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There are so many great places to live outside of SF and NYC. For the price of my old Bay Area rental, I rented the upper half of a gorgeous house in the Old

There are so many great places to live outside of SF and NYC. For the price of my old Bay Area rental, I rented the upper half of a gorgeous house in the Old Town of Park City, Utah. I was a 35 minute commute from Salt Lake (half of my SFBA commute) and my front doorstep was two short blocks from the ski lift. I could walk or ride my bike to everything that I needed. Sundance screenings were half a block away. In the summer, I could come home after work and still get a two hour mountain bike ride in, with the trails one block away. In the winter, I could ski all weekend or even get in some night runs after work at PCMR. Northern Utah has a thriving tech/startup community so there's plenty of local support. Sadly, I left Utah to follow my wife's (military) career to Tacoma, WA. When she retires in 9 years, you can bet that we'll head back.

grogenaut 13y ago
Plenty of good non-mormon places in WA and OR to reside. While not quite SLC for outdoors, they aren't bad. Bend for example
- seanmcdirmid 13y ago
  Park City is hardly Mormon, I'm not sure what your point is.
  - _delirium 13y ago
    If anyone else is curious, numbers for Park City that seem to be floating around: 40% nonreligious, 35% LDS, 15% Catholic, 10% other religion.
    - cookiecaper 13y ago
      These numbers are rarely reflective of actual encounters because many people who are nominally included in the LDS figure choose not to practice or observe. Still, 35% nominally LDS is very low for Utah. Summit County is the one place in Utah that leans blue in most elections, and is a common settling place for wealthy persons who like skiing, hence the diminishing LDS population.
- cookiecaper 13y ago
  I'm not sure if this is a joke -- Bend is practically a cultural antithesis of straight-laced SLC. I agree there are many geographically desirable locations in WA and OR. However, like the other posters, I'm not what it has to do with anything...
LogicX 13y ago
Now you can build a startup community almost anywhere leveraging the benefits of the particular area. We're doing it in Myrtle Beach, SC: WhyNotTheBeach.com based off the low cost of living, high quality of life, big city amenities, fiber to the home, etc.

grogenaut 13y ago

Plenty of good non-mormon places in WA and OR to reside. While not quite SLC for outdoors, they aren't bad. Bend for example

seanmcdirmid 13y ago
Park City is hardly Mormon, I'm not sure what your point is.
- _delirium 13y ago
  If anyone else is curious, numbers for Park City that seem to be floating around: 40% nonreligious, 35% LDS, 15% Catholic, 10% other religion.
  - cookiecaper 13y ago
    These numbers are rarely reflective of actual encounters because many people who are nominally included in the LDS figure choose not to practice or observe. Still, 35% nominally LDS is very low for Utah. Summit County is the one place in Utah that leans blue in most elections, and is a common settling place for wealthy persons who like skiing, hence the diminishing LDS population.
cookiecaper 13y ago
I'm not sure if this is a joke -- Bend is practically a cultural antithesis of straight-laced SLC. I agree there are many geographically desirable locations in WA and OR. However, like the other posters, I'm not what it has to do with anything...

LogicX 13y ago

Now you can build a startup community almost anywhere leveraging the benefits of the particular area. We're doing it in Myrtle Beach, SC: WhyNotTheBeach.com based off the low cost of living, high quality of life, big city amenities, fiber to the home, etc.