re: Tell me about Salt Lake City

Sitting in a hotel in SLC now. I've been travelling here weekly for more than a year for work. Great downtown, clean, compact, some good bars. The culture is different, very friendly, but not at all what I'm accoustomed to. Most LDS take it seriously and don't drink caffeine, much less booze.

They have great hiking and mountain biking virtually minutes from downtown if that's your thing and awesome ski resorts less than an hour away. There are multiple national parks within a few hour's drive.

If you like hunting, fishing or boating, not so much. There is no tailgating and you absolutely cannot take alcohol into a Utes, Aggies or BYU game. They're serious about that. The restaurants are not very good, but they're always packed with big families chowing down.

Downtown is a great place to live if you're single, if you want a house, north in Bountiful or south toward Murray are really nice, the only area to avoid is West Valley City - and WVC really isn't that bad.

The lake itself is useless, about half dried up and it often has a bad smell, you wouldn't want to live near it, but the only options for that would be north of Bountiful anyway. Very little rain during the summer, but a ton of snow in winter, they call it the lake effect.

Surprisingly, there is a terrible smog problem, one of the worst in the nation according to locals. And the wind. During the summer it blows and blows hard. Constantly.

SLC is a hub for Delta and they have the most efficient airport I've flown through and I've been through them all. Flights to just about anywhere are available and pretty cheap.

Hope this helps.