I grew in Utah but the cost of living has tripled in the last few years. It is a good place to live but with all the people from out of state coming in like crazy, its been hard to find apartments and housing.
@@user-cd5mt8ee6l There’s a lot of sinister things going on. The government and its politicians have too much power in their hands. It’s scary how quick and eager some of them are to abuse that power. Sadly it’s going to take more than an individual or small group of people to change it. If propaganda were not tearing the country and people apart it might be a different story.
Moved here 25 years ago. Lived all over the US east before. I love it here and tell everyone it is a terrible place to live. Too many people are moving here so please tone it down.
Seriously. I don't mind people coming from out of state but when every one suddenly decides its a good idea to come here, it's too many people all at once. It's like the population grew 10x in one night.
The reason the streets are so wide is that Brigham Young wanted them wide enough to for a wagon team to make a U-turn! Also, someone asked if there are any Catholics in Utah…the largest Catholic high school west of the Mississippi River is in Draper,Utah.. Roy is near Ogden, not Orem…. The state is awesome
When I was at Utah State University, I remember the Newman Club, which were mainly Catholic, and at the end of my freshman year, I ended up living in USU off campus housing with a gal who is Catholic. One day, we had some LDS Missionaries, and I remember her challenging them on their religion. There are Catholics in Logan, Utah too. Also, I remember that Brigham Young wanted to have the streets wide enough to make a U-Turn with a wagon and a team of horses. My favorite ski resort, is Alta, and I loved going to Trolley Square.
While I am not religious or anything, having an entire area built on a foundation of being a good person and raising a family surely makes Utah stand out as a great state to move to. It really does improve neighborhoods.
@@co7314 Are you from there? I have no idea as I live on the east coast. Every state is going to have some number of awful people though as it's just statistics.
Vast majority of Utah is Mormon. Like 70% statewide is one single religion & it's even higher outside of SLC. There is no other place in the country like it. It's very close to a theocracy. Maybe that appeals to you. But if you're not Mormon, I will tell you right now: they ain't no 'normal' Christian sect. This is a problematic, high-control religion that is cult-adjacent, with deep roots in anti-black & anti-LGBT doctrine, and really nutty beliefs and shunning. Do your research. Or don't. Yeah, actually, never mind, y'all should definitely head on over to Utah (and leave my state the fck alone).
The reason utah become so expensive, people from California has been piling up here and they have MONEY which has raised the housing market. Utahs homeless rate has grown astronomically.
Not true. Natural Increase (having kids) has accounted for 77% of the population increase in Utah since 2010. 2020 was the first year transplants have outnumbered newborn babies. This is a city-data stat. It’s easy to hate on Californians for the lack of housing, but Utahns having such big families and then growing into adulthood and needing a place to live has historically been a much larger factor. For the record, I’m not a California transplant.
Roy is in the Ogden metro area. Burger Bar was featured on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network. Provo is the home of Brigham Young University. Wide streets are great for snow plows to remove the snow. Living up in the mountains means the houses will be very expensive because it's more secluded, and cost of land is more.
There's an article by KSL that shows the real reason why home prices have increased so much in Utah. There is a house shortage. Too many people and not enough houses. The real reason: People are not moving out of Utah. In other words, the people that historically would have moved out are not doing so. People from other states moving in is part of the reason, but not the main reason.
Funny thing is, Vernal is in the area and actually has the cheapest housing so far as I know and have seen. Though nothing in this video is really anything below the front. It's actually kinda a silly video IMO. Particularly the crime rate, he WISHES the crime rate was that low. A LOT, and I mean a LOT of crime goes unreported.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense people who grew up here in Utah and have strong generational roots of familial communities here as they're Mormons. Historically, They're not going to leave their Mormon state. The Wasatch valley is essentially a bowl and has a limit to housing developments that's been the states unsustainable attitude. The lake is drying up, as the historic drout still tracks as well. And the Inversion is only getting worse.
You failed to mention there is a housing shortage in Utah. This shortage causes bidding wars with all houses sold. Most of them end up being at least $50,000 over the asking price. It's ridiculous buying a house right now!!
This was happening for a short time. Now that rates increased, the bidding wars have ended. Most properties on the MLS have price adjustments lowering the asking price in 2023
You can build your own off-grid home in Utah, with a well, greenhouse, barn, and solar system for around $250,000. We use Starlink to work online, if needed. Our 250-family community is modeled after the housing co-ops in NYC, except instead of an apartment, you get exclusive rights to a 2.0 to 2.4 acre lot PLUS at least 4 acre-feet of water rights.
If you want nice and affordable in Utah you can not seriously leave off places like, St. George, Cedar City, Parowan, Kanab, Hurricane, Payson, Brigham City, Heber City, Price, and cheapest of all those and where we personally live Vernal UT. We bought our 2 bed 2 bath full renovated townhouse here for literally $88,000 just over a year ago. Yes the market has increased all over the state since then but anybody living in UT who has been here for a while knows nothing near the Salt Lake Valley should be mentioned in the same sentence as affordable. All those mentioned towns are super safe, nice, and worlds more affordable than anything in or around the Salt Lake Valley. Look it up.
I was wondering the same thing. I moved to Hurricane a couple years ago. A lot of list such as this one, always seem to forget to mention anything about Southern Utah.
The expensive Utah cities will also grow the scourge that is drug addicts living in the streets. Most news outlets call it the "homeless", but the vast majority are addicts stealing anything that isn't cemented down to maintain their habits. This is how LA, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and all the other cities with massive bum populations got started. Want to live in an infested cesspool of a city? Move to anywhere along the Wasatch Front, and then wait a few years. This is the time to get out of Utah, not move here! I've lived here for the last 41 years and the writing is on the wall (right next to the tent and human feces)
The scenery is spectacular, the people are great, and the skiing is amazing. I just wish these cities had more character and less of a suburban sprawl feeling.
I live in Utah & can tell you the price inflation is out of control & the prices do not match the quality even close! $500,000 homes are actually barely worth $250,000 apartments asking $1300 a month in rent that were barely $750 last year with 0 improvements or renovations! All of Californias money is flooding into Utah thanks to remote work driving prices out of control!
@@DiogenesOfCa: There’s not an issue having people move here. I have an issue with the type of people moving here and voting the same way that made them want to leave from the cesspools they’ve created. It’s always interesting too. There are many liberal states to choose from but they always seem to flock to conservative states. New Yorkers moving to Florida and Californians moving to Utah and Idaho. Why not Oregon, Washington, or Colorado?
@@horrormovies1307 They don't see their own damage. They see a nice place, and their like oh yea let's move out there, but they don't understand the behavior that made it a nice place to begin with.
Great video here. You brought up a lot of great points. I’ve helped hundreds of people make the move here and a lot of what you mentioned is spot on with what to expect 👊🏽
I live in East Layton and I am shocked at how much housing has gone up since I moved here in 2017. South Ogden, South Weber and Washington Terrace are less expensive. Roy, Syracuse, West Haven are less expensive too and some areas a super nice. I think it’s hard for young people starting out to find a home under $300k in the Northern Wasatch front but it is absolutely a great place to live
Utah Native here. You can't beat the scenery or outdoor recreation here. You'll be harder pressed to find a sense of community if you're not Mormon. It is possible, but more difficult. There's not much diversity, although there is an Hispanic population. Never did I imagine even 3-4 years ago, that'd I'd find myself generating six figures, and still can't afford the home I'd want though haha. Crazy times.
