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I have a job opportunity in Provo and my wife and I are heading out there next weekend to check out the area. I'd love to get some perspective on the community in the greater SLC area from a non-mormon who currently or has lived there. I have no religious affiliations so I don't give a crap what people pray to in their free time. My experience is that people with strong religious affiliations (mormon or other) do not share my open point of view.

I don't plan on living in Provo so some recommendations on towns to check out in the southern SLC suburbs would be appreciated as well.

Thanks.

I have spend the better part of the last 7 yrs in SLC. I love it there, although I am spending the season at Miguels. Climbing, hiking and skiing access is great. Provo and Utah county is much higher concentration of mormon. Salt lake, the further from downtown, the more mormon it gets. Sandy would be a decent alternative.

Sandy lived in SLC for a while.

If I wanted to live in an out door activity oriented community. SLC would be in the top five. If you drink, they love to feed you 3.2 beer. You can get regular strength beer, you'll just pay premium for it.

I've found that the locals who are "Jack" Mormons are more bitter toward religion than the most die-hard atheist. If some one brings up religion, don't give them an opinion, just give them the "deer in the headlights" stare. The locals also have a penchant for naming things along a religious theme...Cathedral, Wailing wall ect. Also they like the hobbit. Dunno why, just do.

You'll have a blast! You can buy used sporting equipment at Deseret Industries alot cheaper than you could any place else. Cross Country skis for $3.

The locals are fairly friendly. Stay under Misty Murphys radar. Good Luck!!

rdo'c wrote:My experience is that people with strong religious affiliations (mormon or other) do not share my open point of view.

Way to have an open point of view about people with strong religious affiliations.

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread. Continue on.

Lord, please protect me from your "followers".

hutch, you beat me to it...

dude, nothing more scary than a "glaasy-eyed true believer"

Clevis Hitch wrote:dude, nothing more scary than a "glaasy-eyed true believer"

or a red neck with a gun and a pickup....

maybe to you....

it's been awhile, but Sandy and Holliday (eastside) were university like communities (and as long as you bike north-south an easy bike ride to the university), many young active people and also close to the canyons. no one ever approached me about religion. you used to be able to get a lot of house for 100k ~10
years ago.