SperlingViews - St._George, Utah

I love St. George![read more...]

I was reared in Phoenix Arizona so have been accustomed to a desert environment albeit larger city for most of my life. I have lived in Dallas Texas and worked in down town Los Angeles as an adult though. I enjoy living in St. George as I find it a great balance of quality of life with abundant outdoor activities as well as incredible landscapes. It is a gateway city to 3 National Parks, Grand Canyon (North Rim), Zion and Bryce Canyon's national Parks. as well as numerous National Monuments and State Parks. There are 3 major reservoirs with in a 20 minute drive as well as the 2 largest man made bodies of water in North America, namely Lakes Mead and Powell, less than 2 hours away. Las Vegas is also less than 2 hours away for those seeking the big city, while Mesquite NV is just 20 minutes if you enjoy gaming and casino activities. On the other end of the spectrum Snow skiing and boarding are about 1 hour in 30 minutes north of the St.George metro area in the winter as well as cool mountain summer activities in 3 close by mountain locations to escape the summer heat. A 4 year dynamically growing (Dixie State College) with national ranked sports as well as business programs, numerous art, dinosaur, historical and other museums dot the city. Excellent libraries, outstanding parks and world class trails system, 5 public and 1 private high school as well as Broadway in the desert out door amphitheater with big name performer concerts as well as Broadway musicals. A symphony orchestra and civic coral have a regularly scheduled season with visiting artists included. Dixie Regional Medical Center is nationally recognized in numerous medical services offered from Cardiology to Neurology, pediatrics to Oncology. A large regional hospital with an extensive list of some of the finest physicians in the south west. A brad new regional airport opened in 2011 built with expansion in mind as the city and area continues to grow. Numerous non-stop flights are offered via regional jets to destinations from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Progressive but prudent thinking by city and county officials has kept pace with infrastructure in regional water and waste treatment, a burgeoning parks and trails system, rapidly developing road and mass transit networks as well as numerous high quality downtown public spaces, squares, beautifully landscaped major thoroughfares, round abouts and public buildings. Housing is affordable and plentiful with condo/town homes offered from well under the 100's and custom and semi-custom homes offered from the 100's and up. Full retirement communities such as Sun River are centered around an 18 hole golf course (of which there are 12 in the area) as well as very upscale world class communities with homes ranging into the multiple millions of dollars. Shopping abounds from pocket boutiques to National Factory Stores, indoor and out door malls, most chain as well as private gourmet restaurants etc. Weather ranges in the high desert (same elevation as Tucson AZ) from the low 100's in the heat of a summer afternoon, to the 50's in January. Low annual rainfall equals well over 300 days of sunshine each year! The St.George Marathon, the Ford Iron Man Competition as well as the Huntsman Wold Senior Games all call St.George and the surrounding area a perfect venue for sporting activities. Golf is big in the St.George area with stunning 9 hole city courses and sprawling 18 to 27 hole championship private and semi-private courses. You can golf a different course each day for weeks! Clean light industry has been aggressively courted and nation wide service Sky West Airlines home office is in St. George operating from coast to cost as Atlantic South Eastern, Delta Connection, United Express, and Sky West Airlines with well over 1,000 departures daily. The crime rate is low, the air is clean, the scenery is magnificent and the people are friendly. The St. George area chamber of commerce used to have as a motto on their printed material..."Get Sun-kissed in St. George." I think that friendly axiom pretty well sums up the feeling in this community and I guess it's the reason it's historically been one of the fastest growing smaller metro area in the nation. It has almost all things to all people. [read more...]

St. George offers year round availability to many outdoor activities like hiking, biking, and golf.[read more...]

Great place to visit but not to live. Many national and state parks in the area. Nice red rock mountains and open areas. Hot and dry climate. Not much religional diversity.[read more...]

hot,desert,dry cool in winter[read more...]

It's really hot in the summer, so hot that you'll sweat a lot. Great if you want to loose weight and get dehydrated and have your brain fried if you stay out too long. But in the Autumn the weather is perfect. [read more...]

Its hot![read more...]

Climate is desert, hot and dry.[read more...]

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Its hot[read more...]

We are considering buying a retirement home in St. George while prices and interest rates are down now. We've checked out CA. Still too pricey. What are some great communities to live in, with upscale features like luxury bathrooms and kitchens, granite, travertine, 1 level homes? We are in our 50's... Why do you like living in St. George?[read more...]