@@AbsyntheAndTears I just want more diverse food options here in south Utah county. Just fast food chains always built. Idk, SLC is starting to look alot like LA especially on high inversion days as your rolling on in from Thanksgiving point. What I don't want is for people like OP who've been born and raised in Utah and have generational roots here. They're the ones who are the backbone of the local smaller communities atleast to me as an outsider living amongst them. Some of the transplants, atleast the unhinged Dems who came here. Bitch and complain on their blowhorns on Reddit constantly. I came into Utah knowing it's a Mormon state. And the lefty liberals hate it for what it is. Smh
As a Utahn, your summaries are pretty accurate! I LOVE Logan, by the way. The area is gorgeous, especially in the summer. It's a college town, so if anyone wants to experience it during their college years it's not a bad place to go to school. ☺️
I just wish it wasn't so expensive to stay in my home state. *Sighs* We'll probably have to leave Utah because we can't afford a home here. Kind of a sad end to my life story.
Logan is my favorite town too, as I have spent 4 years there, as a student and graduated from Utah State University. Summers were so nice and comfortable with the dry non=humid weather.
My first year and a half on earth was on 40th between wall & Washington in south ogden... my grandmother's house. Wierd to think that utah has become unaffordable... when I was growing up it was one of the least expensive places in the country... times have changed.
Yep. It’s becoming a more of a tourist destination, and less of a place to live. And with its current rates, I wouldn’t be surprised, if the average home price will be around 700K in the next 3-5 years.
@@underground9260 I’ve always wondered what people do to afford so many expensive areas of the country. I mean if a couple earn 125k a year (which isn’t bad imo), they can afford a 500k home. If the average is going to be 700k in a few years, I mean what is everyone a doctor or lawyer lol
You mentioned South Ogden, close by in Ogden the area has experiencing gentrification over the last few years. Times are definitely changing around here.
SLC area is expensive. And of course, Park City. St George has also gone up be ause a lot of LDS families and retirees are moving their from Las Vegas. I have always love Cedar City.
I wish you would start talking about apartment and the rent cost for each state along with the home cost or by themselves. Especially for those who don't ever want to buy a house, such as myself, and like the ability to move into a new place with little to no hassle(s).
You should also share that the income to home cost ratio in Utah is one of the highest in the country. They really don’t pay enough in Utah to afford a home. Also don’t forget to mention the air quality in the winter along the Wasatch front is at the top of the list for most unhealthy in the nation.
Yah it's made it hard for lifetime residents. We are having a hard time finding and affording homes. I've lived here my whole life wish this would slow down,
I'm surprised ST. George didn't make this list. Phenomenal town, and it's just 1.5 hours from Vegas. The red rock there is just gorgeous. I don't know the stats, but your basically getting a high cost of living, low crime, okay employment, a good university, near perfect roads. No, seriously, the traffic flows so well on these Utah roads because we have room to fit down the sides if we are turning, and St. George has some of the best in the state. You get good access to national parks, 1.5 hours to Brian Head, (a decent ski resort) snow canyon just 10 minutes out, and several lakes within an hour's drive. Oh yea, and there's hot air balloons in the air almost every morning.
Logan is home to my Alma Mater, Utah State University, and their football team just won the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, 24-13 beating Oregon State. Go Aggies! Also love the Blue Bird Restaurant in Logan. Love this town, and the Canyon, which passes by Beaver Mountain - a family run ski resort and has camping and RV Parking in the warmer seasons. Also love to go to Bear Lake. Tony Grove Lake is in Logan Canyon as well, and it is a beautiful drive in Logan Canyon.
Big question in the West is drought and availability of water. Here in SoCal, it will become unlivable when the water bill is higher than your house payment. Phoenix and Las Vegas will also be water starved. Northern Utah may be safe from drought.
Roy is part of the Ogden-Clearfield metro area, not the Orem metro area. Also, Logan and North Logan are great, but they're situated in a small valley and with all the other cities in the valley, it's already getting too crowded between people moving here and the higher than average birth rates. I've even considered moving because it's becoming crowded and expensive and I've lived here since I was about two years old. I love Logan and Cache Valley and I'll sound like an old person (even though I'm not) but it really isn't what it used to be. The population in the small valley is closer to 142,165 all together and it can't support much more growth without developing more farmland or other naturally beautiful areas which are really the two main things that make the area special. Also, finding a place to rent is extremely difficult, especially during the normal school year of Utah State University when the students flood back into town. People (college students) also say that it's boring here, but I disagree with that. I love it here, but don't know how much longer it will be that great. That's just my opinion.
I love Utah, the only thing that really sucks is the Liquor Laws. I guess there are other countries like Sweden and Australia where you have to go to a State Run liquor store, but 5% at the Grocery store or a restaurant isn't enough.
The Salt Lake City airport had the best view of any airport I've ever seen, though I was only there for a connecting flight. I think I'd like to visit for vacation, as it looks really beautiful and has so many national parks, but it's not the sort of place I think I'd want to live.
It’s not the place I would live in either mainly because I have concerns that most of my friends there (if I had friends there) would be Mormon and the culture there. I was born there though and haven’t lived there long term since 2015.
@@ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226 Mormons are really kind people. There’s nothing wrong with Mormons. My family is Mormon & we’re kind people. There’s nothing wrong with Mormons.
@@ReagwinplaysRPGs I know but there are some things that I don’t like about that culture like you only have to do something to make others happy and stuff like that.
@@Member_1115 that place is almost completely out of water. It's a full on desert and no water. It's going to get really bad, watch and see. There are plenty of articles out there about the drought the West is currently in. Lake Powell, lake mead, almost dried up as we speak
All Utah asks from anybody is to please leave your liberal radical left-wing politics behind you. This is a conservative state the very reason why people are moving here. So please don't make Utah the next California. And if you're from California do us all a favor stay in California please.
You all love the $$$$$ (as does the church) coming in. Utah is beautiful but a bit Handmaiden’s tale. Lots of trad wives with lots of surgery. Lots of MLM’s.
Hey, dont knock the desert, bought my property 2.5 acres for $3000, put a tiny house and solar is great, over did it a bit, so even running electric heat, its quiet, i have to drive 30 mins to grocery store, but its a nice drive. Oh yea and I think every inch of Utah has GIGABIT FIBER INTERNET. WINNING!
I’ve been all over in the states and out of the country, and Utah it’s the most beautiful place to live in. So much to do that 24 hours 365 days a year are not enough….but plz, come visit “DONT STAY..!”
Just to give you folks an idea. I live in Salt Lake county. My 1982 trilevel house 1760sqft 4bed 1.5 bath would sell for 525k+ no it's not updated maybe 2010s update
One thing that surprised me in SLC, is how many homeless people there were. I haven't been there in 4 years, but it reminded me of Portland in many ways.
