Top 10 Reasons NOT To Move To Utah.
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- Thinking about moving to Utah? Before you call a Realtor and pack your bags, join us as we uncover the truth about living in this diverse state. From its booming economy to its outdoor recreation, Utah offers a wide range of experiences. But it isn't for everyone.
We are all different; one man's trash is another man's treasure. This video is just some things you should know before you get too far into planning your life in Utah.
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Maybe Oklahoma or Kansas.
My thoughts per region: Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, or Massachusetts.
Minnesota
Wyoming. I live here, I just wanna know your reasons
Wisconsin.
Another major reason behind the air is that we're in a bowl surrounded by mountains and the pollution gets trapped with no good way for air to push it out.
Right, but isn't that essentially the same reason as the inversion (at least in winter)?. Being in a bowl surrounded by mountains is what creates the conditions that lead to the inversion.
Inversion which has been really bad the past 2 or 3 weeks for we're not getting much weather such as rain, wind, and snow. Not a good area for fishing and outdoor nature excursions unless a decent late model good runner to the mountains and rural areas that is a bit too expensive where as 20 or more years ago cars, gas, and independence of driving was for everyone for that's every individuals first need to live in America that didn't turn out to be our patriotic high endeavor.
Also plnes spray chemtrails there daily!
@@andreabontempo643 I increasingly wish I could leave Utah to go back to the Midwest for there really isn't nothing here being that I never secured a great job to afford me some social mobility like the ability to purchase a vehicle and stack some cash to buy a piece of rural land or old house in the Ozarks and necessities to one needs to make a smart critical big move like that now. The deep blue Democrat cities like Salt Lake City and San Francisco and probably all large metros are concentrated population death traps for lots of people who own nothing while pretending to be happy, but also have no family, relatives, and close loved ones nor partners for life.
@@TUBESPECIFIC1 yeah but the humidity kills me . I live in Utah and moved here from California. Other than the inversion layer I love it here
It’s Ryan hall yall , I watch him for the weather as well and he’s great! Just commenting this so anyone who’s looking for him
Great video. My wife and I moved to Salt Lake City in October 2020. We left in January 2021. Just wasn’t for us. Absolutely loved Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion.
So, You are saying that Utah is great for a vacation,
but not so great as a place to live ?
@@jamesgoode9246 it’s a great place for some. The reasons we left was multifaceted. Probably if we would have lived somewhere else other than SLC it might have been different. But yeah for us anyway it would be a great place to vacation.
You left after only a couple of months? That's crazy. First of all, I don't see how you even could form an opinion during such a short time. You were still getting settled in. Also, how do you even do moving whiplash like that? It takes so much time, energy and stress to move. So many arrangements. I don't get it.
@@automnejoy5308 my wife was absolutely miserable there and was tired of seeing her unhappy. The city life just wasn’t for us. We moved to an area where we are both happy. Own a house on lake front that we would have never owned in SLC. No hassles of city life, no crazy traffic. Just peace and quiet on a private road.
@@SwampSquatch70 Fair enough. Sounds very nice.
I live in Utah and I think this was a very fair assessment of our problems.
@@user-ms2cz3ft2s I don't think it's sad. I love living here, but I think that these issues might be a tough sell for others.
@@user-ms2cz3ft2s also, I believe people should be aware of the problems we face before moving here and driving up the price of real estate.
@@michiganabigailthat's so sad 😢
@@el_apostata_sudwhat's sad about it?
Much love to everyone and their families from Cedar City Utah USA 🙈🍄🤠
Briggs shouting out Ryan Hall is the crossover of my two faves that I didn’t know I needed ❤️
Ryan Hall Y”all ❤️
Living in tornado alley, I so appreciate Ryan Hall Y’all!!
I live in Harriman Utah, southwest part of the Salt Lake City Valley. Your video is spot on! But like everywhere in the world, places have their good and bad items. If you don't like where you live, move to someplace else. Keep up the good videos.....
Great job! As a Utahn for 60 years, please discourage people from moving here. Most of us live in a concentrated megalopolis (Wasatch Front) and it's getting way too crowded!
