Pros and Cons of Living in Utah

Pros and Cons of Living in Utah - 2022

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The Pros and Cons of Living in Utah in 2022 - In this video, we'll take a light-hearted look at what it's really like to live in the Beehive state.
From our great skiing and hiking to our low cost of living, there are a lot of things to love about Utah. But we also explore some of the downsides, like our harsh winters and lack of public transportation.
So whether you're thinking of packing your bags or just curious about what life is like in Utah, be sure to watch this video!
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@JoshuaSmithGSDMode 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! My Family and I visited Huntsville Utah a couple years ago and we absolutely loved it! :)

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Huntsville is an amazing place! That's were the locals like to go to hit the slopes in the winter or the lake/hiking trails in the summer! Thank you for the comment and for checking out the video!

@jessicabernard2105 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to put this together, I now know where I want to live! Y'all are on fire! Keep up the good work!

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! There are so many great areas to choose from in Utah!

@74cacao 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest is low crime! I can’t stand where I live I feel like everywhere I go I have to look over my shoulder!

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

AMEN! Thank you for watching and commenting

@alisonchristensen1169 Жыл бұрын

Where do you live?

@ourcreativebeehive 10 ай бұрын

Then, stay out of Salt Lake City.

@kalebcampbell1299 2 жыл бұрын

I love the outdoor adventures that Utah offers! Great Video!!

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Utah really is an outdoor paradise!

@itsjessieg 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this! Looking forward to learning all of the things about Utah.

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! We have a lot of fun videos planned for the channel :)

@phillips-iz1cm Жыл бұрын

@Jenlovescoasters 9 ай бұрын

Went to lagoon park. Its amazing! Ppl left their backpacks out, ride operators were super friendly, i love the 4x4 community! I would move theire from nevada ina heartbeat!

@marinhusky8863 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling both sides. I have lived there and know firsthand about what it's like.

@nathanhammond3072 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Awesome quality! Love seeing my friends kill it!

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! You know first hand how much the area has changed over the years :) My kids get a kick out of going to the gulley and hearing stories about all of us basically living there all summer. Good times, my friend! Glad to know you are doing well :)

@samuelhubschman2300 Жыл бұрын

This is really well done and the guy is really funny just pessimistically echoing every point 😂

@lifeinutah Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We tried to have fun and it was easy to do - Kim is eternally optimistic and I (the guy) am a realist (eternally pessimistic). Thanks for watching and commenting!

@charlesdixon4930 2 ай бұрын

Great video. You gave facts. No place is perfect, but it looks as if there are plenty of positives about Utah.

@raynadeau7870 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Job !!! Love it

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support, Ray! Glad you enjoyed it!

@jessacondes824 2 жыл бұрын

i want to go in utah. i love that place so amazing

@Bestdogdad72 Жыл бұрын

Looking to move to SLC area next year! Might have to live in a motorhome or rent but it's all good just to be there

@nellysimpressions5514 Жыл бұрын

Love it I'm ready to go❤

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

Let us know if you need moving boxes :)

@peterw2714 2 жыл бұрын

What about Southern Utah they don’t get snow that you would need a snowplow for. All of Utah does not have the same climate!

@lifeinutah Жыл бұрын

I agree to a point. Cedar City is part of Southern Utah and it snows there all the time. St. George rarely snows but still gets cold in the winter.

@thedublintrail 2 жыл бұрын

My dream is to live in Utah 😍

@CaliSnowboarder17 2 жыл бұрын

wow the liquor laws sound like a hassle would love to hear more about that!

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, liquor laws here are confusing but they are getting a lot better. Watch for an upcoming video specifically about Utah's liquor laws

@Ex_christian 2 жыл бұрын

Dumb laws from a controlling religion, that is all they are.

@jeffnpatricia Жыл бұрын

I waited to long it seems. I paid on my calif home my whole life looking forward to the calif cash out being able to sell here and pay off the loan while having the money to purchase the next house with cash. The sweet spot was pre covid.

@vinnie8495 8 ай бұрын

I'm in woodbury minnesota. Looking to move to Draper Utah. Been looking online and need to increase my budget, house prices are high. Looking for new construction

@jeffnpatricia Жыл бұрын

Feel free to send me listings of a structure with some land at a inviting price with retirees or secluded type location. 45 min from groceries is ok.

@Blujonny11 2 жыл бұрын

I think if you're upper class it has everything to offer. If you're more traditional 'rough neck' working class or 'sub-culture' you might not find it as appealing here. Or if you love those typical 'happening' restaurant districts like in a lot of other cities (Denver, San Diego, Austin, San Antonio, etc) you won't find them here either.

@Locusthorde3000 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, housing prices rocketing is one of the worst things economically long term unless you already own your own home. Pricing people out of affordable housing causes severe problems.

