I live in San Diego (so you understand where I'm coming from). Utah (Salt Lake / Provo) is nicer than the Central Valley. In the Central Valley you'd get mild winters, but it gets hot. And likely dusty. Serious, dangerous fog in the winters. Great veggies / local produce. But pending, serious water shortages due to decades of California drought and water overuse. Rationing is just being implemented now, and no end is in sight. It'd be largely a farming community, with the pluses and minuses that go with that (I've always preferred suburbia). I wouldn't say no if it were the right job, but it'd have to be a little better to a lot better to overcome the weather. Housing would be cheap, though.