I live in Happy Valley, Oregon, and I am going to retire in Saint George, Utah, in 2 years. Just love the place
I really don’t think you can underestimate the LDS influence in Utah, especially if you have school age children. I knew someone who had two children and moved to Utah. My friend’s kids went to the local public school and her kids were ostracized by the other kids for not being Mormon. They had to seek out a Catholic school for their children, even though they weren’t Catholic, just so their kids weren’t picked on for not being Mormon.
Ouch, that is something to absolutely consider and weight your options carefully.
I kind of had a similar experience, except I was the outsider because I wasn't a "Utah Mormon". I know it's really easy to paint the whole religion because of this experience, but LDS members outside of Utah can be very different. You may still find those families who won't let their kids play with other kids who are not LDS, but at least the bullying doesn't happen. Just know, this is completely contrary to how I was taught to behave by my LDS Bishop, Sunday School teachers and high up church leaders. They teach us to treat others with kindness and respect (even if they do make life choices different from us).
It's the same in the job market for adults.
@@marinhusky8863Not surprised to hear that working age adults have the same problem as the kids
That is awful. This is one of the few reasons why I am not sure I could move to Utah.
Having lived in Utah many years I can add four items. 1) The drivers are personally vindictive and will seek to "get back" at you if you pulled in front of them, didn't go fast enough, etc.... I have driven in all 50 states, lived in a few other states, and never seen this behavior anywhere but Utah and eastern Idaho. 2) Don't be fooled by Briggs' statement that Utah "conservative". Yes, socially conservative, but the people are Utah support big government big-time. 3) Water rights are not tied to a property but must be obtained separately when one is in a rural area. A friend bought a house in a small mountain town and the "water board" immediately disconnected his water delivery because the owner had not sold him the "water rights", something few people from elsewhere would even think to ask about. He ended up having to haul water from the nearest big town in a big tank on a trailer. 4) Some years ago the Ogden Examiner (IIRC) had an article about how the FBI had to open a special field office in Salt Lake City because the Ogden-to-Provo corridor was the Number 1 originator of financial fraud schemes in the United States. Be very cautious!
Lots of MLM’s in Utah.
Just perfect timing for my lunch break . Love seeing a fresh Mr Briggs videos . Hope everyone found a happy moment in their day .
Thank you for a positive comment. A nice break from the self-proclaimed experts that like to make ugly comments and display their ignorance. Hope you have a good rest of your day.
Hope you enjoyed it!
No mention of Trax and Frontrunner. Great public transportation options for main areas (and free to college students), and UTA On-Demand is a much cheaper alternative to Uber. Sure, it's no NYC, but I don't think you give the SLC public transportation enough credit.
The busses stop at like 8:30pm on Saturday nites in much of the city
Ex-Mormon who moved to Utah and left the church some time later; have lived in very rural Utah (my mountain cabin dream home) for decades now, and I love it. If you are insecure enough to have to completely blend and mesh with the culture surrounding you to be happy, don't come. If you can live and let live--have confidence in your own self while respecting others for their own values, you will be fine. Hoping that y'all talk yourselves out of coming and stay away, so that we can continue the secret paradise we have going here (not the city mind you--they can keep it; different universe in the countryside).
I'm glad you made this because too many people are moving to Utah and it's getting too crowded which also makes it harder to get jobs.
Spot on Briggs! I moved from Ohio 12 years ago and currently live in Ivins/St. George. Everything you stated in the video I see here. You should do a video on St. George sometime.
Water is the biggest issue I'd have with any of the states in that area, at least if I was young and had to think of my children living there. Everything I've read paints the Colorado River as pretty much drying up, and all of the southwest as having no water 20 years from now. I'm not sure if I'd have problems with the Mormons. For 30 years I interacted professionally with a brilliant physician who had more integrity and human kindness than just about anybody else I've ever met. I learned from others late in my career that he was a member of the LDS. Things might have been different if I'd known the guy socially, but I don't know. I'm not sure what you can say with a sample size of 1, but the guy was pure class.
What would be your issue with the Colorado River drying up & you living in Utah? Very few people live near that river in Utah.
That river feeds seven states plus Mexico so yeah baba booey it's a big issue@@alanhughes5868
@@alanhughes5868 It's a major irrigation source for the entire region. I've read a number of articles about the southwest drying up and dying, and the Colorado River is central to the water supply for every state in the region. Look at the water level in Lake Mead today. Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California, and Utah are all being threatened by the lack of water, and there is no reason to think rainfall levels will turn around in our children's lifetimes.