Your right Tooele outside of SLC, but is in SLC metro. Tooele we are Metro. Don’t seem like it but we are. And Tooele shhhhh. I like to keep it small. And stop typing- ya nobody wants to move to Tooele! Good! Lol
I bought a nice new construction 2-story, 1900 sq. foot house in Layton UT in 2006 for $172,000. I sold it 2 years later for $230,000. I thought the prices would drop after the 2008 housing crisis, but they never really did
That's how much we paid ours that same year in West Point. We still own it. We're hoping to get a house somewhere in West Haven or Syracuse, for the last few years now...hoping the prices would go down...but now, we can just forget it. Prices just keep on climbing. Ugh!!!
I love Springville! My sister use to live there. She and her husband had a beautiful home and my brother in law had a great chiropractic office. Springville is awesome! My son lives in Provo and loves it (just a little fyi)
That's not as true as it used to be. Nobody asks where you went to church last Sunday, and as long as you don't flaunt your non-Mormon status in everybody's face, nobody knows. You will find people who look down on you, sure, but you can find people like that anywhere.
@@howardsmith9342 It’s pretty obvious if you’re not Mormon. Their churches are each localized within neighborhoods. You have to go to the church near you. They are well aware of who lives in their boundaries.
Utah and Idaho are going to follow California’s footsteps. I can’t imagine how expensive it will get in the next 5 years. Wouldn’t surprise me if the average homes goes up to 700k+ by then
But both Idaho and Utah actually have solid governments that actually know how to run a state, but California’s government and governor are a huge joke. They always try to come up with new ways to tax residents and travelers
@@AiVersify it sure pushed me out. And it’s probably going to push out more people in the future. It’s going to become a breaking point, because It can’t just go up like that for years to come. The younger generation won’t be able to afford to live there. Because it didn’t matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t buy a home. So I continued to save that money, but with the skyrocketing prices, it still wasn’t enough for a down payment in Utah. So I moved to Illinois and bought a house and put down a 50% downpayment. 2 bed 1 bath fully remodeled for 60K. I work from home, so my job isn’t an issue. The same 60K house in Utah would cost me 350K. There’s cheaper areas, but you’ll still be paying 250K+.
Great video, but I think your "median home prices" stats are quite misleading and off the mark. I've been looking at Utah home values for a couple years on numerous sites and the jump in prices is just nuts. You list Provo as somehow being a top 10 cheapest town but I'm hard pressed to find anything decent under 500K unless it's over a hundred years old or has some other real issues.
All of the places you listed are pretty nice. Ogden always had a bad reputation but I never found it too bad. I really love the Provo/Pleasant Grove area too.
It depends what side of Ogden your in. The South side where Weber State is located is very nice and safe with good homes. But North Ogden is the complete opposite with tons of gangs and a lot of low income families living close to poverty. It’s about 5 miles which separates the two sides but there is a stark difference. Hope that helped
I live in Pleasant Grove right now, in my grandparents' old house. If I didn't, I couldn't afford to live here. Housing is wicked expensive, and there is zero affordable housing. Rent is through the roof. The area has lots of schools and universities, and it's more profitable to cram two students into every bedroom and rent each bedroom for a thousand bucks a person. There are no cheap, older homes for sale here as in years past. Everything is a minimum of 250,000, which is well out of my price range.
Ogden is totally fine. It’s a little rough around the edges, but it’s a city. Only people FROM Utah think it’s bad. It’s improved a great deal in the last 5-10 years. I love it here.
Interesting list, I grew up Spanish Fork and live in Provo for the last 20ish years and I love it here personally. I love the mountains being so close and it is quiet and everything I need is close by. Good list!
Glad you mention nick Johnson often as after your channel ,his is my second favorite .please keep up the videos on states and cities I love them all and ill stop typing now
The Salt Lake area is effected by an inversion layer, like LA. It smells. The air quality is low. It is still a great place. I have friend who moved there 20 years ago from San Diego. They love it. I thought about moving to SLC. When i searched real estate. I was confused. There where a great many larged homes. 6-10 Bedrooms. After a few minutes. It dawned on me. Utah,Salt Lake City. Mormons have large families. I was looking for 3bdr. The high housing costs are worth it, If you can afford it. Snow sprots very close to the cities. And yes you can drink.
Maybe for your next series you could do towns with houses for $200K or less in which you don't necessarily get assaulted or murdered. At least I could pay off the house within one lifetime.
As a resident of "Spanish Fark", the cuts to the paella fork were so funny. It's called that because it is were the spanish explorers came up in 1776, ironically and unrelated, there are quite a few spanish speakers here too. beautiful place, fantastic rodeo, wonderful summer carnival, a great way to live in provo without actually living in provo, tons and tons of restaurants even though it is a bit smaller to boot and a great jumping off point to be able to visit the desert but still be in the wasatch front.
Provo is named after Provost the fur trapper. So basically you mentioned a ton of Utah County, Davis County, Weber County, and Cache County. I think you should do these based on Counties because you basically named 4 “towns” to live in. I’m glad you didn’t mention my lil town on the Wasatch back though, we’ve had a ton of new homes being built, and our property taxes are insane because of all the new growth, BUT you can not beat living in cute lil growing Morgan, Utah!!!
Morgan has gotten expensive as heck! I grew up there, and can't afford to move back even with a very healthy retirement income. Once they actually paved the road over to Huntsville it's gotten crazy expensive. Makes getting to those ski areas easier, but it had a drawback. I do love Morgan though.
I grew up in PG, too, and I am currently living in my grandparents' old house. Otherwise I could never afford to live here. The first house I bought here I later sold for 37,000 and made a profit. That house now has to be worth 10x that.
Ooh. Briggs I have good news to share with you. On September 17 of this year, I officially quit drinking alcohol and I'm 3 months sober. I was wondering if you can spread the word on an upcoming video?
REMEMBER THERE ARE TONS OF MORMONS WHO DONT COMMIT CRIMES. it’s nice in the Herriman area with townhomes going for $400,000. Lots of expensive homes here too.
This isn’t always true, but wide streets like seen in Springdale are oftentimes an indication that they have had bad fires in the past. Wide streets make it harder for fires to spread throughout a community. Just a thought as to why.
Early in settlement Brigham Young wanted streets that two ox wagons could turn around in the same place. Statewide, only it wasn't a state then. I really love the wide streets and no, fire has little to do with it.
Provo is not a town... Its part of a metropolis of 2.7 million... Larger than Vegas... Utah county is one of the most populated in the entire country...
How about not spreading the secret. This place is quickly being overrun. Some statistic came out recently that said the state grew 70k people. They must have all moved within 5 miles of me.... I've seen comments on here too that have said that the locals are being out priced. True. I do not envy the younger kids coming into adulthood, they can't barely afford rent, let alone a house. Jobs are a plenty, if you want to work it's there to be had. The comments concerning the church are usually biased, I've been on both sides of that fence, you get to decide where you stand.
"Utah is becoming one of the most moved to states" - You ain't fuckin kidding lol. I left in 2016, it was a totally different place by then, from when I had moved there 10 years earlier.
