Salt Lake City, UT Reviews

Trying it - 5/5/2021
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Paradise - 2/26/2021
Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises under construction. I saw many job opportunities and apartment deals. It just has a charm. I am definitely going Read More

Don't get fooled by fake smiles - 2/19/2021
I've lived in Salt Lake City almost for six years. Each place can have negative aspects like traffic jams, cost of living, crime and climate etc. However, this city has more unique features. As a gay person of color who works in STEM I met many kind people. But I also met weirdly unfriendly people and fake-friendly people with passive aggressive attitudes. Although SLC is known as the most diverse place in Utah, it still has very homogeneous culture, mentality and life style. I really can not see any advantages on any other city aside from the relatively safe downtown which is lack of vibe and actually like a ghost town. Religion is over powerful and it forms most aspects of life such as work, relationships, leisure, politics etc. It is quite likely to be treated differently in school and at work, if you are not white. This is a perfect place for white outdoorsy conservatives and the people who tend to convert.Read More

Nightmare - 1/3/2021
This sad place is an absolute nightmare to be in. It’s a war zone between Mormons and atheists. If you’re Mormon, you’ve got this compulsion to tell everyone about it. The atheists feel the need to destroy any hint of God, by means of property vandalism, while pitching a fit if their bloody rainbow flags go missing (when you know full well and good that they took it down, themselves, just to create more hate towards all Christians). It’s nothing more than a war zone. The other parts of Salt Lake County are beginning to show signs of this, as well. Anymore, you’ve either got to be Uber Mormon, or so anti religion, that you scream at an “In God We Trust” license plate. If you’re just a regular Christian, you’re not Read More

Bye Utah - 10/9/2020
I think I have the right to review this place since I lived here 19 years. I stuck it out to be stable for my kid bit really I should have moved where she could have experienced something better. Utah is beautiful but that’s it. The LDS community rule the state and look out for each other. If you are not LDS you are kinda left out. It’s hard for minorities because blacks make up leas than 1 percent of the population. The job market for me was bad that’s why I ended up leaving. For professional women it’s nit the best place to be. I don’t miss the bad air quality and state taxes. The public school system is horrible. I feel bad for the teachers and students. Not enough taxpayers because the Morman women stay home and take care of their kids. Yet I paid taxes for school districts and had my kid in private school. The U and Westminster are subpar schools. I wasn’t impressed with my higher education in Utah. I dislike Utah and I won’t be one that comes back. Read More

Beautiful Scenery / Fake People and Bad Drivers - 3/31/2020
Coming from a non-Mormon transplant who has lived in SLC for almost 2 years now:

Pros:
Outdoors - Mountain access is less than 30 minutes away, even in the farthest reaches of the valley, and it's closely situated to tons of national parks. The options for an outdoorsy person are limitless.

Jobs - There is a large job market, especially in tech, which means that you have a lot of maneuverability and growth opportunities.

Commute (outside of winter) - As long as you don't have to get on the freeway going north of SLC, or south of SLC, commutes are very manageable.

Cons:
Fakeness and Cookie Cutter Personalities - Unless you are Mormon, you will struggle to find people that can become friends or that you can connect with. The Mormons that I have met, the majority of the population, are very sheltered and their ignorance shows when they talk about social issues or issues that they would not have encountered, having lived in Read More

No. - 9/30/2019
Nasty air, lots of Mormons and the church does rule the place, though people claim Salt Lake is "liberal." Nasty, tribal attitudes, finding friends, socializing is really hard. Utahns can be very envious, they won't let you excel in a company if you are a smart foreigner. Wages are very low, tenants have no protection from landlords, lots of scumbags and lots of white collar crime in the area. Property crime is VERY high for this size of a city. Salt Lake is a "hidden gem", as they often say, if you're a boring person, or a tired pony in your mid 50's. Otherwise, it's a regressive, repressive place.

Some Pros:
Mountains, lakes, national parks.
Proximity of those.
No traffic jams.
Park City (no other prominent cities, really).

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Air pollution and Ill-mannered people - 6/16/2019
Before moving to the Mormon Mecca, check crime stats and airnow.gov. You also better love loud aerial cake fireworks that bribe-taking Utah legislators permit. If you’re single don’t pay more for a house with a backyard because squealing kids from large Mormon families and loudly barking dogs (SLCo Animal Services is worthless) mean you can’t even sit there and read. Bigotry is a given Read More

Mountains, mormons and homelessness - 5/21/2019
Salt lake can be fun with all the mountains and recreation around you. However there are a ton of homeless, most of the politicians are mormons which means there really is no separation between church and state. The housing prices have gone way up and even a crappy house will cost around Read More

Sad to leave SLC but had no choice. - 5/17/2019
Before I left SLC to move to Oregon, there were 55 car thefts in 14 days, a guy was filled with bullets on state street by about 20 cops after he drove around with a shotgun shooting at strangers not to mention the mall shooting. Typical SLC resident response: "Its a big city what do you expect." It amazes me how SLC residents will downplay how absolutley horrible the city has become under Liberal leadership. This was once one of the cleanest, safest cities before the last liberal Mayor was elected putting our homelessness and crime at an all time high, not to mention our drug problem. You turn on the news and cops are begging for raises and another jail because funds aren't being given for it in one of the most economically sound states in the USA. If you don't start electing people who reflect Utah (and NOT California! please stop coming here, you already ruined your own state)----Salt Lake will be Los Angeles. One bedrooms went from $650-750 to $1100 in a matter of a few years. Read More