If you die before the water runs out, what does it matter to you?
Your children can make the decision to stay or leave after you have expired.
The clean drinking tap water is one of the major reasons I love living in Canada. Though, not all of Canada has this luxury, I do where I live.
I guess you could always drink bottled water.
@@0SLiDeR0 I don't think you got my point. It's not about drinking bottled water, it's about a huge section of the country becoming unlivable. And water shortages are affecting lives today. Read up on Lake Mead. Farming in some areas is already collapsing. But my point wasn't that this old grandpa wouldn't live there. It was about negatives for young families. And my children could all move to Utah if they wanted to. My youngest just got her master's degree. But so far my kids like Ohio. My oldest is thinking about Florida, which would be nice.
It's definitely getting expensive. My son lives there. I was contemplating moving there last year, houses were selling on the day they were listed. It is beautiful, and pleasant, but as you say, rough winter and bad air in SLC.😊
The winter of 2016 was worse in Utah than in Chicago.
A majority of the very few mom and pop Mexican restaurants in Oregon, have terrible quality food compared to those in southern California.
On the diversity front, Salt Lake City is a huge exception. There are 87 different languages spoken in Slat Lake County and large ethic populations from around the world.
I’m glad someone pointed out this fact.
Salt Lake City is a huge exception with regard to several items in this video. SLC votes Democratic. LDS is a minority in SLC. SLC has TRAX and busses; reasonably good public transport. Getting liquor is not a problem whatsoever.
Probably a shithole then.
@@Hodgiezyeah so important to have foreigners destroy the place wtaf.
@@nwsvndractually it's not because of that, it's because Mormons go on missions to foreign countries and come back speaking a different language. It also affects our food options. We have amazing fusion restaurants here because these kids come back with new favorite foods.
Most of the negatives are a positive for me. I think I could be very comfortable there
Nice and informative, Briggs. Oh, and I like your dry sense of humor. Be a blessing.
Thank you kindly
I've lived in Utah for 18 years and all ten of your reasons not to move to Utah are spot on. The LDS influence can be good and bad. All of my neighbors are LDS but I'm not. I get along great with them and love living in my neighborhood because I am respectful of their culture and I'm a good neighbor. On the other hand, almost all of the political leaders in this state are LDS and they run things the way the church wants them run. That can be bad.
IMO if you're not going to take advantage of the beautiful outdoors (we have great mountains and desert), there is really no reason to move here.
I am late to this party! I lived in SLC for about 30 years, but left about 2 years ago. Your assessment is accurate. But SLC and a few connected cities have excellent public transportation.
The Wasatch Front has changed drastically in the last 15 years, with a cost of living that competes with Denver and Portand, but with a higher cost of living to wage disparity.
Briggs, my memories of Utah were all about snow skiing. "Dry" bars got around the laws by charging patrons for a "membership" so they were ostensibly on private property and could therefore buy and be served alcohol. btw, Ryan Hall (Y'all) is a fave of mine.
Virtually everything you mentioned is why I opted not to live in Utah. I think it's a lovely state for visiting but not for me. Big fan of Ryan Hall Y'All as well Briggs😁
I’m a native Utahn. I love Utah! I hate the aggressive drivers who seem to think they own the road. The summers and Fall are spectacular!
what fall?, there is not fall in Utah... oh right yes, like 2 days of fall
Same bro
Love these videos 😁
Thanks for the shout-out to my home town!!! Cedar City! Higher elevation than Denver and salt lake and colder too!
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that remark is true of any culture, if you hear the kitchen staff and owners speaking another language...chances are the food will be fantastic
Yeah because no one else knows how to cook SMH
Good video, Briggs! I absolutely love Utah but you were spot with the problems we have here.
Like this video and looking forward to coming reviews of other states. How about NE, KS and the Dakotas for suggestions.
I lived in Salt Lake City from 2005 to 2020... I left because of the increasing cost of living...
It's a pretty accurate description of what's like in Utah... I'll add it's a police state with a higher number of police officers per one thousand residents and they are very aggressive and oppressive... I was once stopped for having tinted windows on my car and the officer literally had a device to measure the transparency of the front windows to be in line with the regulations of Utah... I got a ticket for having too dark tinted windows... and that's just a example out of many...
