Pursuing Opportunity
Salt Lake City, Utah
Now that we are free from the burden of the house in Michigan, we are giving serious consideration on where to live. One of our friends, Karen, moved from Michigan to SLC around 3 years ago. She's been selling us on SLC ever since. I've been to SLC, on business, it's a nice city. It's clean, just the right size for us, has nice weather, mountains, mountain biking and a low cost of living. I don't think we would live directly in the city, but one of the surrounding suburbs. The intriguing part, for us, comes in when you look at the map:
We are RV'ers, whether full-timing, or living in a house with full-time jobs. We will always have some type of recreational vehicle. We like loading up and heading out in our free time. Exploring, mountain biking and just hanging out in the woods, it's what we like to do. When we look at the different places we can get too from SLC, it becomes even more interesting.
Within a day's drive, you can get to Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Zion, Moab, Lake Tahoe, just to name a few. For an extended weekend or a week vacation, you can easily get to Wine country (Sonoma or Oregon), Sedona, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas or even San Francisco!
We have started looking at job possibilities in the SLC area. Laura may even have a job interview lined up when we are there the first week of May. I have a couple of resumes in, waiting for responses. The cost of housing there is very reasonable, especially since looking around California, when we were there last month.
We've questioned our friend Karen on the whole Mormon situation (she is not, nor are we.) and conservative nature of the area. It appears as long as you are not involved in religion or politics(we are not), it would not present any issues. Looking at housing on-line, we have noticed the large amount of bedrooms and bathrooms the homes have :)
We have a few weeks before we get there, we are looking forward to spending some time there and checking things out. Karen has promised to show us around town, and were going to hold her to it!
-Rich-
posted by Laura @ 5:43 AM
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3 Comments:
My two cents worth on the SLC thing......we have a daughter that has lived there for five years.I don't know what your experience has been in housing, but from where i sit, and what i know from my daughter being there the housing is incredibly expensive...
Weather wise...whew!..you better love cold, rain/snow...they get lots...and its a very long winter.. of course this comes from a guy who has lived in New Mexico for almost 30 years
As far as the Mormon thing..your right...its "avoidable"...
I'm a fulltime wannabe...19mos to go.
Al Viscardi
Thanks for the input Al. We've also considered Albuquerque. I found the housing in NM to be MUCH less than in Michigan, so SLC (which is slightly less) probably would seem high to you. (Go check out Michigan!). We are used to long, cold winters, but we'll definately check in to that. Tha
I'd have to disagree with ya on the weather, Al, but I'm from MI. For me, the winters here seem very mild and quite comfortable and generally shorter. It is rarely below 30 here - a few weeks in the 20s usually - and I remember weeks upon weeks of temps in the teens in MI! Plus, it's dry so the cold doesnt get into your bones like it does in MI. People complain how cold they are here at 25 degrees and I would be thinking it was quite nice. The winters are varied as well - it usually snows in the mountains and rains in the valley, and it's not uncommon to have weeks in the 40s, and even some February days in the 50s. Also, other than a handful of inversion days - its sunny. I guess one's perspective of the weather will be determined more by what you're used to.
Karen
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