The inversion or air quality in this area needs to be mentioned. It can be pretty bad. The traffic south of salt lake City is pretty crazy. Also it is like 75% Mormon. If you aren't Mormon you will be an outsider. Every one is super nice but your kids won't be invited over
I have lived in Orem, Pleasant Grove, Roosevelt, Neola, Ogden and Saint George. Yeah, it’s okay. The ONLY reason that I am here is my parents and brothers/sister. I just got back from Traverse City, Michigan and I absolutely loved it. I’m going back when I can! I love my parents and I want them to move back there! I’m telling you, Traverse City, Michigan is the best!
Why did Pleasent View, Brigham area, Tremonton not make the list? What you done mention is traffic and air pollution. From Roy to Provo both suck big time!
I "like" and love all your videos! I can't think of one good reason to move to Utah, EVER. You do not usually have much good to say either. I shall watch and be surprised.
@@AiVersify from what I heard in the news I personally wouldnt live in SLC or attend Utah state, the murders and the sugar baby lifestyle with the liberal bs is not for me
Duchesne was overlooked because it is very much a desert, although very close to forests and all kinds of amazing beautiful places to camp, hike, fish, ATV. But also because like he mentioned about folks that leave old broken down cars on their property. I have never seen so many trashy properties in Utah, but that Highway 40 route from Fruitland to Duchesne....UGLY! That said I have property overlooking Starvation Reservoir, just 5 miles from the town of Duchesne. But find the County people very difficult to deal with concerning it being an off grid property.
How about stay where you are and don't move to Utah you're raising the prices for everything and isn't the point of moving to Utah is it's not like the state you just left so stop trying to make it something it's not
So true like some stuff used to be like I think the cheapest house I saw was like 500 or less a month and now it's like almost 3,000 just for a house a month almost in some areas
😂😂😂😂😂 a little biased for on this video Briggs? There are more places to live in Utah than the Salt Lake Valley and Northern Utah. And many of the small towns are quaint and beautiful, and MUCH more affordable than the large cities. Even the small cities are more affordable than the Salt Lake area. Even if you’d just stuck to cities all along I-15 this could have been a more informative video.
ehhh.... it seems like Briggs is confusing Orem and Ogden through out the video. Orem is not Ogden. They're quite far away from one another and have distinct histories. Outside of that, there's some little things... Orem-Provo are frequently listed together, springville-spanish fork are next door neighbors, and washington terrace exists almost entirely enclosed within south ogden. I've lived in logan while going to college; it doesn't have clean air in the winter, and is routinely the coldest spot in the continuous 48 states, beating out places like maine. It's cold in logan.
I grew in Utah but the cost of living has tripled in the last few years. It is a good place to live but with all the people from out of state coming in like crazy, its been hard to find apartments and housing.
That's a fact
Welp, wouldn't you want to leave commifornia? Not their fault. Blame the psychos ruining our country. The demonrats
@@user-cd5mt8ee6l There’s a lot of sinister things going on. The government and its politicians have too much power in their hands. It’s scary how quick and eager some of them are to abuse that power. Sadly it’s going to take more than an individual or small group of people to change it. If propaganda were not tearing the country and people apart it might be a different story.
@@hanakofuyumi8608 absolutely. This is a fact. And it really is frightening how many people are blind to the corruption!!
Yup.
Moved here 25 years ago. Lived all over the US east before. I love it here and tell everyone it is a terrible place to live. Too many people are moving here so please tone it down.
Don’t tell people that it’s a terrible place to live. It’s a great place to live.
@@ReagwinplaysRPGs shut up he is trying to keep it nice close your freaking mouth
Seriously. I don't mind people coming from out of state but when every one suddenly decides its a good idea to come here, it's too many people all at once. It's like the population grew 10x in one night.
So it’s okay for you to move but not other people got it
@@Acridix. Very astute of you
The reason the streets are so wide is that Brigham Young wanted them wide enough to for a wagon team to make a U-turn! Also, someone asked if there are any Catholics in Utah…the largest Catholic high school west of the Mississippi River is in Draper,Utah.. Roy is near Ogden, not Orem…. The state is awesome
Was going to come and make the same correction. Roy is nowhere near Orem. 😂
4 wagon teams to make a U turn
To you. Awesome to you.
When I was at Utah State University, I remember the Newman Club, which were mainly Catholic, and at the end of my freshman year, I ended up living in USU off campus housing with a gal who is Catholic. One day, we had some LDS Missionaries, and I remember her challenging them on their religion. There are Catholics in Logan, Utah too.
Also, I remember that Brigham Young wanted to have the streets wide enough to make a U-Turn with a wagon and a team of horses. My favorite ski resort, is Alta, and I loved going to Trolley Square.
There was a Newman Club in Logan when I was there, and they tried to convert me. I passed.
While I am not religious or anything, having an entire area built on a foundation of being a good person and raising a family surely makes Utah stand out as a great state to move to. It really does improve neighborhoods.
They are racist and bigoted though. So I guess you better be okay with that.
@@co7314 Are you from there? I have no idea as I live on the east coast. Every state is going to have some number of awful people though as it's just statistics.
@@co7314 We are not racists and bigots.
@@co7314 There are some here, but no more than anywhere else.
Vast majority of Utah is Mormon. Like 70% statewide is one single religion & it's even higher outside of SLC. There is no other place in the country like it. It's very close to a theocracy. Maybe that appeals to you. But if you're not Mormon, I will tell you right now: they ain't no 'normal' Christian sect. This is a problematic, high-control religion that is cult-adjacent, with deep roots in anti-black & anti-LGBT doctrine, and really nutty beliefs and shunning. Do your research. Or don't. Yeah, actually, never mind, y'all should definitely head on over to Utah (and leave my state the fck alone).
The reason utah become so expensive, people from California has been piling up here and they have MONEY which has raised the housing market. Utahs homeless rate has grown astronomically.
Damn Californians always ruin everything
@@Valhalla_Heathen a wall should be built around California so people can't leave to drive up the cost of other states.
Not true. Natural Increase (having kids) has accounted for 77% of the population increase in Utah since 2010. 2020 was the first year transplants have outnumbered newborn babies. This is a city-data stat.
It’s easy to hate on Californians for the lack of housing, but Utahns having such big families and then growing into adulthood and needing a place to live has historically been a much larger factor. For the record, I’m not a California transplant.
Yup - one tells all ; they all come !!!-
Hurricane they want ; $248 k for a lot on culdesac !!!-
For a single wide trailer in the last 5 year's have increased to un reachable for most people. Over 200,000 for a single wide.
Roy is in the Ogden metro area. Burger Bar was featured on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network. Provo is the home of Brigham Young University. Wide streets are great for snow plows to remove the snow. Living up in the mountains means the houses will be very expensive because it's more secluded, and cost of land is more.
There's an article by KSL that shows the real reason why home prices have increased so much in Utah. There is a house shortage. Too many people and not enough houses. The real reason: People are not moving out of Utah. In other words, the people that historically would have moved out are not doing so. People from other states moving in is part of the reason, but not the main reason.
Funny thing is, Vernal is in the area and actually has the cheapest housing so far as I know and have seen. Though nothing in this video is really anything below the front. It's actually kinda a silly video IMO. Particularly the crime rate, he WISHES the crime rate was that low. A LOT, and I mean a LOT of crime goes unreported.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense people who grew up here in Utah and have strong generational roots of familial communities here as they're Mormons. Historically, They're not going to leave their Mormon state. The Wasatch valley is essentially a bowl and has a limit to housing developments that's been the states unsustainable attitude. The lake is drying up, as the historic drout still tracks as well. And the Inversion is only getting worse.
