florida, and I prefer to raise my two girls here in Utah, (and probably the biggest reason) why we will end up in Utah. Personally, I would love to live in California. (But I feel it's selfish, and I don't like how liberally it is getting.)a little personal info, it took us 14 years to have kids. We have had a lot of fun in areas we have lived, but things change so much as you have kids. I hope we are right, that raising kids in utah, might help our daughters have more chances at having righteous friends. (and want that for themselves) I think you can succeed anywhere. I also think you can fail anywhere. Some families grow stronger as they are tested, and they know their neighbors are watching their every move as the only mormons they know. Others Struggle with just being an average guy/woman in the ward.