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First time home buyers have no chance getting a house in Utah. This guy talks about how great it is, but unless you’re making well over $100k you’re not going to get a house. Oh not to mention good luck finding a job that pays over $100k. Employers still pay like it’s 2000.

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

I agree, housing affordability Is a crisis and job wages aren't keeping up at all. By the way, my name is Scott, nice to meet you!

@salemthorup9536

7 күн бұрын

We both work and our combined income is well over 100k and it's definitely not enough to buy a house that our family can fit in. My plumber husband will likely take his skills elsewhere in the next few years. A different state that's not so expensive.

@scottdsteele

4 күн бұрын

This is exactly why this is such a problem. We have to tackle this housing affordability problem because we need plumbers just like your husband here

Thank you Scott, we really appreciate your help

@scottdsteele

Ай бұрын

You bet! Absolutely!

I wish I would have waited to leave S Jordan.. My home is now valued nearly 3 times what I sold it for as it is now 1.1 million dollars! That said, I am happy to be away from the masses and still close to the outdoors and water activities. Vernal.

@scottdsteele

7 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for sharing and I love living in South Jordan although you're now closer to Flaming Gorge

Very Informative and warm video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@scottdsteele

29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Always making quality videos!

@scottdsteele

15 күн бұрын

Thanks Christian!

I live in Ogden. The traffic going to salt Lake just before 6am takes about 40 minutes. Leaving salt Lake after 4pm takes about 50 minutes. With the occasional hour and a half for a bad accident.

@scottdsteele

19 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing Logan!

You left out Cottonwood Heights, which made the top 100 cities nationally after it was incorporated. Cottonwood Heights is known as the “city between the canyons” and is even closer when accessing the Cottonwood Canyons than Sandy. Biggest con is probably home prices but both mountain and city views from many of those homes is phenomenal.

@scottdsteele

3 күн бұрын

I love it Louise! Thanks for sharing! I went to high school @ Cottonwood High and my office, where I work every single day, is in Cottonwood Heights at the Old Mill corporate center and I LOVE IT! I have been accused of being too biased when I include Cottonwood Heights and South Jordan where I now live so I'm trying too use other data points as well

Great video! I agree with your list and am glad you included Ogden. I live in northern Davis county and go into Ogden frequently. It's closer, cheaper, and has more parking than Salt Lake. Not that I don't enjoy going to SLC, but it's just more of a hassle from here.

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

Thane for sharing Annelise! It's fantastic up there

You should make a video about Tooele and it's surrounding areas such as Stansbury Park, and Grantsville. Interested on your thoughts on it. With the way it's growing, I can see it becoming it's own Metropolitan area at some point. Especially with Eagle Mountain growing and most likely sprawling towards west.

@scottdsteele

12 күн бұрын

I will create this video for sure. Population forecasts show that valley filling up over the next 25 years

@tessaroberts4458

18 сағат бұрын

@@scottdsteelelet me know when that video comes out! We are moving there in October/November. Would like more information on that area. From what I see, it’s newer builds, with a more affordable cost. Only 30mins or so to the airport?

I like your channel - it’s thorough and informative. .. keep up the good work but utah alone as a market I’m not sure about.

@scottdsteele

Ай бұрын

Thanks! What do you mean about Utah as a market?

@JAZZandUTEman

13 күн бұрын

You are right Mary. It's a bad investment to move to utah. The great salt lake is dying up. Google what will happen to the area when that happens. This entire area will be uninhabitable due to toxic air

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

I understand and I believe that we will not allow this to happen, as close to guaranteed as one could guess

Also cedar city is super super cool- a less crowded and cooler alternative to St. George !

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

Agreed, it is growing there too!

I’ve lived in Logan my whole life and I turn 30 next week…and can 100% concur it gets COLLLLLD here. My main reason I am wanting to leave…I don’t think I can do one more cold cache valley winter. 🥶 The reason I’ve stayed so long is, as you said, the cost of living 🤷🏼‍♀️

@scottdsteele

18 күн бұрын

You're right! It is colder up there in Cache Valley / Logan!

@plinyelder8156

15 күн бұрын

It’s not that cold

@scottdsteele

15 күн бұрын

Especially if you have spent time in the upper Midwest

Make sure you check what the rental rates are before you buy. If you can rent for a thousand bucks less than you can buy (& make sure to include ALL housing costs in with your mortgage payment to compare to rent), then you might as well wait. Stop paying these ridiculous prices and strapping yourself with a huge housing cost, even if you can afford it. You're chasing natives out of Utah and we have made this state what it is. Many of us actually help build the state with our professions. I bet right now you can most likely rent for a lot cheaper than you can buy.

@scottdsteele

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Yes, most of the time (right now), you'll spend a little more to buy than rent and that changes based on market conditions and interest rates.

What is St George's plan for water with all that growth? They don't have a sustainable plan and that area is the middle of the desert! They were talking about a pipeline from lake powell which would be the death blow for that lake, but i hear that plan has been shelved. St George is in trouble long term

@scottdsteele

13 күн бұрын

Very good question. 1 of 3 things must happen: 1) The growth stops (this absolutely won't happen) 2) They bring more water in through a pipeline from the Colorado River (terrible idea given the situation with respect to Lake Powell and Lake Mead witch are the nation's 2 largest reservoirs) or through deeper wells. 3) People use less! St. George residents use 285 gallons per day. To put that into perspective, Las Vegas residents use 123 gallons per day. I believe it'll have to be a combination of using less and pulling more water from the ground. There are immense amounts of water underneath is, although I'm not familiar with that regions underground water supply

Instead of doing cities with the same metro area i.e. draper and sandy and salt lake or Lehi and Provo, there are lots of great places outside of that....or don't do 10

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing Robert! What areas would you put in the list? I've used data from many sites and articles and unfortunately, the only areas that'll pop up on the lists are larger or growing areas. What would you put on this list?

Utah is full please go somewhere else

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

I get it

I am so glad Saratoga Springs didn't make the list. There is no more room here...please don't come here.

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

Saratoga Springs is growing so incredibly fast and it's not finished.

@Greyhawk4x4

9 күн бұрын

@@scottdsteele The problem is the infrastructure isn't able to support the growth. Ask anyone who lives here what the traffic is like.

@scottdsteele

9 күн бұрын

Oh I know! It's terrible driving out there from 4-7 pm or in morning rush hour

@FalainglesBrasil9395

5 күн бұрын

😂

Stop moving to Utah, especially Salt Lake Valley. Far too many people have moved in and it’s crowded as hell. East/West traffic now sucks worse than I-15. Constant road construction. Sky high housing prices. And let’s not forget the TERRIBlE air quality. Influx of transplants have only made all those issues even worse.

@scottdsteele

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Don’t even consider it, you can’t afford it

@scottdsteele

4 күн бұрын

Many can, many cannot