Quality of Life - Salt Lake Valley
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1/3/2008
My wife and I have lived in West Jordan for the past 12 years. It was a great place to live, but the Salt Lake Valley is gaining in popularity and there are something like 50,000 people moving into the valley each year. It has become very crowded here and the air pollution is horrible. We've always had problems with air quality as the mountain ranges on both side of the valley trap the air and you need a storm to come through and blow it out. Now it gets worse and worse with all the new homes and vehicles. You can see the pollution just hanging in the valley when you go to the mountains.
Over all though, West Jordan and the rest of the Salt Lake valley pretty much has all of the dining and entertainment and recreation you could want and we are minutes from some of the best skiing/snowboarding in the country and going to the mountains does help you get up above all the pollution.
Overall, it's a nice place to live if you can get past the pricey cost of housing (pay here has not kept up with housing costs at all) and the poor air quality.
Bill | West Jordan, UT