I moved to Logan from Oregon after my wife died to be closer to family. I love it here and would never leave.
Logan is just a beautiful place with lovely people there.
You should go to the peach days festival 😊
A turbo LSD town with worse smog than SLC.
You failed to mention there is a housing shortage in Utah. This shortage causes bidding wars with all houses sold. Most of them end up being at least $50,000 over the asking price. It's ridiculous buying a house right now!!
Houses are getting overbid that much even here in the Midwest (a less desirable place to live imo)
This is literally happening everywhere...
This was happening for a short time. Now that rates increased, the bidding wars have ended. Most properties on the MLS have price adjustments lowering the asking price in 2023
You can build your own off-grid home in Utah, with a well, greenhouse, barn, and solar system for around $250,000. We use Starlink to work online, if needed. Our 250-family community is modeled after the housing co-ops in NYC, except instead of an apartment, you get exclusive rights to a 2.0 to 2.4 acre lot PLUS at least 4 acre-feet of water rights.
If you want nice and affordable in Utah you can not seriously leave off places like, St. George, Cedar City, Parowan, Kanab, Hurricane, Payson, Brigham City, Heber City, Price, and cheapest of all those and where we personally live Vernal UT. We bought our 2 bed 2 bath full renovated townhouse here for literally $88,000 just over a year ago. Yes the market has increased all over the state since then but anybody living in UT who has been here for a while knows nothing near the Salt Lake Valley should be mentioned in the same sentence as affordable.
All those mentioned towns are super safe, nice, and worlds more affordable than anything in or around the Salt Lake Valley. Look it up.
I was wondering the same thing. I moved to Hurricane a couple years ago. A lot of list such as this one, always seem to forget to mention anything about Southern Utah.
I wanna move to southern Utah...looking for minimum 5 acres and a ranch style home 2500 sq ft range...Would that be expensive in southern part
I want to but the pay rates... I made more driving a forklift in college.
Utah is pretty awesome place. BIggest problem is the air quality in the winter and its dry.
In my opinion living in a slower-growing state is usually better than fast-growing states.
The expensive Utah cities will also grow the scourge that is drug addicts living in the streets. Most news outlets call it the "homeless", but the vast majority are addicts stealing anything that isn't cemented down to maintain their habits. This is how LA, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and all the other cities with massive bum populations got started. Want to live in an infested cesspool of a city? Move to anywhere along the Wasatch Front, and then wait a few years. This is the time to get out of Utah, not move here! I've lived here for the last 41 years and the writing is on the wall (right next to the tent and human feces)
The scenery is spectacular, the people are great, and the skiing is amazing. I just wish these cities had more character and less of a suburban sprawl feeling.
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I live in Utah & can tell you the price inflation is out of control & the prices do not match the quality even close! $500,000 homes are actually barely worth $250,000 apartments asking $1300 a month in rent that were barely $750 last year with 0 improvements or renovations!
All of Californias money is flooding into Utah thanks to remote work driving prices out of control!
As a Utah native, I don’t even recognize this state anymore.
People move, CA used to be a nice place to live until millions of people moved here in the 80's.
It's your turn now, enjoy!
@@DiogenesOfCa: There’s not an issue having people move here. I have an issue with the type of people moving here and voting the same way that made them want to leave from the cesspools they’ve created. It’s always interesting too. There are many liberal states to choose from but they always seem to flock to conservative states. New Yorkers moving to Florida and Californians moving to Utah and Idaho. Why not Oregon, Washington, or Colorado?
@@DiogenesOfCa lol I got no response because it’s so true lol! Well played!
@@horrormovies1307 They don't see their own damage. They see a nice place, and their like oh yea let's move out there, but they don't understand the behavior that made it a nice place to begin with.
Great video here. You brought up a lot of great points. I’ve helped hundreds of people make the move here and a lot of what you mentioned is spot on with what to expect 👊🏽
I live in East Layton and I am shocked at how much housing has gone up since I moved here in 2017. South Ogden, South Weber and Washington Terrace are less expensive. Roy, Syracuse, West Haven are less expensive too and some areas a super nice. I think it’s hard for young people starting out to find a home under $300k in the Northern Wasatch front but it is absolutely a great place to live
Utah Native here. You can't beat the scenery or outdoor recreation here. You'll be harder pressed to find a sense of community if you're not Mormon. It is possible, but more difficult. There's not much diversity, although there is an Hispanic population. Never did I imagine even 3-4 years ago, that'd I'd find myself generating six figures, and still can't afford the home I'd want though haha. Crazy times.
The scenery is amazing. There are not many places that are more beautiful than Utah.
Less diversity means less crime. Which brings property values up.
You can thank Biden for the crazy times
@@AbsyntheAndTears I just want more diverse food options here in south Utah county. Just fast food chains always built. Idk, SLC is starting to look alot like LA especially on high inversion days as your rolling on in from Thanksgiving point. What I don't want is for people like OP who've been born and raised in Utah and have generational roots here. They're the ones who are the backbone of the local smaller communities atleast to me as an outsider living amongst them. Some of the transplants, atleast the unhinged Dems who came here. Bitch and complain on their blowhorns on Reddit constantly. I came into Utah knowing it's a Mormon state. And the lefty liberals hate it for what it is. Smh
@@Bluecollar1976here y’all go again
As a Utahn, your summaries are pretty accurate! I LOVE Logan, by the way. The area is gorgeous, especially in the summer. It's a college town, so if anyone wants to experience it during their college years it's not a bad place to go to school. ☺️
I just wish it wasn't so expensive to stay in my home state. *Sighs* We'll probably have to leave Utah because we can't afford a home here. Kind of a sad end to my life story.
Hi fellow Utahn
@@majormminoro7499 Hello 👋☺️
Logan is my favorite town too, as I have spent 4 years there, as a student and graduated from Utah State University. Summers were so nice and comfortable with the dry non=humid weather.
@@susanpratt3290 is there a lot to do there?
My first year and a half on earth was on 40th between wall & Washington in south ogden... my grandmother's house. Wierd to think that utah has become unaffordable... when I was growing up it was one of the least expensive places in the country... times have changed.
Yep. It’s becoming a more of a tourist destination, and less of a place to live. And with its current rates, I wouldn’t be surprised, if the average home price will be around 700K in the next 3-5 years.
@@underground9260 I’ve always wondered what people do to afford so many expensive areas of the country. I mean if a couple earn 125k a year (which isn’t bad imo), they can afford a 500k home. If the average is going to be 700k in a few years, I mean what is everyone a doctor or lawyer lol
You mentioned South Ogden, close by in Ogden the area has experiencing gentrification over the last few years. Times are definitely changing around here.
SLC area is expensive. And of course, Park City. St George has also gone up be ause a lot of LDS families and retirees are moving their from Las Vegas. I have always love Cedar City.
I wish you would start talking about apartment and the rent cost for each state along with the home cost or by themselves. Especially for those who don't ever want to buy a house, such as myself, and like the ability to move into a new place with little to no hassle(s).
