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Nov 13, 2017
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PharmD
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My wife wants us to move from SLC. She officially hates Utah.
Where should we go? Where would you want to raise a family? South Carolina looks interesting.
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My wife wants us to move from SLC. She officially hates Utah.
PharmD
11/13/17 3:34pm
She will miss it.
Gerald-DeGroot
11/13/17 3:35pm
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East1999
11/13/17 4:37pm
I know mine doesn't miss Utah.
VACOUGFAN
11/13/17 11:05pm
Arizona.
brj8
11/13/17 3:35pm
Too hot.
PharmD
11/13/17 3:35pm
She will REALLY miss it if she moves to AZ.
Gerald-DeGroot
11/13/17 3:40pm
AZ is for those who hate fall, winter, & spring, & like only hot and hotter.
BlueBlood94
11/13/17 4:43pm
it’s true, he needs to stay away
mosterlow
11/13/17 4:53pm
utah county
4mack
11/13/17 3:35pm
Too many Mormons.
PharmD
11/13/17 3:36pm
maybe J. Golden Kimball has a suggestion...
hxmCougar2000
11/13/17 3:38pm
[background for those not familiar...]
hxmCougar2000
11/13/17 3:40pm
Phoenix valley is great
MikeDitka'sStache
11/13/17 3:35pm
Living in an oven is great!
TailgateU
11/14/17 7:36am
Where even at 3 in the morning, you'll sweat if outside!
BlueBlood94
11/14/17 8:53am
Compton
ChairmanOfTheBoard
11/13/17 3:35pm
NoVA is nice. Nice weather..nice people...though it is turning more liberal each
Fdnman
11/13/17 3:36pm
NoVA has nice weather? No.
JmThms
11/13/17 4:40pm
4 seasons, no major weather issues, couple snow "storms" per winter.
VACOUGFAN
11/13/17 11:08pm
Depends on the weather you like I suppose. It has a little of everything and
Fdnman
11/14/17 6:28am
I grew up in SE Virginia. Thats why I now live in the Southwest US.
JmThms
11/14/17 5:23pm
SoMa. (Man what I'd give to be able to have Maryland annex that part of Virginia
VACOUGFAN
11/13/17 11:06pm
Northern part? Fairfax county?
JmThms
11/14/17 5:28pm
We were in North Carolina for the summer in Charlotte and really liked it
MwangoleCoug9
11/13/17 3:36pm
San Diego
monkeycowboy
11/13/17 3:36pm
Too expensive.
PharmD
11/13/17 3:37pm
America's Finest City™️
CrashMcLarson
11/13/17 3:38pm
Horribly overrated.
Ragnar Danneskjold
11/14/17 4:04am
RE: Horribly overrated.
CrashMcLarson
11/14/17 9:00am
She would love East Valley in Phoenix
2FarGone
11/13/17 3:37pm
My CB opinion of Mesa and related places is that they're for 'Utah Mormons' who
TaiJuan
11/13/17 3:39pm
Could you provide a definition or explanation of what you mean by "Utah Mormon"?
TailgateU
11/14/17 7:37am
I can't define it, but I know it when I see it.
Jay Rick
11/14/17 11:55am
Sounds judgmental and clannish to me.
TailgateU
11/14/17 11:59am
RE: I can't define it, but I know it when I see it.
WDaddy
11/14/17 12:14pm
This is where I plan on moving to eventually
JohnnyComeLately
11/13/17 3:40pm
Lived there for 9 years. But it's probably the worst place to live and work for an educator.
Adrielle
11/17/17 7:45am
East valley is by far the cleanest area I have ever lived
mosterlow
11/13/17 3:49pm
Where in SLC? Does she hate Utah or your neighborhood? There's massive variation
TaiJuan
11/13/17 3:37pm
Newport Beach or Newport coast. Pelican hill would be my neighborhood of choice
RalphWiggam
11/13/17 3:37pm
But California
Zaphod
11/13/17 3:40pm
Meh. Unhappy one place means she'll likely be unhappy at the next
cougfanz
11/13/17 3:38pm
Henderson, Nevada
buckweave
11/13/17 3:38pm
Virginia Beach
CSoul
11/13/17 3:38pm
Norfolk, Chesapeake, Yorktown, Williamsburg
MajorZeus
11/13/17 3:43pm
I grew up in Williamsburg.
JmThms
11/13/17 4:42pm
My sister teaches at Jamestown HS. Did you go there?
flavordave
11/13/17 4:43pm
No. I went to Bruton HS. Jamestown HS didn't exist when I was in HS.
JmThms
11/13/17 6:38pm
It is a dead-horse topic, but my take on "Utah Culture."
