Hi 5 from the other side of the Rockies! Im going up to Bailey CO to ride my ATV and read a Joe Pickett novel today. Edit: thanks for giving me a name for a mountain range for my book. “Lone Peak Mountain” works perfect. Your writing advice about listening to things people say is helping 😎
Reminds me a bit of where i lived in grand junction Colorado, there were some WILD houses not too far from me, and the landscape is just as beautiful. I miss the western US sometimes, if only for the beautiful countryside
*sigh* one day I hope to find a simple affordable quiet place to live, where I can read in peace and not have deal with illegal street racing, worry about getting robbed, burglarized or evicted due to the insane cost of living in New Jersey.
I read a story a few months ago that Utah is becoming very California like in many working and middle class people are starting to leave the state because of the cost. Not sure if that's 100% correct and I'm no expert on Utah but I thought it was interesting and I didn't know that so many rich people moving there was driving the cost up so much.
Many California's are selling and fleeing the mess they made there and then coming to Utah and driving up our housing market and pricing Utahns out because they're able to outbid us.
Yes it is very expensive and hard for younger marrieds to afford to buy. And very few have much of a yard. An acre in American Fork, an old farm town is now 334,000 an acre or thereabouts. This is Alpine which has little brick ranges in valley and then these homes on bench. These homes have got to be astronomical. I love the views but the homes are ostentatious and unnecessary.
Honestly, I'm not impressed at all. I'd much rather live on one of the houses that's on the Bountiful or Farmington benches. And by the way, there's no way on earth that any of those houses are worth over $100M. The lots are way, way too small to even come close to that figure. I also did a search on Zillow and Realtor and the most expensive house for sale in Alpine has a $10M asking price, and that's not really a house but an estate, seeing as it's almost 12000 sq. ft. on a 2.3 acres lot.
I live in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles and work on 2nd and wilshire (the beach) in Santa Monica. Considering that comparable 5 digit sq ft homes in my area aren’t in the 100M+ range, I’d be willing to wager that the homes you’re showing here are more than likely to be somewhere between $3-7M, with even 6M pushing it. Prolly more like $6M. Outside of places like Cota de Caza in the OC or beverly Park North (think A list celebrities, Hall of Fame sports figures, tech and finance innovators) most “communities” don’t have the sticker shock you’re talking about. The 20M+ plus homes you’re describing are generally homes that are unique to other homes and are in areas where HOA’s/Rules don’t exist. Look at Park City, sure you’ll have multi million dollar homes in the town center area but the big money homes are the ones that sit above the mountain showing distain to the others that are encroaching. Just kidding, but they are built with no community in mind. Even the Colony, an exclusive gated community in Malibu doesn’t have those ultra expensive places you’re talking about, they are around 10M. But go up a couple of miles where no other homes sit, and you’ll stumble upon a 50m or 60m homes. Same with top floor penthouses in New York. They are in a league of their own, not to be mixed up with the other wealthy, because then you’re just not that wealthy ha. Anyway, the good news is that you’ll be up in Alpine sooner than you think!
As someone who lives in NYC, I have no idea why someone would spend so much money to live in the middle of no where. Do people feel disconnected from the rest of the world living there?
We would never want to live in the cess pool crime ridden place known as NYC. We have access to everything you do within 15 minutes of this place, and we can walk around without being attacked and stabbed and 60% of our income taken from tax collectors.
I've been to NYC and no way in hell I'd want to live in that cesspool! This area of UT is awesome, nearby Draper has a lot of shopping and good restaurants! We've lived in UT for 6 years now and never missed any "big city" benefits or felt "disconnected" in any way!
Alpine isn't in the middle of nowhere. It borders with Highland/Lehi. It's only 13 miles away from the Salt Lake Valley, which holds the state capital and is the most populated county in the state.
What a huge expanse of houses- the view is incredible
That last house should be occupied by a man with the biggest collection of books and the best youtube program in the history of the universe.
WOW!! This was a joy to watch and inspiring on so many levels. Thanks for sharing this!
so awesome.... Thanks for taking this video!
Reminds me of the Rockies here in Alberta. Very nice!
I love the variety of your videos, man! How about a Drgonsbane (Hambly) review?
imagine lots of snow in the winter ?