You should also share that the income to home cost ratio in Utah is one of the highest in the country. They really don’t pay enough in Utah to afford a home.
Also don’t forget to mention the air quality in the winter along the Wasatch front is at the top of the list for most unhealthy in the nation.
Utahn born and raised. I love Utah! I love Provo! My hometown❤️
Fun video. I used to live in Utah and it’s fun to see what things are like now.
Dude, I've been waiting for another video on Utah. This is a big one Thanks Briggs.
Yah it's made it hard for lifetime residents. We are having a hard time finding and affording homes. I've lived here my whole life wish this would slow down,
I'm surprised ST. George didn't make this list. Phenomenal town, and it's just 1.5 hours from Vegas. The red rock there is just gorgeous. I don't know the stats, but your basically getting a high cost of living, low crime, okay employment, a good university, near perfect roads. No, seriously, the traffic flows so well on these Utah roads because we have room to fit down the sides if we are turning, and St. George has some of the best in the state. You get good access to national parks, 1.5 hours to Brian Head, (a decent ski resort) snow canyon just 10 minutes out, and several lakes within an hour's drive. Oh yea, and there's hot air balloons in the air almost every morning.
The list was cheap places to live. Saint George is the opposite.
Cedar City would be more fitting, as St George has gotten pretty pricy these days.
Logan is home to my Alma Mater, Utah State University, and their football team just won the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, 24-13 beating Oregon State. Go Aggies! Also love the Blue Bird Restaurant in Logan. Love this town, and the Canyon, which passes by Beaver Mountain - a family run ski resort and has camping and RV Parking in the warmer seasons. Also love to go to Bear Lake. Tony Grove Lake is in Logan Canyon as well, and it is a beautiful drive in Logan Canyon.
Jimmy Kimmel has a bowl??? 🤮🤮
Big question in the West is drought and availability of water. Here in SoCal, it will become unlivable when the water bill is higher than your house payment. Phoenix and Las Vegas will also be water starved. Northern Utah may be safe from drought.
They're setting up a pipeline from Lake Superior and Michigan
We have droughts and water shortages in Northern Utah every year too so I doubt we'll escape the issues of water availability.
Roy is part of the Ogden-Clearfield metro area, not the Orem metro area. Also, Logan and North Logan are great, but they're situated in a small valley and with all the other cities in the valley, it's already getting too crowded between people moving here and the higher than average birth rates. I've even considered moving because it's becoming crowded and expensive and I've lived here since I was about two years old. I love Logan and Cache Valley and I'll sound like an old person (even though I'm not) but it really isn't what it used to be. The population in the small valley is closer to 142,165 all together and it can't support much more growth without developing more farmland or other naturally beautiful areas which are really the two main things that make the area special. Also, finding a place to rent is extremely difficult, especially during the normal school year of Utah State University when the students flood back into town. People (college students) also say that it's boring here, but I disagree with that. I love it here, but don't know how much longer it will be that great. That's just my opinion.
I love Utah, the only thing that really sucks is the Liquor Laws. I guess there are other countries like Sweden and Australia where you have to go to a State Run liquor store, but 5% at the Grocery store or a restaurant isn't enough.
The Salt Lake City airport had the best view of any airport I've ever seen, though I was only there for a connecting flight. I think I'd like to visit for vacation, as it looks really beautiful and has so many national parks, but it's not the sort of place I think I'd want to live.
It’s not the place I would live in either mainly because I have concerns that most of my friends there (if I had friends there) would be Mormon and the culture there. I was born there though and haven’t lived there long term since 2015.
@@ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226 Mormons are really kind people. There’s nothing wrong with Mormons. My family is Mormon & we’re kind people. There’s nothing wrong with Mormons.
@@ReagwinplaysRPGs I know but there are some things that I don’t like about that culture like you only have to do something to make others happy and stuff like that.
@@ReagwinplaysRPGs I have some Mormon family members myself too BTW.
@@ReagwinplaysRPGs What I mean by doing things to make others happy is that the opposite of that is to do what’s best for you.
You missed St George - Washington County Utah is an awesome area.
Not cheap at all
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No they didn't, that place is screwed with water. It's only going to get worse. Southern Utah is not a place to move to.
@@markbrinton6790 what do you mean by "screwed with water" - too much or too little water in the area? Thanks!
@@Member_1115 that place is almost completely out of water. It's a full on desert and no water. It's going to get really bad, watch and see. There are plenty of articles out there about the drought the West is currently in. Lake Powell, lake mead, almost dried up as we speak
St. George is really nice too with homes at around half a mil
And soon no water. Pass.
I've lived in"The Terrace" my whole life!!! Fun to hear about my hometown on RUclips.
I also live in "the terrace" it's a great town.
All Utah asks from anybody is to please leave your liberal radical left-wing politics behind you. This is a conservative state the very reason why people are moving here. So please don't make Utah the next California. And if you're from California do us all a favor stay in California please.
They all say they do leave their liberal ideas BUT THEY DON’T.
Liberals aren't radical leftists though.
@@AlexCab_49nerd lol
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You all love the $$$$$ (as does the church) coming in. Utah is beautiful but a bit Handmaiden’s tale. Lots of trad wives with lots of surgery. Lots of MLM’s.
Orem, Utah here! Orem is getting expensive but it's such a good place to live at.
Hey, dont knock the desert, bought my property 2.5 acres for $3000, put a tiny house and solar is great, over did it a bit, so even running electric heat, its quiet, i have to drive 30 mins to grocery store, but its a nice drive. Oh yea and I think every inch of Utah has GIGABIT FIBER INTERNET. WINNING!
I’ve been all over in the states and out of the country, and Utah it’s the most beautiful place to live in. So much to do that 24 hours 365 days a year are not enough….but plz, come visit “DONT STAY..!”
Just to give you folks an idea. I live in Salt Lake county. My 1982 trilevel house 1760sqft 4bed 1.5 bath would sell for 525k+ no it's not updated maybe 2010s update
One thing that surprised me in SLC, is how many homeless people there were. I haven't been there in 4 years, but it reminded me of Portland in many ways.
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Well in denver is way worse
@@sebastianmireles2759 I'm originally from Portland, I mean it reminded me of Portland when Portland was nice.
Blue city with blue politics
@@skurinski I'm pretty sure SLC is one of the more conservative cities
As someone who lives in Washington Terrace it's kind of nice to see my little town on one of these list.
Roy is actually kinda far from Orem. And im surprised you didn't mention Tooele. Its another smaller town west of, and outside the SLC metro.
I think he meant to say 'ogden' and not 'orem' tbh
I live in Roy Washington and we have a population of about 800.
Your right Tooele outside of SLC, but is in SLC metro. Tooele we are Metro. Don’t seem like it but we are. And Tooele shhhhh. I like to keep it small. And stop typing- ya nobody wants to move to Tooele! Good! Lol
I bought a nice new construction 2-story, 1900 sq. foot house in Layton UT in 2006 for $172,000. I sold it 2 years later for $230,000. I thought the prices would drop after the 2008 housing crisis, but they never really did
They will when those who got jabbed pass away from it in the next 3-1/2 months.
That's how much we paid ours that same year in West Point. We still own it. We're hoping to get a house somewhere in West Haven or Syracuse, for the last few years now...hoping the prices would go down...but now, we can just forget it. Prices just keep on climbing. Ugh!!!