CosmoK
11/13/17 3:39pm
Agree
cougfanz
11/13/17 3:41pm
You nailed the problem: a few million people
Busiturtle
11/13/17 3:51pm
It would be nice to have some land.
PharmD
11/13/17 3:57pm
I feel that way sometimes. But it is also a double edged sword.
CosmoK
11/13/17 4:59pm
No, they needed to build a bigger highway, also build a 2nd.
Dissenter
11/14/17 4:34pm
South Carolina has poor public education.
CougarLoyalist
11/13/17 3:39pm
Totally depends on the reasons for hating Utah. What are they? Weather?
Jay Rick
11/13/17 3:40pm
good people can be happy anywhere.
riboflavin
11/13/17 3:40pm
I always laugh at all those in my neighborhood complain about this or that
CSoul
11/13/17 3:42pm
Cleveland?
Zaphod
11/13/17 3:42pm
clovis, CA...not joking. it's great. fresno is pretty meh but clovis has
nashty
11/13/17 3:40pm
There are very few cities in South Carolina I would live in. If you are serious,
Millhouse
11/13/17 3:41pm
I'd love to live in the PNW. You have to be able to handle the weather though.
delux_247
11/13/17 3:42pm
Bend, Oregon. PNW without the rain.
letthewookiewin
11/13/17 3:57pm
Beware the I5 corridor in Oregon & Washington
Tsisquan
11/13/17 9:32pm
I always pitch the PNW. I live near Everett, WA, and LOVE it.
Breaded Hamster
11/13/17 10:41pm
I served my mission there. Absolutely beautiful!
TailgateU
11/14/17 7:42am
What exactly does she not like about Utah? Is it weather? Culture?
Adrielle
11/13/17 3:42pm
Just moved from NC. We miss it and the cost of living can not be beat.
rommeliv
11/13/17 3:43pm
Rexburg.
TouchdownCougars
11/13/17 3:43pm
Dallas Texas
IceBlueCoug
11/13/17 3:44pm
Cardston. It will save her a trip from having to walk there when the world ends.
CougarAndMerlin
11/13/17 3:44pm
Ames, IA. Change some hearts and minds about BYU to the Big 12.
Blue Cat
11/13/17 3:44pm
Have you ever been to Ames?
2FarGone
11/13/17 3:47pm
I didn't say it would be easy. . .
Blue Cat
11/13/17 3:57pm
I only said it would be worth it
PenrynCoug
11/13/17 4:39pm
There are a lot of bad Big 12 destination cities but you could do a lot better than Ames
Indy Coug
11/13/17 4:06pm
If I lived in SLC, I would hate Utah too. Move to Utah County.
BYUtka
11/13/17 3:45pm
Yeah. Let’s move to the literal Hell on earth!
The Dude Abides
11/13/17 4:00pm
He already said he was in SLC.
BYUtka
11/13/17 4:15pm
Chicago is the abusive lover I can’t quit
Modiolus
11/13/17 3:46pm
A new downtown church just finished too. Living downton in river north
Baron
11/13/17 3:50pm
if i lived in Murray, i'd feel the same way
BlueFrog
11/13/17 3:46pm
Grand Junction, Colorado. A biker's paradise! And, we could use more
diluigifan
11/13/17 3:48pm
We have family there...could be fun.
PharmD
11/13/17 3:49pm
I am not kidding when I say it is a biker's paradise. It is incredible...
diluigifan
11/13/17 3:59pm
Road, Mtn, or both?
PharmD
11/13/17 4:04pm
Mainly known for mountain biking, but the road biking is pretty fantastic as
diluigifan
11/13/17 4:15pm
I have also lived in upstate South Carolina. The road biking community in that
diluigifan
11/13/17 4:16pm
Colorado Springs would be nice too.
delux_247
11/13/17 3:55pm
trade irritating Mormons for irritating born again Christians though...
pegushin
11/13/17 4:07pm
Colorado Springs > SLC and it's not even close. The born-agains were way less
supertux
11/13/17 4:26pm
I like ColoSpgs
ColoSpgs
11/13/17 5:11pm
My wife is under the impression that Colorado is full of anti mormons.
PharmD
11/13/17 4:10pm
I encountered far more anti in SLC than I ever did in Colorado. I served my
supertux
11/13/17 4:15pm
That's how I think it would be.
PharmD
11/13/17 4:17pm
I live in SLC, E bench near yew, and this is true. They all take the Trib 😉
tander123
11/13/17 6:57pm
She’s wants to get away from Mormons but is worried about anti-mormons? You’ve got a tough job ahead of you.
The Dude Abides
11/13/17 4:17pm
True.
