How do you like living where you are? I'm trying to find an area to move to after I graduate in the southwest possibly. How cold are the winters? I'd like to go somewhere that doesn't get below freezing in the winter.
Right now I'm living in Bowling Green, OH because I co-op nearby for school. Home is in Cleveland and I go to school at Kettering University in Flint, MI.
Utah, especially the valley, has four true seasons. This means real snow in the winter, and winter averages in Dec-Feb of about 35 high 25 low. Its not nearly as miserable as a midwest winter, though. As a bonus, one can take up true winter sports to get one through.
I really like Utah. Its got a weird religious influence on the local culture, due to the Mormons, but its tolerable.
Utah has a good CFP law, and is a Shall Issue with training state.
Housing market is going up, but one can still find really nice single family homes for under $200,, but you don't get much for less than $140,000.
Buttloads of recreation nearby, including world-class hunting and fly-fishing, mountain biking, and skiing, all within 1+ hours.
Why, just this week I was up at the Green River, near flaming gorge. Its a 3ish hour drive, and the Green is a world reknown fly-fishing river, both for its fishing (quality and quantity), and the sheer beauty of it.
Salt Lake has all the trappings of modern metropolitan life, including theatre, symphony, decent nightlife, sports (Utah Jazz pro b-ball, AAA baseball and hockey, getting a pro soccer team and a pro arena football team both within the next year or two).
Lots of Kalifornia escapees, but the overall makeup of the state is very conservative. Major airport services most other major airports in the country.
I could go on...you should come out and visit sometime.
