utah is actually almost right on the middle of the pack when ranking all states in terms of data around gun ownership. States like Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are all at or near the top of the lists ranking guns per capita, total guns, gun ownership, etc.
Everyone is pretty irritated by the number of people relocating here.
Some are. Not all.
@@scottdsteele You're right I'm sure the other Californians you helped move here don't mind at all.
@@Drew-hu7hbnow you know how Californians from when everyone was moving here from 2000-2020. It’s a two-way road pal, accept it and enjoy your life
@Drew-hu7hb People relocate for SO many reasons and I love people from any state... or country so long as they uphold the common good moral standard of being kind to others. It is ignorant to claim that All people moving from any state are bad or undesired. In fact, less than 20% (1 out of 5) people who are moving to Utah are coming from California and I'll add that there are far more people leaving and then relocating to certain states are doing so for so many reasons and oftentimes it's because they share the values of that new state. Ultimately, our state is growing because it's an amazing place and we cannot stop that and it is completely outside of our control.
I hope that anyone moving here feels welcomed and loved no matter who they are or where they've come from😁
If you're planning on relocating to Utah.....dont.
I hear you!
I do understand you're not wanting california's moving there though I lived in california twenty years ago and it was okay but people were rude and nasty and it's way where it's now so all that nasty ass is just seeping out into the world they took over oregon too Where my mom lives
I'm not sure exactly what you're saying but I will add that there are good and bad people everywhere and where you place your focus, it will expand. Hopefully you've found some great people as well
You forgot to mention the huge heroin epidemic that is fueling our homeless issue.
Homelessness is so sad. Utah has a rate of 11 per 10,000 residents compared to the national average of 18. The worst states are on the 2 coasts in California and New York. The word epidemic means that it would have to be widespread, and when only 0.002% of Utahns are homeless and there are approx. 500-600 deaths per year in Utah from Opioids, of which approx 70% are unintentional but caused by drug abuse, I wouldn't even come close to calling this an epidemic. Every single case of homelessness and drug O.D., while tragic, doesn't support this narrative. How would you propose we help these people?
The increase in out of staters is increasing crime. All are welcome, but embrace the local culture, and please don't bring the crime and other problems from the state you left.
Well said!
I'm going to guess that the you are a Libra.
I'm curious! Why would you guess that?
@@scottdsteele because you look like an air sign to me.
And you mention pros and cons while stating everything with explanations; balanced review
Lol, I'm impressed, honestly! And yes, you nailed it... I'm a Libra!
Nailed it! Wow, some people are so much better at reading people than I am
Pros Better paying Jobs. Cons Rainbow Cancer, Democrats and inversion.
Thanks for the comment! As a licensed agent and the a Fair Housing Act, I can't comment about many things but I will say this: Utah is most certainly a conservative red state, so if that's what you're looking for, that's here. Downtown and closer to Salt Lake City of course, is quite different and this tends to be the case in every major city throughout the US
Clearly not the Realtor I want my family dealing with if politics is a concern. So tired of this trash being the only thing anyone talks about. My wife and I are moving to SLC with high paying jobs and are definitely looking to buy a house around the 500k price range but don't want to deal with politically biased realtors.
@@Edward_BlueLol, how was he biased? He only said Utah is a red state as a response to the dude who said democrats are one of the cons. I am a Democrat myself and don't see anything wrong with his response. The one with the problem is the OP.
Pros, its a pretty state
Cons, mormons
That is an incredibly ignorant statement, I feel bad for you honestly
Stay away from Utah. Just don’t come here.
I hear you