Hi 5 from the other side of the Rockies! Im going up to Bailey CO to ride my ATV and read a Joe Pickett novel today.
Edit: thanks for giving me a name for a mountain range for my book. “Lone Peak Mountain” works perfect. Your writing advice about listening to things people say is helping 😎
Cool
Wow it’s Brian’s house
Reminds me a bit of where i lived in grand junction Colorado, there were some WILD houses not too far from me, and the landscape is just as beautiful. I miss the western US sometimes, if only for the beautiful countryside
*sigh* one day I hope to find a simple affordable quiet place to live, where I can read in peace and not have deal with illegal street racing, worry about getting robbed, burglarized or evicted due to the insane cost of living in New Jersey.
I read a story a few months ago that Utah is becoming very California like in many working and middle class people are starting to leave the state because of the cost. Not sure if that's 100% correct and I'm no expert on Utah but I thought it was interesting and I didn't know that so many rich people moving there was driving the cost up so much.
Many California's are selling and fleeing the mess they made there and then coming to Utah and driving up our housing market and pricing Utahns out because they're able to outbid us.
Yes it is very expensive and hard for younger marrieds to afford to buy. And very few have much of a yard. An acre in American Fork, an old farm town is now 334,000 an acre or thereabouts. This is Alpine which has little brick ranges in valley and then these homes on bench. These homes have got to be astronomical. I love the views but the homes are ostentatious and unnecessary.
The way the .01 per cent have distorted Utah is disgusting. Utah was founded by people escaping this.
Yes, with their gold tablets and all. 😑
Couple of hundred million dollars?
Hmm, and people can just take found property?
Last I heard found property was to be turned into the police.
Honestly, I'm not impressed at all. I'd much rather live on one of the houses that's on the Bountiful or Farmington benches. And by the way, there's no way on earth that any of those houses are worth over $100M. The lots are way, way too small to even come close to that figure. I also did a search on Zillow and Realtor and the most expensive house for sale in Alpine has a $10M asking price, and that's not really a house but an estate, seeing as it's almost 12000 sq. ft. on a 2.3 acres lot.
I live in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles and work on 2nd and wilshire (the beach) in Santa Monica. Considering that comparable 5 digit sq ft homes in my area aren’t in the 100M+ range, I’d be willing to wager that the homes you’re showing here are more than likely to be somewhere between $3-7M, with even 6M pushing it. Prolly more like $6M. Outside of places like Cota de Caza in the OC or beverly Park North (think A list celebrities, Hall of Fame sports figures, tech and finance innovators) most “communities” don’t have the sticker shock you’re talking about. The 20M+ plus homes you’re describing are generally homes that are unique to other homes and are in areas where HOA’s/Rules don’t exist. Look at Park City, sure you’ll have multi million dollar homes in the town center area but the big money homes are the ones that sit above the mountain showing distain to the others that are encroaching. Just kidding, but they are built with no community in mind. Even the Colony, an exclusive gated community in Malibu doesn’t have those ultra expensive places you’re talking about, they are around 10M. But go up a couple of miles where no other homes sit, and you’ll stumble upon a 50m or 60m homes. Same with top floor penthouses in New York. They are in a league of their own, not to be mixed up with the other wealthy, because then you’re just not that wealthy ha. Anyway, the good news is that you’ll be up in Alpine sooner than you think!
As someone who lives in NYC, I have no idea why someone would spend so much money to live in the middle of no where.
Do people feel disconnected from the rest of the world living there?
I lived in NY too. Both have their advantages & disadvantages
We would never want to live in the cess pool crime ridden place known as NYC. We have access to everything you do within 15 minutes of this place, and we can walk around without being attacked and stabbed and 60% of our income taken from tax collectors.
I've been to NYC and no way in hell I'd want to live in that cesspool! This area of UT is awesome, nearby Draper has a lot of shopping and good restaurants! We've lived in UT for 6 years now and never missed any "big city" benefits or felt "disconnected" in any way!
I love NYC and Alpine. Both are great places.
Alpine isn't in the middle of nowhere.
It borders with Highland/Lehi.
It's only 13 miles away from the Salt Lake Valley, which holds the state capital and is the most populated county in the state.
You sure those houses are worth that much? 🤔
Nah he’s not at all , not close actually