I lived there most of my life. I am not Mormon, but I loved it!! Great skiing, hiking, etc. And Mormon people are mostly friendly.
I was seriously dating a Mormon way the hell back in the early 80s, and went to Provo to meet his family. Mormons in Utah are completely different from Mormons outside of Utah: outside, they are the sweetest, kindest, most generous people you'll ever meet. In Utah, they are the majority and can express/flaunt all their narrow-mindedness, self-righteousness, and stereotyping of different ethnic and religious groups. It was a glimpse of what my life would be like - well, that and the aggressive "encouragement" for women to have as many children as biologically possible - and I got outta there (and outta the relationship) at warp speed.
Utah's birth rate has progressively gone down over time, and is now below replacement rate.
Stereotypes exist for a reason sweetheart.
@@nwsvndr Good! I do wonder why, though. Maybe younger women there no longer want to give birth every freaking year.
Might have been true in the 80s. It isn't now. I was LDS in Alaska, left the church, then moved to Utah. (don't ask, long story.) I'm atheist now, but I can tell you that Mormons in Alaska are super picky and insular, while the ones here are a lot more forgiving and welcoming. They can afford to be. They live in the promised land so they don't care 😂
There was another lady on this forum who LDS. But she is outside Utah. She confirmed your experience. How odd?
As a 2-time transplant to Utah/SLC, this list is pretty spot on. It's not enough for me to not enjoy living here, as I absolutely love it and have no desire to return to FL, but these are real issues and could be a deal breaker for some. Like the air quality - I have family members who can't visit because their lungs simply can't handle the elevation. It does take a few weeks to get used to. The houses are expensive, and although my house here cost more than my comparable one in orlando, the insurance is so much cheaper, my mortgage is basically the same lol - insurance is becoming insane in FL. Oh and maybe a #11 for this list if you come from a state that doesn't have it (like I did) - state income tax. That took some getting used to!
My son moved from NJ to Utah...he came back to Jersey for about 3 months but he's going back. He likes it out there. South Jordan to be exact.
So, I moved to Utah from NYC 40+ years ago. Not LDS . With my career, I could have moved to any state in the Union and found excellent employment (as could my spouse). I have chosen to live/stay in Utah and will likely die here, I love living here that much. That said, this video is right on the mark. A few of things I would add is that there are a plethora of really, really, bad drivers in this state. Utah is consistently rated as one of the top states in the nation for bad drivers. Second, as mentioned, housing has become frighteningly expensive. Third, it astonishes me how may slow thinkers there are in this state. I am not suggesting that these people lack intelligence, they just seem to process information slowly and react in equally as slow a manner.
I would much rather drive in downtown Chicago than in Utah. Worst drivers in America!
I've seen the comment about bad drivers in the state more than once, but never any explanation as to WHY this is. Any idea? I'm just curious. My speculation is related to long stretches of isolated roads, so people are more likely to pay less attention or something along those lines?
No, it's from people thinking they are entitled and not feeling they are bound by laws or common courtesy.@@p-forest
Yes, some of the worst drivers in the US. A body-and-fender man can make an excellent living in Utah!
@@p-forest Part of the reason is because most of Utah's population reside along the Wasatch Front, so there's only one interstate (I-15) servicing most of the population.
A positive is that just one county in Utah has more fun public lands than all of the boring Midwest combined.
If you want to live in Utah but are concerned about cold check out the St. George area. The winter is short and very little if any snow. Elevation is relatively low too under 3,000 feet. Of course the summers are hot.😂
St George doesn't have enough water. That "straw" they're thinking of building to the Colorado River isn't gonna happen imo
Is the radiation gone? Isn’t that where they tested many nuclear bombs? High rate of cancer last time I checken.
@annelibashore4807
No, that’s Nevada
Saint George is waaaaay too 🔥🔥 in the summer. There is a reason the jail is called Purgatory.☺☺
There is nothing to see in St. George. Might as well stay away.
There's three nice casinos a half hour from St. George.
The brothels in Nevada, just across the state line, have parking lots full of cars with BYU stickers on the bumpers.
Utah's population has expanded quite a lot in recent years.
