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Though SLC is a bit more metropolitan than one would expect, the state of Utah is not. The LDS Church controls the government and the economy. The politics are populist, protectionist, and socialistic.

A Saint with a Bishop recomend will get a promotion/job over a non-LDS every time. Your kids will have half the friends they would otherwise. You will work twice as hard to have half the fun you do now (and risk a fine for it to boot).

SLC is not an attractive part of the country; kinda smoggy and brown.

I visited SLC two years ago. To be frank, the city itself was clean and well-laid-out (like Phoenix). But I was disappointed in the Great Salt Lake. It literally stank. I felt badly for the vendors in the arcade, because business seemed really slow.

We lived in SLC for about two years in the early 90s. We still go back to visit friends. We are LDS. However, I never got a promotion because of my religious beliefs. Someone in corporate must have been holding out on me! :-) All in all, I really enjoyed SLC. However, I hated the winters. They have this "inversion factor" during the beginning of the year that is really gross. I think that this can best be described as a type of cloud cover that keeps all of the dirty air from rising. Whatever it is, it is dirty, gross, and gray. It is a very depressing time of year. My kids would pass colds and strep throat back and forth during this season. (The doctor said it was because the inversion layer kept all of the dirty air around, not allowing it to get replaced with clean, and just recirculating the germs.) Another thing that I didn't like was the small yard size. Other than that, I really liked SLC. We eventually moved back to the Phoenix area.