COMMENT BY
Amy from Lynden, WA
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Vancouver, WA
COMMENT
What? West Bountiful a "best green city"? Um, no.
If you mean green as in "green sludge," then maybe, but there are a few oil refineries in/around West Bountiful and Woods Cross so I'm not sure how this qualifies as a "green city." I grew up here. My family still lives here. I've known several people who spent most of their lives here and ended up with allergies, asthma, and/or cancer. There have been chemical spills, storage tank explosions, and oil fires as far back as I can remember. I even did a report on Davis County Superfund sites in college. Toxic waste and pollution aside, West Bountiful is (like most of Utah) very conservative. It has a high population of LDS church members. The schools in the area are average for Utah - neither good nor bad. Being a conservative area, it's very exclusive to outsiders and when I lived there, there was almost no diversity (it's very, very vanilla). If you're liberal and a supporter of equality, this isn't a good area to thrive. It's not too different from other northern Utah towns. It's a smaller, older town that doesn't have a lot of room to grow. There's a Costco and a few apparel stores on the main street that borders Bountiful, along with lots and lots of fast food places. Traffic near the business sector is often horribly congested (except on Sundays). In 2017, housing prices (2-3 bedrooms) were about $250-$300K on average. Most decent paying jobs are in the Salt Lake area. The climate is hot (90F-100F) and super dry in the summer, which is followed by long, depressing winters. Public transportation is EXTREMELY limited and requires going to the train station in Woods Cross or one of the bus stops near Main Street in Centerville or Bountiful. I highly recommend you have a reliable car if moving to the area. THE GOOD: The airport is only about a 20-minute drive and there's not much crime in the residential areas.