@@JK-dj1zj lol
A 3 bdrm 1 bath going for 300,00 now! 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 And their begging to buy houses from anyone! And crime is going up!
@@JK-dj1zj Turns out they are still alive
“If I had to live here, this is where I’d move.” - Briggs
HAPPY FRIDAY BRIGGS!! 😃👍
Same to you!
I love Springville! My sister use to live there. She and her husband had a beautiful home and my brother in law had a great chiropractic office. Springville is awesome! My son lives in Provo and loves it (just a little fyi)
Yes Utah is simply amazing specially for 4wheeling .
If you are not Mormon, you will be overtly discriminated against. You have been warned...
That's not as true as it used to be. Nobody asks where you went to church last Sunday, and as long as you don't flaunt your non-Mormon status in everybody's face, nobody knows. You will find people who look down on you, sure, but you can find people like that anywhere.
@@howardsmith9342 It’s pretty obvious if you’re not Mormon. Their churches are each localized within neighborhoods. You have to go to the church near you. They are well aware of who lives in their boundaries.
@@howardsmith9342 They will know you aren't Mormon. The cult knows every dog, cat and parakeet.
Utah and Idaho are going to follow California’s footsteps. I can’t imagine how expensive it will get in the next 5 years. Wouldn’t surprise me if the average homes goes up to 700k+ by then
But both Idaho and Utah actually have solid governments that actually know how to run a state, but California’s government and governor are a huge joke. They always try to come up with new ways to tax residents and travelers
@@AiVersify it sure pushed me out. And it’s probably going to push out more people in the future. It’s going to become a breaking point, because It can’t just go up like that for years to come. The younger generation won’t be able to afford to live there.
Because it didn’t matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t buy a home. So I continued to save that money, but with the skyrocketing prices, it still wasn’t enough for a down payment in Utah. So I moved to Illinois and bought a house and put down a 50% downpayment. 2 bed 1 bath fully remodeled for 60K. I work from home, so my job isn’t an issue. The same 60K house in Utah would cost me 350K. There’s cheaper areas, but you’ll still be paying 250K+.
@@underground9260 Living on Social Security and a very little more in impossible unless you move in with kids. Medical's great though.
@@b.a.d.2086 yeah, I don’t know why Utah taxes social security. It just makes it harder for people who are older.
@Zac's DIY Guns No. It’s not! We’re very conservative here in Utah! We’re not getting liberal!
Great video, but I think your "median home prices" stats are quite misleading and off the mark. I've been looking at Utah home values for a couple years on numerous sites and the jump in prices is just nuts. You list Provo as somehow being a top 10 cheapest town but I'm hard pressed to find anything decent under 500K unless it's over a hundred years old or has some other real issues.
All of the places you listed are pretty nice. Ogden always had a bad reputation but I never found it too bad. I really love the Provo/Pleasant Grove area too.
It depends what side of Ogden your in. The South side where Weber State is located is very nice and safe with good homes. But North Ogden is the complete opposite with tons of gangs and a lot of low income families living close to poverty. It’s about 5 miles which separates the two sides but there is a stark difference. Hope that helped
@@zachotto2535 the south side is full of snobby people
I live in Pleasant Grove right now, in my grandparents' old house. If I didn't, I couldn't afford to live here. Housing is wicked expensive, and there is zero affordable housing. Rent is through the roof. The area has lots of schools and universities, and it's more profitable to cram two students into every bedroom and rent each bedroom for a thousand bucks a person. There are no cheap, older homes for sale here as in years past. Everything is a minimum of 250,000, which is well out of my price range.
@@howardsmith9342 that sucks!
Ogden is totally fine. It’s a little rough around the edges, but it’s a city. Only people FROM Utah think it’s bad. It’s improved a great deal in the last 5-10 years. I love it here.
Interesting list, I grew up Spanish Fork and live in Provo for the last 20ish years and I love it here personally. I love the mountains being so close and it is quiet and everything I need is close by. Good list!
What up SF! Represent,lol. Springville here. Love my sleepytown vibes.
I was born and raised in Orem/Provo! I love it. East Bench❤️
The FrontRunner only goes as far as Ogden for now. Washington terrace and South Ogden are right next to each other
And it goes as far south as Provo, although they are bouncing around the idea of extending it down to Payson.
Glad you mention nick Johnson often as after your channel ,his is my second favorite .please keep up the videos on states and cities I love them all and ill stop typing now
The Salt Lake area is effected by an inversion layer, like LA. It smells. The air quality is low. It is still a great place. I have friend who moved there 20 years ago from San Diego. They love it. I thought about moving to SLC. When i searched real estate. I was confused. There where a great many larged homes. 6-10 Bedrooms. After a few minutes. It dawned on me. Utah,Salt Lake City. Mormons have large families. I was looking for 3bdr. The high housing costs are worth it, If you can afford it. Snow sprots very close to the cities. And yes you can drink.
The inversion is seasonal and the smell is rare. The lake effect smell only happens a couple times a year maybe for two days at a time.
Agree! It does stink and air is bad here!
@@stevegarcia6184 You arent from here I take it haha. You must have been a visitor during an inversion for ski season.
Maybe for your next series you could do towns with houses for $200K or less in which you don't necessarily get assaulted or murdered. At least I could pay off the house within one lifetime.
How about you just live in a nicer area & pay more money to live somewhere nice.
@@ReagwinplaysRPGs Cause I can't afford it. What a dumb suggestion.
Thanks for this. Keep em coming.
As a resident of "Spanish Fark", the cuts to the paella fork were so funny. It's called that because it is were the spanish explorers came up in 1776, ironically and unrelated, there are quite a few spanish speakers here too. beautiful place, fantastic rodeo, wonderful summer carnival, a great way to live in provo without actually living in provo, tons and tons of restaurants even though it is a bit smaller to boot and a great jumping off point to be able to visit the desert but still be in the wasatch front.
Provo is named after Provost the fur trapper. So basically you mentioned a ton of Utah County, Davis County, Weber County, and Cache County. I think you should do these based on Counties because you basically named 4 “towns” to live in. I’m glad you didn’t mention my lil town on the Wasatch back though, we’ve had a ton of new homes being built, and our property taxes are insane because of all the new growth, BUT you can not beat living in cute lil growing Morgan, Utah!!!
Morgan has gotten expensive as heck! I grew up there, and can't afford to move back even with a very healthy retirement income. Once they actually paved the road over to Huntsville it's gotten crazy expensive. Makes getting to those ski areas easier, but it had a drawback. I do love Morgan though.
I’m moving to Pleasant Grove Utah in 3 weeks.. getting out of Oregon. So looking forward to it as watching this video.
Utah is amazing!! I moved from Michigan 11 years ago. Love it!
I have lived in PG my whole life. It’s a great place to live but the cost of houses has doubled in the past two years!
I grew up in PG, too, and I am currently living in my grandparents' old house. Otherwise I could never afford to live here. The first house I bought here I later sold for 37,000 and made a profit. That house now has to be worth 10x that.
What a cool pic in your thumbnail a blast from the past
It's because incomes are low there. Don't move to Utah, choose Colorado instead.
