[cd jones]

I too am interested in any response. Looking for retirement location in 3-4 years.

[another1]

Health may be a consideration. I am in my early forties now, but lived there for a couple of years in the mid-eighties. I relocated from the Detroit area. The altitude makes a big difference in oxygen density. In other words, it is harder to breathe. It takes some time to acclimate to that, and if you have any health issues - you may want to talk it over with your doctor. It was a bonus when I moved back to the Detroit area though, because I much more breathing capacity than anyone I knew. (I think this explains why the mighty Red Wings have such a hard time with that damn Avalanche! :-)

[John H K]

And if you worry about such things, the large earthquake threat is extremely high...the Wasatch mountains are there and so beautiful because they've gone up rapidly, one earthquake at a time. However, the last really large one occured right before the SLC area was settled en-masse, and they've occured on a cycle suggesting the next really large one may be relatively soon. It's just as threatened as the LA or SF area, really, but the public impression of a threat is far less.