PharmD
11/13/17 4:19pm
The two tend to go hand in hand. Go where there are no mormons and there won't
Jay Rick
11/13/17 5:44pm
I've lived in Colorado the past 17 years, and can't think of 1 encounter
Coug Eastwood
11/13/17 4:40pm
And South Carolina loves Mormons?
WDaddy
11/13/17 6:07pm
No more than anywhere else and less than in Utah
Tsisquan
11/13/17 9:35pm
I love South Carolina and would move there if you had the chance
mosterlow
11/13/17 3:50pm
We lived in SC for a little while and loved it! Our kids were little at the time
diluigifan
11/13/17 4:00pm
Bariloche Argentina
Revolution
11/13/17 3:52pm
Fairfax or Loudoun County, VA; Charlotte, NC; Cary, NC; Charleston, SC
Iman23
11/13/17 3:55pm
Manhattan Kansas?
1-Wing RCAF
11/13/17 3:56pm
Monterey, CA
Jeremy
11/13/17 3:56pm
Southern VA, NC
BYU Grounds
11/13/17 4:00pm
Hawaii but no public schools for the kids unless they are Polynesian.
FrontLineFan
11/13/17 4:00pm
Are used to think having good public schools was important
Modiolus
11/13/17 4:09pm
bm COBluezone about it, he moved from Utah and seems to love it there
pegushin
11/13/17 4:04pm
Definitely South Carolina. You won't regret it.
endy
11/13/17 4:10pm
I wouldn't move. I'd try to figure out the root of your wife's unhappiness.
BustinCoveys
11/13/17 4:12pm
What if the root cause really is that she doesn't like Utah?
CougarLoyalist
11/14/17 10:50am
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MMCougIII
11/13/17 4:18pm
Might as well come to Austin . . . everyone else is. We're far beyond the
Bumpus Hound
11/13/17 4:28pm
How’s the traffic treating you?
Bonoman
11/17/17 7:32pm
Fine. The reputation is deserved for some commutes. You just have to know where
Bumpus Hound
11/25/17 4:30pm
Near to any temple.
Sooner Cougar
11/13/17 4:36pm
Albuquerque for obvious reasons.
Turnpike Lane
11/13/17 4:37pm
RE: Albuquerque for obvious reasons.
EpicAccountant
11/13/17 4:44pm
was expecting a breaking bad gif.
Jay Rick
11/13/17 5:46pm
One last vote for South Carolina. Good mix of culture, weather, and laid back
Baron
11/13/17 5:47pm
It all depends on what is most important to you
MapCoug
11/13/17 5:53pm
I dont hate UTAH
kahuna
11/13/17 5:56pm
Texas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh
WDaddy
11/13/17 6:09pm
I used to dislike UT until I moved to northern UT.
Oregano
11/13/17 6:23pm
Denver
Tsisquan
11/13/17 9:22pm
If it’s just weather look at Seattle- or Wanatchee WA- we live Texas with our kids raising them here. Similar values &
SouthernBlueBlood
11/14/17 5:36am
I've never understood the hatred for Utah. I grew up there but have since lived
TailgateU
11/14/17 7:21am
Because Utah Mormons can be weird to those who didn’t grow up there. Plus other things
SouthernBlueBlood
11/14/17 7:25am
So what exactly is a "Utah Mormon"? I've heard people speak in church about how
TailgateU
11/14/17 8:24am
It usually tells a lot more about the person speaking than it does about anyone
BYUtka
11/14/17 10:36am
^^^
TailgateU
11/14/17 11:52am
There is a culture in Utah that isn't for everyone.
CougarLoyalist
11/14/17 10:57am
There are negative parts of culture everywhere. Every area is its own bubble
BYUtka
11/14/17 1:17pm
Totally agree. Definitely some good and bad in living in Utah as well as any
CougarLoyalist
11/15/17 7:13am
Most of that "weird" thing was their preconceived notion.
JmThms
11/18/17 1:05pm
We were recently given the opportunity to live anywhere we wanted in the lower
hadmonster
11/14/17 7:45am
Come on down to New Mexico. All 4 seasons just milder winter. Can't dislike
LaserCoug
11/14/17 1:11pm
Do comment...
buckles
11/14/17 3:37pm
I prefer Albuquerque but I was pleasantly surprised last time I stayed in
LaserCoug
11/14/17 4:38pm
I am glad you like NM. I had to travel there often for work several years
hadmonster
11/15/17 7:10am
The taxes are terrible, but I am really liking Chicagoland. Lots to do, not too expensive, and some great schools
morningcalmcougar
11/14/17 3:02pm
Wauwatosa, WI
Littlerich
11/17/17 7:33am
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