NO Colorado is full!
Thank God for Friday and Briggs.
Ooh. Briggs I have good news to share with you. On September 17 of this year, I officially quit drinking alcohol and I'm 3 months sober. I was wondering if you can spread the word on an upcoming video?
UTAH is becoming expensive now for housing
You left out the Tooele, Grantsville, Stansbury Park area. 30-40 min from SLC.
Nice to see and hear what's life looks like in this part of US. Thanks for video. Best wishes from Serbia/Europe.
REMEMBER THERE ARE TONS OF MORMONS WHO DONT COMMIT CRIMES. it’s nice in the Herriman area with townhomes going for $400,000. Lots of expensive homes here too.
Provo is basically all students housing or shared apartments.
Would love to live there,don't care how expensive it is
People who have lived here all their lives are being priced out as you get older. Rent exceeds my Social Security check.
This isn’t always true, but wide streets like seen in Springdale are oftentimes an indication that they have had bad fires in the past. Wide streets make it harder for fires to spread throughout a community. Just a thought as to why.
That’s not why, but that might be why there are still wide streets.
Early in settlement Brigham Young wanted streets that two ox wagons could turn around in the same place. Statewide, only it wasn't a state then. I really love the wide streets and no, fire has little to do with it.
Snow removal..,.we need the space for snow.....layton utah here
@@jamesorcutt599 is that what you tell your wife every night
@@sitdowndogbreath
What?
Love this series Mr.Briggs!, can’t wait to see the next state👍🏾
Same here!
@@debbie4503 I was watching from south Florida🌞, how about you?
The wide streets were established when Brigham Young was directing urban planning. He wanted to be able torn a team of ox around in the street.
I love these little Fact Breaks between 2nd and 1st place! Pls continue :)
Provo is not a town... Its part of a metropolis of 2.7 million... Larger than Vegas... Utah county is one of the most populated in the entire country...
How about not spreading the secret. This place is quickly being overrun. Some statistic came out recently that said the state grew 70k people. They must have all moved within 5 miles of me.... I've seen comments on here too that have said that the locals are being out priced. True. I do not envy the younger kids coming into adulthood, they can't barely afford rent, let alone a house. Jobs are a plenty, if you want to work it's there to be had. The comments concerning the church are usually biased, I've been on both sides of that fence, you get to decide where you stand.
No one is bringing up the heavy air pollution in a lot those areas.
No lying, the first time I've seen a DON'T IDLE YOUR CAR IT'S THE LAW sign was in SLC never seen something like that in California
"Utah is becoming one of the most moved to states" - You ain't fuckin kidding lol. I left in 2016, it was a totally different place by then, from when I had moved there 10 years earlier.
I was born there but left in 2015 and didn’t live there long term lol if this makes you feel good.
Come visit Utah. It’s a great place. There’s lots to do in Utah.
The inversion or air quality in this area needs to be mentioned. It can be pretty bad. The traffic south of salt lake City is pretty crazy. Also it is like 75% Mormon. If you aren't Mormon you will be an outsider. Every one is super nice but your kids won't be invited over
I have lived in Orem, Pleasant Grove, Roosevelt, Neola, Ogden and Saint George.
Yeah, it’s okay.
The ONLY reason that I am here is my parents and brothers/sister.
I just got back from Traverse City, Michigan and I absolutely loved it.
I’m going back when I can!
I love my parents and I want them to move back there!
I’m telling you, Traverse City, Michigan is the best!
I lived in Roosevelt during my high school days. Sad town.
Why did Pleasent View, Brigham area, Tremonton not make the list? What you done mention is traffic and air pollution. From Roy to Provo both suck big time!
What’s up Briggs!! Great video. Please do these videos for Nebraska and South Dakota!!!
First minute, he says he'll be doing all 50 states.
@@kerneywilliams632 apparently I don’t listen very well.
@@bluecollardiesel sometimes, I don't either.
I "like" and love all your videos! I can't think of one good reason to move to Utah, EVER. You do not usually have much good to say either. I shall watch and be surprised.
You should want to visit Utah so that way you can go to Lagoon & Cherry Hill. They’re a lot of fun!
I did not know Utah was getting expensive. Ouch😔
I love Utah, so this video is important to me because I want to live in a nice town there
Same here. Wide open spaces there and lots of fresh air. Plus warmer weather and palm trees in southern Utah.
@@lucaspeddie3114 Utah is beautiful all around, I hate people who think Utah sucks just cuz they think it’s boring. It’s quite the opposite
@@AiVersify I'd have to agree. I know I would not get bored there.
@@lucaspeddie3114 What’s your favorite place in Utah? Mine has to be the entire Park City area
@@AiVersify from what I heard in the news I personally wouldnt live in SLC or attend Utah state, the murders and the sugar baby lifestyle with the liberal bs is not for me
I pray to God that in the next 2 years price's don't go through the roof, so that when I turn 40, I'll be ready to move there. I've been saving up.
I lived in Moab and SLC, going back I would definitely go to Vernal or Deschene in the Uintah basin. I think you guys missed it?
Duchesne was overlooked because it is very much a desert, although very close to forests and all kinds of amazing beautiful places to camp, hike, fish, ATV. But also because like he mentioned about folks that leave old broken down cars on their property. I have never seen so many trashy properties in Utah, but that Highway 40 route from Fruitland to Duchesne....UGLY! That said I have property overlooking Starvation Reservoir, just 5 miles from the town of Duchesne. But find the County people very difficult to deal with concerning it being an off grid property.
How about stay where you are and don't move to Utah you're raising the prices for everything and isn't the point of moving to Utah is it's not like the state you just left so stop trying to make it something it's not
So true like some stuff used to be like I think the cheapest house I saw was like 500 or less a month and now it's like almost 3,000 just for a house a month almost in some areas
I love going on Zillow & seeing, liking, & saving homes I could only dream of🤷🏽♂️ my “budget” is high six figs to a little below or above 10 mill 😂
Incorrect info in the video: Roy is not in the Orem area.
fyi - North Logan has intensely cold, long, and gloomy winters.
😂😂😂😂😂 a little biased for on this video Briggs? There are more places to live in Utah than the Salt Lake Valley and Northern Utah. And many of the small towns are quaint and beautiful, and MUCH more affordable than the large cities. Even the small cities are more affordable than the Salt Lake area. Even if you’d just stuck to cities all along I-15 this could have been a more informative video.
Yay!!!! A whole video about Utah!
ehhh....
it seems like Briggs is confusing Orem and Ogden through out the video.
Orem is not Ogden. They're quite far away from one another and have distinct histories.
Outside of that, there's some little things...
Orem-Provo are frequently listed together, springville-spanish fork are next door neighbors, and washington terrace exists almost entirely enclosed within south ogden.
I've lived in logan while going to college; it doesn't have clean air in the winter, and is routinely the coldest spot in the continuous 48 states, beating out places like maine. It's cold in logan.
I like Utah and we are thinking about moving there, but not to the metro Salt Lake area. Far from it...
Utah has never met a tax they don’t like, and there isn’t WATER!
Another great video. I liked the trivia question. Going to check out your other site next.
The constant cuts to a “Spanish fork” had me dying…great video!