Why Is Everyone Moving to Utah?

Hey, I made a mistake. I was thinking of Nevada when I said Utah didn't have a STATE INCOME TAX. Sorry. Utah has a flat 4.85 percent individual income tax rate.

Are we sure this isn't military relocation? Most of Utah is base.

Utah has state income tax

The best state 👍

CALI people are moving to every state lol. especially TX. Cali is way too expensive so i understand why. i aint mad at them at all. its brutal in CALI.

Udah = great mormoner polygamists🥳🥳🥳

Great national and state parks. Food is ok. Not much of a night life. Rent is rising, but definitely not California levels. Definitely very Mormon, which is meh when you used to be Mormon. Safe for sure. Good schools. Pretty good live music occasionally. Dating scene is abysmal. Can't purchase more than 5% abv drinks outside of a state owned liquor store(which means the world's largest Costco doesn't sell their liquor). Skiing is world class(get the IKON pass). Sundance film festival is cool. Decent cheese. Tech jobs are good(very sales focused). Right wing state(SLC is blueish).

There is state income tax in Utah.. that’s one of the reasons why I left. Plus the religion influence on the government of the state.

I just moved to Utah from Florida and absolutely love it. Way happier here in Utah than fl

Far less gun laws and safer communities 🤔

Also…the housing prices you mentioned as the “median” being $350k…you can’t find a house for that little. Maybe a condo or a townhouse, but not a single family dwelling. You $500k figure was more accurate.

And rent for $1200? Maybe a studio apartment. But anything bigger you’re looking at $1500-$1800 for a 1-2 bedroom. Renting a house? $2000-$2500/mo easy. Just renting a bedroom in an existing house is $700 with roommates or more.

It would be fine if Californians moved here to Utah to EMBRACE our Utah lifestyle and culture…and LEFT BEHIND the California culture and lifestyle. But so many of them bring their left wing liberal attitudes and choices and try to turn Utah in what they supposedly left California for! It’s so frustrating having our state invaded by these ideologies of people who left California for supposedly a better life here…only to try and ruin it here.

So many Californians moving here is also driving up housing costs….they are skyrocketing. We are among the very highest in the nation for housing costs…affordable housing is non-existent, and it’s very much due to the Californians moving here and being able to pay cash for homes and paying more than asking price without even blinking. It’s undercutting lifelong Utahns from being able to buy a house…and our young people just starting out on their own can’t ever hope to own a home here. They can barely afford to rent here…if they even can. I’ve got adult kids who’ve boomeranged back to living with me several times because they can’t afford to live on their own here.

We have a joke around here that “Utah is closed. Go home.” It’s only sort of a joke.

Very Beautiful Video Utah

so thueh Ut. Is it so Awesome. I love It's

Folk getting mad about the "woke" element forget that the tech sector growing here is great for our local economy.

The people arent nice. They are fake a nieve. Plus I dont like the snow

Low wage job utah.

Utah is a messed up place. Not a fan

Everyone is not moving to Utah. I've been traveling here and there for 22 years. Utah is the #1 suckiest place in the whole U.S. to go to.

we dont want californians because we know why they are leaving, and they just bring it with them

i was gonna say, ive been getting ripped off for 45 years

They're moving to Nevada also and ruining our property prices, and they're infiltrating our governments in ruining that too

I agree. People in Utah are really nice people.

Take anything and it's ruined if you add enough people.

Utah sounds cooler than Arizona, I mean as in literally COOLER. I’m sickened tired of Arizona heat. Sure I could move to the northern parts of Arizona to cool off but at the sacrifice of job opportunities. Someone young like me wants more job opportunities, not less. I’m glad to see Utah is growing their tech industry.

Utah just seems to have a better quality of life all around.

All the good stuff in the video will just be ran in to the ground by the Californians just like they did California before they abandoned ship

Wrong. Utah does have income tax.

UT has state income tax and taxes part of Social Security benefits.

ah,, white people live there?

As many people leave Utah as arrive. Net gain population zero! According to Utah government.😅

Going! Going! Gone! Victim of our own success......This place has been overpopulated.

If i lived on n California,i would have hung myself before staying put.

Also UT puts v little into schools

There's also Valley of the Gods and Monument Valley. So I would count even more nature to see. Plus I've looked at photos of hiking in the mountains and valleys that look amazing.

No more, Utah's full. No more transplants.

Definitely not moving to a state where the Govt is run or influenced by the LDS church. Hell no!

They need to ruin it

Nobody hates Californians, people just hate progressives and liberals from anywhere. We don't want their communist/socialist views in our state.

Wow, this channel has become a cesspool for white, undereducated, QAnon Fox News watchers. Congratulations.

I have a customer that has had 6 families move in her neighborhood from California within the last couple of years.

I've lived in Utah pretty much my whole life. When I had just graduated high school I hated Utah, but after traveling around to many other places around the country, I'm realizing how good I've got it here. The only place I'd rather live is in Norway, Austria, or Switzerland. Definately a pipe dream. With all that said, the popularity of Utah is becoming a huge problem. The road congestion has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. The traffic still isn't anywhere near LA status, but there are definately pockets that are just as bad as LA. I'd know because I've spent a lot of time in LA traffic and even more time in Wasatch Front traffic. Probably the biggest concern is the skyrocketing cost of living. Yeah it's cheaper than California, but the gap is closing. I don't know where the median home cost of 350k is coming from in this video. That stat is just not true. My guess is that condos and townhomes are lumped into that number. The median cost of a single family home across the wasatch front is probably more like 450k and really more like 525k if you don't want to live way out in the outskirts of town. I've spent far too long looking at home prices across the valley. Luckily I already own one or i'd probably be screwed. The cost of food, gas and activities is also out of control. I'm not kidding when I say the price of food has more than doubled since I graduated high school 10 years ago. Inflation is part of that, but costs have far outpaced inflation here and that's a verifyable fact if you look at the data. I remember 10 years ago I was looking for an apartment so I could move out of my parents house. Where I lived at the time in Bountiful I found several options for around $550/mo. I remember thinking that was too expensive. Now I'm sure no one believes me because the cost of that same apartment is easily upwards of $1200/mo just 10 years later. I think the most concerning of all is the fact that the wasatch front is almost "full". We're kinda land locked here between mountain ranges and all the empty space has almost been filled up. Yeah we can build on the other side of the mountains, but that's not going to be realistic for commuters and that sort of thing. That just means ever skyrocketing land values and scarcity. I love Utah, but I'm worried about what's happening.

What about minimum wage? Utah the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Title should be "California vs Utah"

Californians really do mess up a state not because they are bad people but because they bring their culture with them which is what ruined California, and the Governor could help with the situation if he and all the other democrats weren't such controlling, lying, power hungry leaders.

If you are going to move to Utah from states such as Colorado, Oregon, Washington, California, etc. please do not bring your state's politics with you.

Just spent a week in SLC and honestly, it was a lot nicer than I thought it would be. Scrappy and up and coming, lots of potential - sure, it's busier and more expensive than it used but be, but I'll bet in 5 years you wish you'd have gotten something there now rather than waiting. And how can a state significantly influenced by a religious organization have so much good beer and Mexican food? The recent Sugar House district changes are pretty incredible.

They come to Arizona and die from our heat and water drought and learn how pricey it is here and realize crime and drugs is just as bad here like in California lol

These people just don't know. Utah sucks don't move here

Mormons are friendly until you enter into any kind of contract with them, like employment. Then they think youre their slave. Slavery was still in their constitution in 2020, it was on the ballot asking if people still wanted it.