@meganbuehrle1455 Жыл бұрын

We’re from Wyoming.. last 6 years have been spent on the east coast (NC and PA) and we absolutely hate it! We were going to look into Utah as we miss the outdoors but holy cow!!! The housing prices are just insane. Great video btw. I’d find myself agreeing more with him except the winter thing. We love to sled and miss it greatly.

@meganbuehrle1455 Жыл бұрын

I say housing prices are insane because wed like to be in the outskirts of salt lake. Not the desert area down south. I know it’s a wanted beautiful area so I get it, but dang. We now pay almost 7k in taxes a year though. So that huge of a drop in taxes puts us in a higher range of house because our payments would be the same. We didn’t want to go above 300k but it’s looking to be not above 400k now.

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting! I (Ben) lived in NC in my teens and, as much as I hate to admit it, I did miss the snow. Maybe I should modify my comments in the next video to stress that I don't like how long the winters are. I love the first and last snow of the year, as well as snow during the holidays and, yes, to go sledding with my kids :)

@reviewithme9913 Жыл бұрын

You don't need to warm up newer vehicles. Because of all the sensors new cars have it is unnecessary to warm up. The older cars maybe 90s and older do need to warm up because they don't have as many sensors.

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

I should have been more specific - I meant the cabin of the car and the frozen windows.

@cavilier 2 жыл бұрын

What is there not to like about Utah? Driving the Moki Dugway, the Navajo Tribal Park at Four Corners, Zion National Park, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capital Reef National Park and the state parks are just as beautiful.

@lifeinutah Жыл бұрын

Amen! We are truly blessed with natural beauty here

@OurLabrumAdventures 4 ай бұрын

I agree with most of your points however, with a $200k home, now $600k, Utah salaries have remained relatively low. A person making $100k in 2019 is not suddenly making $300k. I don’t know the statistics, you might, but I have a feeling that most of the home sales are going to people coming in from out of state with FB, Adobe, Google etc. and they brought their salaries with them. My neighbors who bought land and built a home on that land (Utah lake front property…the lake is their backyard with views of Timpanogas) said that their kids rent is more than their mortgage on a 6 bedroom, 4 bathroom, 3 car garage and a (“drop your jet-ski in the water from your private dock”) house. A 1-bedroom in a very bad, crime ridden neighborhood is $1600. That same apartment was $690 in 2019. I doubt the tenants salary has increased as well. So home prices and rents skyrocketing and salaries remaining lower than average, not great. Otherwise, very beautiful here. I lived a lot of places (LA, Santa Barbara, Hawaii, Boston, Orange County) so I think I do have a pretty good barometer of what’s better and what’s not great.

@hlnbee 2 жыл бұрын

The cost of living is cheaper than the coasts.

@lifeinutah Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@offtraileddino5989 6 ай бұрын

Did you saw the Utahraptor roaming around?

@TheLongISLANDGIRLZ Жыл бұрын

My family plus my mother and sister’s family are looking to move out of NY and I’m trying to convince them that Utah should be our new home state! Hope you make more videos about what it’s like to live in utah

@Jawsh_em Жыл бұрын

Stay over there please for the love of God

@TheLongISLANDGIRLZ Жыл бұрын

@@Jawsh_em Lol uhhhhh any particular reason?

@Jawsh_em Жыл бұрын

@@TheLongISLANDGIRLZ New Yorkers typically trash everywhere they live. I lived in NC and it’s flooded with NY attitude

@PLT123 Жыл бұрын

@@TheLongISLANDGIRLZNY people suck as well as their political views

@gatesroyale Жыл бұрын

@@TheLongISLANDGIRLZobviously because they are Democratic most people from New York are Democrats and Utah is a Republican state

@bepositive4494 7 ай бұрын

Super awesome place ya just gotta be rich

@marcofemto9417 Жыл бұрын

Maaaan. I should've moved to Utah 2 years ago. If I made more money I would. Living in NM rn sucks, crappy pay, mean ppl and a lot of drugs

@antonioiniguez1615 Жыл бұрын

I'm only 19 and still in college so I'm at the mercy of the future housing market😂 I really want to move close to the SLC area after college but I'm afraid it'll be far too expensive.

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

Home prices will vary depending on where you live but there are always options, like finding a home that needs updating or buying a home that allows you to rent a portion to offset payments. We've helped a lot of young homebuyers get into homes that meet their needs and their budgets. When you are ready, there is always a way.

@hackmedia7755 10 ай бұрын

I don't want to work all of my life to pay off a house. That's why it's a bad thing for prices to go up.

@kk12181 Жыл бұрын

I am an Indian living in Utah.