I have NEVER been to St George but was curious about temps after reading all the "very hot here" comments. Having lived in midwest and west I know all to well that humidity and elevation can make HUGE affect on how hot it feels. Saint George is a dry climate although not an extreme. The hottest month is July and just for example here are 6 daily highs from throughout month of 2009 (you can get every single day from every year at almanac.com - I just happened to have '09 July handy on a comparison sheet I made) 1st - 93, 6th - 92, 13th - 94, 17th - 101, 21st - 85, 28th - 91. I would gladly take 101 in dry climate over 91 in a humid midwest summer, but personally would prefer less of either. Hope that helps someone.[read more...]

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Low crime in St. George.[read more...]

I grew up in St. George. I watched it grow into the city it is today. I was a non-LDS growing up in a prevelant LDS area. Today the prejudices are not so bad, outsiders and new commers are welcomed readily. The people are great and it is a clean city compared to most. However, recently the jobs have dried up average saleries are behind and lagging. And of course the cost of living is way too high. In order for myself to go to college, My husband and I had to move away from St. George so that we could afford for me to work part time. If you are lucky enough to have two steady incomes into one household, St. George would be to the place to be. It would be a great place to raise a family. Keep in mind the weather there is HOT! Reaching triple digits by May is not uncommon, and for most new commers it takes about a year to climatize and get used to the heat. You will learn quickly that yard work should begin early in the morning and water should be consumed in copious amounts if you plan on spending the day outside. St. George is really a great place to live no matter what stage of life you are in as long as you are prepared and can financially support living there.[read more...]

If you have ever wanted to move or vacation in the most beautiful place on earth, than you must come to Utah (St. George) especially. We have Zion national park just 30 miles away. Bryce Canyon just about 70 miles away. Then if you want to have a little fun, Las Vegas is only 90 miles away.[read more...]

I am troubled by any review about St. George that bashes those of the LDS faith and their beliefs. The LDS of St George are not all secretive, close-minded, cult-like people. Most are simply dedicated to their faith and choose to live a very family-oriented, wholesome lifestyle. Anyone who is more liberal, drinks, smokes, etc. of course will not become best friends with their LDS neighbors, as they do not share the same values. This is true no matter where you live or what your faith for goodness sakes! One tends to gather friends that share the same values as them. And what parent of a non-drinking home would want their children playing next door at little Johnny's house where it's perfectly acceptable to chug down a 6-pack of beer in front of the kids? I am not LDS, but am not a drinker, and therefore do not allow my kids to go to a friend's house if I know a parent in the home drinks in front of the kids. It's just not something I'm okay with my children being around. And as with every religion, race, or way of thinking, there will always be those who are more extreme than others - that's just plain ol' human nature. The point is - I don't care where you go in this country, you will always find something in the culture of a place that dominates. Anyone who would disagree with that is just plain ignorant. My husband (who is not LDS, but from an LDS family) and I both grew up in Southern California, and first moved to Utah County where his parents had moved in 1999. The change of culture definitely took some getting used to for me, but being a person who is very tolerant of others beliefs, it wasn't too hard. Our kids were allowed to play with their LDS classmates - that was never an issue. By the time we moved to St. George for work reasons 2 years later, we had come to find the value in raising our 3 kids in a place that put their families and their children first. We found St. George to be less LDS dominated than Utah County (duh) and our non-LDS kids thrived there, making lots of new friends who all seemed to be LDS. All of our LDS neighbors were extremely friendly to us - really nice, down to earth, regular people who just happened to have a religious faith that was not the same as mine. We left St. George at the height of the real-estate boom in 2007 for no reason other than we just wanted a change of scenery. We did a LOT of research on about 5 places in a few different Western states and chose Bend, OR. While we love many things about Bend, we quickly came to realize that the culture here is far too liberal for us. Our 2 oldest children started Middle School here and my daughter came home from school in tears almost every day with reports of lunch table talk of sex, drugs and alcohol, as if they were discussing the weather outside. We have found that there is much less parental supervision here (speaking mostly of pre-teens and teens) and we've had kids come over to our house on several occasions without nary a call from a parent wanting to know more about us and what goes on in our home. You just won't find that to be the case in St. George. With one child now in high school here, he knows of many kids who use drugs regularly, pot being most common. While I know that you will find teen drug use everywhere you go, it is without a doubt far more prevalent and accepted here. YES, we knew before we moved here that it was going to be more liberal than St. George. What we didn't realize until we actually lived here was the importance (for us) of raising our kids in a more family-oriented, conservative city such as St. George. While we have every intention of moving from Bend as soon as the economy allows (and St. George is where we will probably return to), I would never bash the many more-liberal-than-I people that live here. I may not share the same values, but since it's a far more liberal culture here, it's my obligation to leave graciously if it's not for me - same as those who find St. George, it's people and conservative culture doesn't work for them![read more...]