Most people come from California, a state which people escape to attain sanity.
When Briggs does a vid like this, makes me think he is hiding secret gems… using the old Greenland Iceland tactic 😂
Good Job, Briggs!
I was in the Salt Lake City area last summer. No complaints but when I ran out of weed it was time to see Nevada
Love the outdoors in southern Utah. World class scenic. But a number of things you mention would prevent me from moving there.
Utah’s winters in SLC are actually milder then winter in the South as far as temperature goes because it’s such a dry cold. You get a ton of snow but I often see people running with shorts in January because it just really isn’t that bad. It’s not the bone chilling cold that the South and Midwest have.
Not milder than the South, though. No way. Milder than the Midwest... yes, absolutely.
@@automnejoy5308 I grew up in Arkansas and I could never go outside without a jacket in January like I can here in Utah
The Great Salt Lake makes it not such a dry cold. After moving to Denver, I noticed it big time my first visit back. Not that it is Minnesota or anything.
Too funny!
Great call out to Brian Hall Y’all.
I watch him regularly here in Florida during hurricane season and he is waaaaaaaaay better than any of the local yocals!
😎🤙🏽🏖️
Imo, Utah is the greatest state in the union.
While I'm not a mormon myself, I would be inclined to say that the Church of LDS plays a significant role in making Utah so extravagant.
God Bless Utah!
I’m an ex-Mormon and I grew up in Utah and still live here. I’m very introverted and don’t care much for nightlife besides going to a rock or metal show. Living here is great for me personally. I think where you live and what type of work you do in Utah makes a huge difference in your experience here. I grew up in West Valley where there was a more prominent population of Hispanics and Pacific Islanders. I’ve also only had warehouse jobs and those types of jobs in my experience had more diversity and less Mormons or Jack Mormons. Compared to when I was growing up Utah has come a long way. I don’t love the religious influence in the government but it’s not as bad as other places.
Just my two cents on #6. I was born and raised (and still am) LDS, but I was born in California. When I moved to Utah in the early 90's to attend college, it was the most miserable experience I ever had, mainly because even I was made to feel like an outsider, because I didn't grow up in the church in Utah (in the 90s, there wasn't the negative stigmas of coming from California, like there is today). I know non members who have no interest in the church sometimes have it even worse. I ended up moving back after the first semester because it was such an unfriendly place to live (at least for me). I know this outsider behavior is very common within the LDS church (unless you're a convert or interested in becoming a convert) but that behavior was not at all how I was taught by my Bishop, my Sunday School teachers, our main church leaders and of course, Christ himself. They tell us to genuinely love our neighbors and show kindness and be welcoming. In my opinion, it's not the church principles that teach us to be that way, but exactly the opposite, so I'm not sure why it happens so frequently.
A girl I had a huge crush on in high school was Mormon. She wouldn't give me the time of day because I was a nobody and she was a cheerleader. She was that rare combination of cute, pretty and sexy all at once. One day, about a year after we graduated, she calls me out of the blue and invites me over. I thought I'd just one the lottery or something.
She spent about 45 minutes trying to convert me to LDS. Talk about a let down. It was like finding out there's no Santa Claus.
@@patrickfreeman8257 She probably liked you too, which is probably why she wanted you to join the religion. There is a big emphasis on getting married in the temple, which is only an option if both man and woman are LDS. It stems from our belief that Temple marriages are eternal and not "until death do we part". We belive we're still married to each other, even after death. As a result, LDS youth are often encourage by their parents to date within the religion, with some parents wrongfully going so far as to tell their kids they will disown them if they don't. That part is absolutely not taught by our religion. At no point are we taught to disown any one (especially not our children) for any reason. But some parents will anyway. It's sad too, because I've seen girls turn their back on really nice guys because they were not LDS, then marry guys who were even return missionaries, who end up being really terrible husbands. I think because we believe so strongly that our religion is the correct Church of Christ, it makes some (but not all or even most) members feel like they are somehow better than others. Some of us in the church forget we are also sinners, and far from perfect.
I too am LDS and was born outside of Utah (California) and spent most of my younger life not in Utah. I moved here for school, and haven’t had any problems like you described.
@@jcarp8471 What time frame and what college? Things do change over time. Maybe it has gotten better.
