Lets here it from Salt Lake City! Where is good to live??

[OldCarPilot]

If you've seen my other posts you know that I am being forced to move to either Atlanta or Salt Lake City. Where is a good place to live over there? What is the weather like through out the year? Can you get regular beer easy??

Oh yeah... And I'd need to be within about 1 hr from the airport.

[RoadDevil13]

Hit SLC and hang with the Throttlers.....very cool bunch, those guys. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[saltflataddict]

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Hit SLC and hang with the Throttlers.....very cool bunch, those guys. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Thanks RD13.. though I am new I can say thanks..

SLC, lets see. I will tell my interpertation.. The Avenue or Aves as its known to the locals. Its a real cool area north of downtown, real nice houses that are 1930ish, but lots are remodeld, and its getting pricey also its on a hillside so there are hills. I used to live there. The sugarhouse area is nice as well, very artsy, and again you have the nice remodeled houses from the 30-50's.. I love it in that area. Then you have Sandy/Draper area where I live. Its very nice but but can be expensive depending on how far east you go. Put it this way in SLC the farther east you go the more you pay. east being closer to the canyons (ie: ski resorts) also known as the benches.. They get alot of snow sometimes up there. I live in the more moderate area of Sandy right by a skatepark.. he,he...so it works for me, I wanted to move away from downtown where i was living for the kids sake. I cant comment on the west side of slc, because i dont like it. Its too flat and its just not me. Though there are begining to be some real nice parts in the west, I just need to be more east with a view of the Mountains, plus I snowboard so its a 20min dfrive to me to Snowbird.. Not bad, I can skate and snowboard in the same day no problem. My personal perferences are anything east of 700E. and between 1300 S. and 12500 South. (we are on a grid system) all is based from "the TEMPLE" bwahhaha http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Let me know if you get interested in an area or house and I will tell if I would live there or not. Now you can always go north a bit to Bountifil/ or Layton where my boys the Throttlers live. I am not sure what housing costs are, but I would sure live there its noce, and not so big city like, yet close enough to the city in need be ( like 30mon from Layton 15mon from Bountiful). My coworkers and wife who by the way works for Delta live in Bountiful, and its a no problem drive for them. Let me know or any one of us Hambers here in SLC.. Oh and the dumnest myth of all, yes you can get beer here in Utah, and REAL beer at the liquer stores. Those woul be state run stores where you get yor hard alchol.. The only stuff you can buy at a grocery storte or 7/11 is 3.5% beer, but you get used to it once you been here 11 years like myself.. I still am not a Utahan damit, I am from La, Ca.. holmes... for life.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[OldCarPilot]

Thanks for the info! I don't know where I'll be going. I was leaning toward SLC, but I'll probably end up in Atlanta. (not a fan of the south)
SLC seems like such a nicer place to be to me, but the wife needs to be able to work too.

Thanks again!

[BigJim394]

I have a friend who moved to Atlanta a year ago, and he says the rush hour(s) traffic is unbelievable. I hear the metro Atlanta area is near the top on lists of worst urban traffic in the U.S.

[flt-blk]

SLC means I will see you on my way to B'Ville next year.
If you go to Atlanta, I guess I can take the "Other car"
over to Road Atlanta and stop by.
TZ

[james]

Hooligan-- what are housing prices out there? I lived there for a year around 92'. Worked at the Holiday inn airport on redwood and north temple, lived at the sunchase apartments right there. I loved it there. Sugar house is a real nice area, and I use to snowboard at the baseball feilds up in the aves when I couldn't afford lift tickets. Nice place if you can get used to being asked if you're "LDS" the first time you meet someone.

[saltflataddict]

"Hooligan-- what are housing prices out there? " -

well depends.. My house in a moderate area is a 3bdrm 2bth 2 car garage with a huge backyard and good size front yard was right about $150,000... A $300,000 house which is not much in Ca. will get you a huge house in a very NICE area, close to the resorts if not up in the canyons. The aves are getting steep for old Victorian style houses, some from $150-$300K.. Sugarhouse also varies, but nothing over $250K...that being on the real nice side.. So I would say real good prices, but I am from Ca. where its insane... Also from ELP, TX. and nothing is that cheap..

[cadlights]

Stay out of Hooper, too many newbies here now. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif