I left SF for Utah right before the pandemic once I got permission from my previous employer. Once I left that position, I stayed and got a new job fairly easil

I left SF for Utah right before the pandemic once I got permission from my previous employer. Once I left that position, I stayed and got a new job fairly easily with a few different offers since COVID has transformed the remote-work situation. While I'm not exactly in the "countryside" I can be in the mountains in 20-30 minutes. My quality of life went from 2/10 to 10/10, some examples: - I save the equivalent of a Tesla payment in income taxes each year, and thus save more money - I bought a new construction, 5 bedroom house for the price of a condo in my old city - My new location has fast, inexpensive fiber-optic internet with lots of ISP choices, which ironically I didn't have in the big city - World-class skiing and hiking, off-roading, camping, deserts, etc. Obviously California has some of those things but they always seem like a 4-5 hour drive away - I'm a 20 minutes away from a great International airport with direct flights to most of Europe, 1-2hr flights to anywhere on the West Coast (LAS, SF, SEA, LAX)