@@jcarp8471 Sure. Not everyone has the experience I did, and I'm glad yours was positive. Two of my sisters had good experiences while in Provo. For my eldest sister and I it definitely wasn't. I also never served a mission, so maybe that was a factor. However, I have been in many family and young adult wards in my life, and the only ward I have ever felt unwelcomed, was the young adult ward I attended those months I lived in Provo. In any case there's a reason it's on this list. Enough people do experience it that the phenomenon can't be ignored.
St. George has good air quality and beautiful scenery. I moved here a year ago and love it.
Are you retired there? I get a lot of questions about St. George from soon to be retired people.
St George and surrounding area is definitely a retirement area. A lot of retirement communities, lower elevation, and more mild winter, but hot summers.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs I in fact will be retired here in a few more years. I came from Vegas and I don't think it's a good place for me to retire.
@@jeremyhelquist Yes, the summers are hot. That surprised me.
I would love to retire there but the water scarcity makes me nervous.
I’ve never even considered moving to Utah. Nice video though. Thanks for the great content.
Thanks for watching!
@@mrdo8869How about you watch the video. Utah is a great state.Don’t thumbs down the video because it’s about Utah. How about you watch it to learn about Utah.
@@mrdo8869Please just watch the video.
@@mrdo8869 Um... since this is a video about negative aspects of Utah, it would make sense for you to thumb UP the video, then.
thanks for the vid sir - folks might check out the Sugarhouse District in SLC, not perfect but lots of good things going on there
As I sit in Salt Lake City looking at property! Thanks Briggs
As a utahn, I can't thank you enough for this video. ❤
You're so welcome!
I do watch ryan hall too.., good explanation of inversion.., I’ll be in the slc area for Christmas.., I guess I will run on a treadmill while there.
I have only experienced a smog rich temperature inversion once : in Strasbourg.
It was indescribable ... there was zero visibility, and you needed a gasmask to survive .. not joking!
It took us about 1 minute to go from the car to our hotel ... nightmare .. like a horror film.
The aircon in the hotel saved our lungs!
I graduated from the UofU and experienced many such inversions there in SLC. Totally agree with Briggs on this one.
@@jcarp8471 It's pretty rare to have zero visibility, but yes, they can get bad. You know they're really bad when you can taste it in the air. Like charcoal. Awful.
I spent 52 years living in dreadful NY, and since my first visit to Utah 27-28 years ago, it was a dream to someday make it home. I tried to convince the wife, and actually had her kinda convinced, but she did the old switcharoo. We relocated to the Lake Norman area (Charlotte) in NC, which is nice enough i guess, but a piece of my heart is still in Utah….i absolutely love the southwest region of UT.
The Saint George area,
I sort of had a similar travel history. Grew up in northern Maine, relocated to around the Lake Norman area, and now I'm in Salt Lake City. Each place has its quirks of course, but I would have to say that Utah is my favorite so far.
My best friends moved from southern California to a town 40 miles north of Charlotte. They absolutely love it there.
I have lived in Tennessee my whole life so 31 years I would like to move west to Nevada or Utah a desert state or Wyoming. Just me and on a budget love outdoors.
As an Utah resident, I can attest that you are spot on with this list! Excellent summary!
Enjoyed the video! It also appears that in certain parts of Utah they like to drive in reverse (8:04 in video). 😉
Calling Taco Bell Mexican food is like calling Fife-Biden a president.
My daughter from San Diego is currently attending BYU. So far she has no complaints.
Also, my sister's father has retired to Utah.
Isn't your sister's father your father?
@@Likwifynot if they're half sisters....
@@TrthWrld alr then
Can you do this with Minnesota and North Carolina. I appreciate all the information you share.
When I saw the image you chose to use (a car crash) for the opening of this video, I was actually surprised to see that car crashes did not come up anywhere on your list. There have been a surprising number of car crashes in the news here this past year, many of which have involved fatalities or injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists. I attribute this to the overall younger age of the population here, since younger drivers tend to drive faster and more recklessly than older drivers. Utah also came up as the number one state for road rage related incidents this past year. Since so many people drive large pickup trucks here (a number that equals or surpasses the number of pickup trucks in Texas), I think these drivers feel invincible and indestructible out on the road, and are more likely to use their trucks as weapons against any driver that they feel is driving too slowly or does something else that they don't like. Drivers here are also more likely to pull a gun on another driver if they get involved in a road rage incident, since so many people here have guns.
