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Originally Posted by asies1981
...Too many people in Utah (especially southern SL county and Utah county) just can't let go of the 50's type idealized sprawl.
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Believe me, I don't mean to sound too impertinent, but how many of you are married with three or more children, or are you single like me? Has it somehow escaped all those on the forum, who make similar comments that the Wasatch is the family capital of the world, particularly southern Salt Lake and Utah Counties. Why is it so difficult, even for a single person to understand the need for a family to own a single detached home? It's a no brainer that families are going to invest in a much bigger bang for the buck, especially along the metro of the nation's family capital.
Hey, if anyone is against the "Married with 3-plus kids" lifestyle, then say so. Believe me, I get and support the single option, etc. etc., but I also support those who enjoy having a husband/wife and multiple kids.
If any of you are married with 3 plus children, and live in a large urban center condo/apt. or comfortable home, without having to blow your budget into bankruptcy, then please tell use how you do it. Aside of course from the fact that you have a six figure income, or inherited the property from your folks.
From my own personal observations of my home town in Northern Utah County, the housing lot's have gotten much smaller, and the commercial nodes have become a lot closer. Even from my parents house we could now walk to just about every convenience necessary, from K-12 school to medical to grocery to clothing to office. Shopping and work excursions that use to take from a 20 to 45 plus minute drive, have been cut to 4 or 5 minutes.
My parent's comfortable starter home was on a quiet little country lane called Sugar St. A well connected friend advised them that if they wanted to continue with my Dad's growing business, they had better move out further to the country. They looked and looked at land in Draper and Alpine, and settled on a nice piece of acreage straddling the Highland/Alpine border. That quiet little Sugar St. soon became a very busy thoroughfare called 7200 South. That once quiet countryside became Fort Union's epicenter. Anyway, so my Mom worked in a supervisory position for the Federal Government for 25 years. That necessitated that she commute from the Alpine Highland area to Downtown Salt Lake. My Dad's occupation demanded a bit of open land. Today my Mom could drive on a beautiful, one of a kind parkway for a few brief minutes, park the car and hop the FrontRunner. She would absolutely love it! This, and still enjoy their dream of a family with kids and yard. Of course now, the yard would be much smaller, and a long list of recreational opportunities for the kids are all within easy walking and or bicycle reach. Also, my mom was one talented smart lady. She would have a cushy job at Adobe most likely, and wouldn't need to make the long commute. My parents would love FrontRunner and TRAX though. They loved trains/mass transit on the east coast. Whenever they visited my Dad's business associates in New York, they would make that commute from Jersey into Manhattan. They were very enthusiastic about how they could take a short hop from those beautiful surburban homes in Jersey, arrive at the train station, and within a very comfortable time be in the heart of Manhattan.
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