Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If you go to the mountains pay very close attention to the schools. They can be very iffy at best.
If you choose SLC and you are Mormon no problems. I lived there for 10 years. If you are not Mormon pay attention again to where you live. Each HS has a ward house next door and that is where most after school activities take place. Your kids can end up excluded from many things. If you head up to heathanville(Park City) that will not be a issue but houses are not cheap.
If you are non Mormon and want to live in the valley get a good non Mormon real estate agent. The areas in the valley can very a lot on how your children will be accepted. A good agent will get you to the better options.
If you have anyone who has annoyed you lately visit the Temple and sign their name and address in the guest book!
Keep one last thing in mind. If you live in the west a 6 AM departure from a Eastern airport really sucks. If you live in the east a 6 AM west coast departure is a non event.
My best friend stayed in SLC to raise his non-Mormon family. I left. It has been a problem for him. The kids were ostracized. Now that college is here, he is having to pay for out of state schools just to get the kids acclimated to the rest of the world.
Bite the bullet, move to ATL. Plenty of places to live. I'm on the south side of town. Twenty-five/Thirty minutes to the parking lot. Fayette and Coweta counties have decent schools. We are well air-conditioned. You will get used to the humidity. My wife wanted to leave Park City because it was too dry.