I do take issue with your assessment of public transportation, though. As a former resident of Raleigh, NC, I can say that public transportation is much better here than in Raleigh. Not only are there many bus routes here, but we also have commuter rail (FrontRunner) and light rail (TRAX), both of which are not available in Raleigh or many other cities of this size.
Ryan Hall yo happens to be one of my favorites :-)
AS a Utah resident even homes in bad areas are CRAZY expensive!!!!! VERY close to California
SLC has a Mexican joint on every block 🤣 the food here is insanely diverse. Literally anything you’d want
I am with you on the Mexican food. It's hard when you grew up in Socal and move to the Midwest later in life:)
I see Mexican restaurants all over the place here, including up in the mountains in places like Heber City. You can also find taco carts on the side of the road in many areas. I'm not sure why people are complaining about lack of Mexican food when this area seems to have more than any place I've lived (I've lived in four states: 3 on the east coast and here in Utah).
@@242HPThanks for the info. We have some here too in IN. But it taste different than Socal and AZ or even parts of Texas or NM. Maybe it's the ingredients when grown local?
But that is good to know.
Thanks!
Only place to find descent Mexican food in the Midwest is probably in Chicago and Milwaukee. I was born in Chicago and currently living in SoCal
LDS here, Oklahoma is where I call home I’ll stay until I die
Getting a cup of coffee…fuggettaboutit! Kills it for me. Who would even want more than one boss in the house? Nuts!
Useful 👍🏻
I remember Cedar City is nice but relatively small town, but it was growing. Still not sure I'd want to live there or St. George. Testing in the late 40's and 50's had the radioactive clouds drifting right over those areas.
ive been watching your vids for years and just now noticed i wasnt subscribed, im now subscribed ‼️
Thanks for subbing!
I watch Ryan hall YALL! Too!!! Amazing meteorologist and i love your countdown videos! ❤
I’m from Salt Lake City Utah. This made me laugh lol 😂 thank you 🙏
Moved to UT abt 4 yrs ago. Visited a couple times in the last decade. A lot has changed. The bigger gripes/headaches are the AQI is HORRID & gets worse with the rapid growth & development along the Wasatch Front corridor. The population density is bad, too, just no space between homes & more multi-plex housing is built. That population explosion contributes to the issues of water scarcity, expensive homes, traffic (which is like rush hour ALL the time!), & bad AQI year round.
The LDS thing is really dependent on where u live. Utah County area is the weirdest for non-LDS people. Even life long LDS people who grew up outside of UT, find it weird & almost creepy. (I speak from personal experience) The "Silicon Slopes" area is in Utah County & is becoming less LDS dominant as people move in from other parts of the USA for their jobs. SLC, St. George, & Moab areas are even less LDS culture as more people have bought homes & settled from out of state. A recent stat shows only about 40% of Utahans ID themselves as LDS now.
The scenery & geography are gorgeous! For outdoor enthusiasts, it's a paradise. But the day to day gets aggravating!
Having lived in Utah for almost 30 years, I'd vouch for this list. The water issue has bothered me since my childhood brainwashing in elementary school. But seriously, who leaves the faucet running when they're gathering dishes from the table? Like, so many people do that! Is that just a thing here? Of all the ways to waste water, leaving the tap on while someone is soaping up or loading the dishwasher drives me insane.
The rise in cost of living is a big problem too. I have siblings who have resigned themselves to renting forever. If my husband and I didn't own property during the Lockdown housing boom we'd probably not have a house.
I haven't been to Utah since the 1970s. It's one of the most beautiful states I've ever seen. However, I would not want to live anyplace that lacks a diverse culture and good live entertainment. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is gorgeous, but beyond that the music scene is quite limited.
Utahn here. "Pretty bad" air quality is an understatement. During winter the pollution getting trapped is so bad you can see it with your own eyes and it looks like fog. Is it a foggy day? No...that's a fish bowl of vehicle exhaust you are looking at. Everyone gets sick at least once during winter and your eyes start to itch and go red as you get closer to downtown...in the car! It's so bad that often times during winter it's the #1 worst air quality in the nation and actually ranks right behind a handful of cities in China and India in the world rankings. I saw it get to like 12th worst air quality in the entire world last winter
Yeah the inversions are the literal worst thing here
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Utah is early on my list of states to move to if I ever want to experience a sort of Handmaids tale tied up with the Dark Secret of Harvest Home style of life.
