Posted by:
exminion
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Date: May 19, 2019 01:20PM
I would recommend Park City to everyone! Like caffiend says, it is pricey. Good hospitals, good schools, skiing, summer fun, boating on Jordanelle, great people, a positive vibe. There are cultural events, plus 30-minutes to SLC and all their events.
Being a part member tattooed couple, tells me nothing about you, at all, though.
Do you work? Park City isn't a bad commute into Salt Lake City for jobs, but in the snow, that freeway can be scary.
Do you have children? You would need to consider school districts. In SLC, there are many neighborhoods where kids ride their bikes, play in the street, walk to school. Our neighborhood is like that, and the non-Mormons out-number the Mormons. The closer to downtown SLC, the closer to the U of Utah, and the farther East = the fewer Mormons in the neighborhoods. Yes, the higher the prices and the smaller the houses, the less Mormon-y. Mormons like big houses for all their kids, and cheap areas. Draper and Herriman are very Mormon. The closer you get to Provo, the more Mormons.
I agree that Sugar House is not great.
You would like Sandy. Less Mormon, but higher prices than places further south and west.
Even when Mormons are in the minority, they are still obnoxious, and they try to dominate in the schools and the community. I think you will have that problem, no matter where you live in the Moridor. Do you have to live in Utah?
You say you want a nature-y homey feel. If you want the real thing, there are a lot of charming smaller towns, such as Midway, Tremonton, Paradise, Kamas, Oakley, that are near enough to a big city to provide some diversity.
I know two couples with older children, who live in Roosevelt, Utah, and they love it. One couple has a small farm, and they both teach at the University of Utah extension there. The other couple have technical careers, and can live anywhere they want.
Vernal, Utah is ideal. I have an artist friend who moved there, when Heber became too populated. He was looking for natural beauty, and that old-time feel, and he doesn't like the desert.
I don't like the desert, either, but I know a quite a few non-Mormons who live in Moab. They have a fun social life, are rather intellectual, and are active hikers, bicyclists, river-rafters. One is a doctor, and she says the hospital there is good. Another is an attorney, and he goes to SLC a few times each month. His children are happy.
Do you want land? Horse property? Richfield is nice. Fish Lake is beautiful. It's far away from everything. There's a charming little town in Central Utah called Mayfield, near Gunnison. Sanpete County is overrun with Mormons, though.
You didn't didn't mention your financial situation.
You didn't mention your interests and hobbies.
Southern Utah, particularly St. George is for retired Mormon golfers who like hot weather and rocks, and who don't care about night life or culture. The wives stay in their air-conditioned condos and read and watch TV and cook, or they go do temple work. I have spent time there, because of friends, and I would never stay there by choice, for more than one day, passing through. To be fair, I have two non-Mormon widow friends (who don't know each other) who both stayed on in St. George, after their golfer husbands died, and they are happy--I don't know how.
My advice is to hire a good real estate agent--worth their weight in gold! Also, an agent will work a better deal for you! The seller pays the commission, not the buyer.