I am troubled by any review about St. George that bashes those of the LDS faith and their beliefs. The LDS of St George are not all secretive, close-minded, cult-like people. Most are simply dedicated to their faith and choose to live a very family-oriented, wholesome lifestyle. Anyone who is more liberal, drinks, smokes, etc. of course will not become best friends with their LDS neighbors, as they do not share the same values. This is true no matter where you live or what your faith for goodness sakes! One tends to gather friends that share the same values as them. And what parent of a non-drinking home would want their children playing next door at little Johnny's house where it's perfectly acceptable to chug down a 6-pack of beer in front of the kids? I am not LDS, but am not a drinker, and therefore do not allow my kids to go to a friend's house if I know a parent in the home drinks in front of the kids. It's just not something I'm okay with my children being around. And as with every religion, race, or way of thinking, there will always be those who are more extreme than others - that's just plain ol' human nature. The point is - I don't care where you go in this country, you will always find something in the culture of a place that dominates. Anyone who would disagree with that is just plain ignorant. My husband (who is not LDS, but from an LDS family) and I both grew up in Southern California, and first moved to Utah County where his parents had moved in 1999. The change of culture definitely took some getting used to for me, but being a person who is very tolerant of others beliefs, it wasn't too hard. Our kids were allowed to play with their LDS classmates - that was never an issue. By the time we moved to St. George for work reasons 2 years later, we had come to find the value in raising our 3 kids in a place that put their families and their children first. We found St. George to be less LDS dominated than Utah County (duh) and our non-LDS kids thrived there, making lots of new friends who all seemed to be LDS. All of our LDS neighbors were extremely friendly to us - really nice, down to earth, regular people who just happened to have a religious faith that was not the same as mine. We left St. George at the height of the real-estate boom in 2007 for no reason other than we just wanted a change of scenery. We did a LOT of research on about 5 places in a few different Western states and chose Bend, OR. While we love many things about Bend, we quickly came to realize that the culture here is far too liberal for us. Our 2 oldest children started Middle School here and my daughter came home from school in tears almost every day with reports of lunch table talk of sex, drugs and alcohol, as if they were discussing the weather outside. We have found that there is much less parental supervision here (speaking mostly of pre-teens and teens) and we've had kids come over to our house on several occasions without nary a call from a parent wanting to know more about us and what goes on in our home. You just won't find that to be the case in St. George. With one child now in high school here, he knows of many kids who use drugs regularly, pot being most common. While I know that you will find teen drug use everywhere you go, it is without a doubt far more prevalent and accepted here. YES, we knew before we moved here that it was going to be more liberal than St. George. What we didn't realize until we actually lived here was the importance (for us) of raising our kids in a more family-oriented, conservative city such as St. George. While we have every intention of moving from Bend as soon as the economy allows (and St. George is where we will probably return to), I would never bash the many more-liberal-than-I people that live here. I may not share the same values, but since it's a far more liberal culture here, it's my obligation to leave graciously if it's not for me - same as those who find St. George, it's people and conservative culture doesn't work for them![read more...]

I have lived across the US, I have to say st george has been my favorite place to live. there is a reason so many people from northern UT come down to vacation here. Good family values, high quality entertainment, great food, recreation galore, up and coming economy. there is a little bit of an "old boys club: attitude form the old time locals, but once you get past taht... it is a GREAT place to live.... as I always say, if you don;t like it... too bad for you and PLEASE leave the rest of us here in peace![read more...]

St. george is definetly a beautiful place to live. There is red rock close forests and recreational lakes that make St. George active and fun. All that is missing is a comfortable temperature during the summer months. The winters are nice but the summer recquires an Air conditioner.[read more...]