I use to work for Vivint in Pennsylvania but there headquarters is in Provo UT. As a new employee they sent you out to Provo for a week of training. Provo is VERY VERY conservative and VERY VERY Mormon. They are extremely against smoking of any kind and alcohol. A guy in my training class and got fired for smoking a cigarette in front the designated smoking section in front of the headquarters building.
It probably didn't help that earlier in a week another trainee got a DUI and a rental vehicle the company was paying for.
On a positive note Provo was voted one of the safest communities in all of America.
Utah has tons of Mexican food
Especially Ogden. On Washington Blvd there is about a 4 mile stretch with little authentic Mexican restaurants on almost every single block. Too many to count.
I love Utah!
Love Ryan Hall, too.
I'm from Utah, and my only real contention with your list is #3 public transit. Now it's certainly not New York or Chicago, but the light rail TRAX, has pretty decent coverage for a medium size metro. And Frontrunner commuter rail is also expanding. I've traveled all over the country and for comparable size cities and even some that are larger, I think Salt Lake stacks up quite well. But great list overall.
With all due respect, try getting somewhere in SLC on Thanksgiving or Christmas when the UTA is not running. What part of PUBLIC transportation does UTA not understand? Not everyone can drive.....
@@gertrudejude5474 I totally agree that the service should run 365 days a year. But my comment was about how extensive the network is. I have traveled to all 50 states and been to hundreds of cities. Probably every city in the country that's bigger than Salt Lake City. And aside from scheduling. Salt Lake's transit network is superior to most cities in the U.S. That was my point.
I like how you go about your videos. For the most part of my life I registered as independent leaned more left. My dad was one of those stereotypical blowhard Republicans so maybe I was being rebelious. About 5 years ago I noticed things changing, with me and the world. And my children growing into adulthood. Now at 43 I am registered Republican and lean right of center. I've been watching your channels a couple years now and I have stayed all this time not just content but because even when you do speak on political issues you don't degrade one side or the other. I've stopped listening to podcasts and watching certain channels because they bring politics in a lot or they mock and put down people who don't agree with them.
I miss the days where we could go to entertainment and not have to worry about that stuff.
Thank you for being you.
Look at Project 2025 if you really want to see change. then make your decision about what you notice. At 70, I fear for your lives in freedom
#3 is the only not quite accurate assessment. Salt Lake county has a very good light and heavy rail system in place. It also helps that the communities there are (for the most part) lined up north to south making it easy to be near to the public transit stations. UTA has even been praised for the transportation solutions they have put in place for the Salt Lake City area. Outside of the main metro… ya, it kinda sucks. You are going to be needing a car.
There are bus lines that go pretty far out, but yeah. You still need a car.
Does the train system run 24/7?
No, but it's pretty close. There are only a few hours overnight that the light rail system does not operate. I'm not sure about the hours on the commuter rail (FrontRunner), but that's mostly aimed at people trying to get to and from day jobs.
I agree - public transportation is excellent with all of the light rail.
There's a mom and pop Mexican restaurant in Beaver Utah called "Beaver Taco" incredible home cooked Mexican food by a Mexican family. Awesome.
Well, that's a fun fact.
I have to say about the public transportation in Utah - speaking as someone who doesn't have a car and lives there, it's not nearly as bad as most people seem to think. It's certainly far from perfect and could use a lot of improvements. But for the most part, I for one at least havn't had many problems getting around to where I need to go.
I’m back in Utah after Vegas, we have six month winters every year - it’s getting old
Living in Salt Lake City back then made me feel like living so far away from U.S. largest metro areas due to the city and the state location since Salt lake City was a mid-size city back then.
Don't move here!!!
❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊😊 Great job Briggs 👏 👍 👌
Thank you!! 😁
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy you finally got the "get it, got it, good" right!
Its Marcias and its Jans.
Brilliant analogy!😆😆
Went to Wellsville back in June, it was amazing! Stop with the negative comments please…