@nolinpowe Жыл бұрын

Ben with the housing prices you do know the people from California brought that to Utah right? 😂

@funnyvideos24328 Жыл бұрын

I'm moving from the bay area to south side of salt lake next week😂

@lifeinutah Жыл бұрын

I don’t think the 18k people that moved to Utah from California last year had the impact on the market most people think they did, but I get your point. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@PLT123 Жыл бұрын

Aw boo your property value went up waahhh🙄

@nolinpowe Жыл бұрын

@@lifeinutah so all the Utahns who tell me that almost everyday lied about that too? Man I haven't been this disappointed since I found out Santa Claus wasn't real

@PLT123 Жыл бұрын

Haha paying cash😂 I myself want to move out of California so bad. Considering Utah

@nala3038 Жыл бұрын

Utah is great I suppose, if you have the magic underwear and know the handshake.

@francaughlan4424 2 жыл бұрын

Moved to Utah almost 20 years ago. I wouldn’t live anywhere else.

@lifeinutah 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! We love it here too :)

@jimcall2429 19 күн бұрын

There is no pros to live in Utah it's a nice place to visit

@kidsofreedom Жыл бұрын

hi how about the jewsih communities there ?

@spencerduncan474 Жыл бұрын

I’m not Jewish, but there are a couple synagogues and a Jewish community center in Salt Lake (mostly Reform), one in Park City, one in Ogden, and one in St. George. The center in SLC hosts a lot of community events. Recent stats suggest about 6K Jews in the state (less than 1%), but almost all the Mormons have a big affinity (very inaccurately and very accurately) for Judaism. A lot of Mormons have been to Jerusalem, own kippahs and menorahs, etc. Most grocery stores in Salt Lake County carry a good selection of foods that are kosher for Passover.

@notasleanstillasmean3593 Жыл бұрын

Not going to lie, stopped watching at #3. Just restating pro to con is valueless. Come up with valid reasons, anyone with sense can determine is the pro is a pro or Con to them.

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your feedback and for watching as long as you did. I agree with you that anyone with sense can determine their own pros and cons - we made this video because we help a lot of people find homes when relocating and these are the main questions they ask us, so we are trying to give an honest review of what we like and don't like about living here.

@gabrielm.942 11 ай бұрын

Raising price housing is only good for realtors lol.

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

And homeowners looking to increase their equity

@gabrielm.942 11 ай бұрын

@@lifeinutah no it isn’t. What’s the point of increasing equity when the price of alternative homes is also increasing. It’s only beneficial if you’re moving states and you have more purchasing power in said state. It’s the problem I’m suffering with right now. Bought my house in 2020 and it’s gone up in value by 50k. However everything else has gone up by 50k or more as well. So it doesn’t really help me.

@imrmortis2596 2 ай бұрын

does having tattoos prevent you from getting work? are you shunned by ppl because of your appearance? I ask because I have a lot of tattoos.

@edafyrekat3676 Жыл бұрын

Haha commenting this in one of the wettest winters... snow plows are out first thing in the morning...no. Winter after winter, Utah doesn't know how to handle it..

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

I am not sure where you live, but I (Ben) thought the same thing until I lived in North Carolina and Texas - when it snowed there, although it was rare and brief, it seemed like the entire city shut down and there were accidents all over.

@eeeveee9176 Жыл бұрын

1:46 California lives rent free in people from other states head lol ridiculous. ill take 70 degress over snow any day.

@antonioiniguez1615 Жыл бұрын

No one likes California

@krisedward8447 Жыл бұрын

The new Subarbs aren't Subarbs. You will thank me in 10 years. You're welcome.

@heinrikmclovin8603 Жыл бұрын

Utah is full stay out. Pick another state to mess up.

@wwRAGEww Жыл бұрын

Lol I'm conservative and a Christian, still got room?

@Steve-kx6hd Жыл бұрын

No😂

@gatesroyale Жыл бұрын

I'm a conservative so coming anyways.

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

We have room for everyone

@dandanjordan 5 ай бұрын

Yeah house prices rising is bad and so is the high rates of mormons

@ourcreativebeehive 10 ай бұрын

A few things to know. Do not want cold, look at Saint George or Cedar City. Salt Lake City area is HORRIBLE with pollution! Utah taxes EVERYTHING! Look at it. Retirement is hit. As for Mormons, if my mormon family, who has lived their says it is too mormon.

@zzz6valvoline 5 ай бұрын

"everyone knows how to drive in the snow" c'mon

@silencer3kmg Жыл бұрын

Okay, I couldn't finish this. This wasn't a pros and cons, it was just one saying something disliking that same thing. You spent 7 minutes and only talking about like 4 or so things (again didn't finish, it got old and uninformative)

@lifeinutah 11 ай бұрын

Sorry you didn't like the video but thank you for watching as long as you did and commenting. I (this is Ben) truly hate the cold winters and see the other things I mentioned as things someone really needs to consider before moving here. There are too many videos, in my opinion, where people make it sound like Utah is all sunshine and rainbows so I wanted to combat Kim's energy and optimism with a counter argument to the things she likes about living here. I also made a complete "cons" video and tried to be as honest as I could about things I think outsiders may struggle with when moving here. Hopefully you'll like the next one :)