Is the St. George area livable for a pretty far left non-mormon type?
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Title says it all. I'm looking at the possibility of landing a job in St. George. The job seems great, and I'm stoked to be near(ish) all those desert towers! Not so sure about the city though... |
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You might ask Toker Villain on Supertopo. He lives nearby in Toquerville. |
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You wouldn't be totally alone, there are other people who live there and nearby who climb, bike, etc. if you're looking for nightlife and such as far as I know it's not really a good place to move to. |
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You might try getting to know some of the locals, who knows, if your open minded you might even enjoy spending time with people who are different than yourself. |
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As long as you don't like dancing, you should be ok. |
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There is a saying in the West: "Don't move into a cowboy town and complain about the cowboys". |
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That article is incredible. |
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What the hell is a "dance hall?" What century do they think this is? I seriously cannot wrap my head around this... |
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That may be the most hilarious news article I've ever read that wasn't published by The Onion. Holy hell I can't believe that was real! My advice to the OP, after reading that, don't move to St George. |
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based upon that article-it sounds like a non conformist, leftist dream-the government is trying to control everything that people do. |
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This site is becoming increasingly useless. This guy asked for simple advice on the culture of a town and the response has been, "you're a conformist". I know this may be hard to comprehend, but if you don't have information pertinent to the discussion, you could always refrain from saying anything. |
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After spending five years living all over Utah and working for the state it can be a little frustrating at times to live within the "prevailing culture". Honesty unless you are planing on discussing politics, sex, and religion on a soap box in the street you shouldn't have any issues. St. George is right next to multiple tourist meccas so a lot of foreign travelers add to the mix. Vegas and Red Rocks are right there. Great skiing just north of there in the Tushers and at Brainhead. The BLM and the local municipality have been working together over the past few years to install a ton of mountain biking trails. You have to plan ahead to buy good alcohol. Yes the beer at the grocery store is crappy ("safety beer") but you can buy it whenever if you need a fix. Sundays become awesome days as 90% of the town is occupied so get out and hit all the popular climbs, trails, etc. |
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My wife and I are professional athletes so it works for us. But each spends a tremendous amount of time on the road. I spend approx 150 nights thus I get my social fix plenty and prefer quiet when in town. So for us it is kind of perfect really....definitely the most central location I could live for what I do and about the same for her. |
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judging by your previous post, I think you might stick to Hollywood, NYC, or Boulder. I think you would definitely fit in any of those areas. |
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Isn't St George in the fallout zone down wind from a heavily used nuclear test site? |
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Most of the haters in this thread are absolutely ignorant of how overbearing Mormon culture is, especially so considering we're talking about southern Utah Mormon culture. |
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M Sprague wrote:Isn't St George in the fallout zone down wind from a heavily used nuclear test site?The wind blew fallout into Snow Canyon during the filming of a John Wayne movie. All or most of the people involved eventually died of cancer. There is some decent climbing there, Ron O has some interesting multipitch routes too. My great grandfathers name is carved into the pioneer cave. |
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Plenty of good advice here! Thanks for that! Dating is definitely a concern as I'm single with no kids. Not so much into the night scene, but would definitely be lonely without a small group of friends to get beers with from time to time. |
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id disagree about whos placing judgment-your simple asking pretty much "can i live in a town with mormons?" is a judgment in itself. If you werent passing judgment on "mormons" you would not need to ask if you could live in a town with the main population in that area-you would assume it would be a non issue. |
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oldcali wrote:id disagree about whos placing judgment-your simple asking pretty much "can i live in a town with mormons?" is a judgment in itself. If you werent passing judgment on "mormons" you would not need to ask if you could live in a town with the main population in that area-you would assume it would be a non issue.I grew up in a small town filled with plenty of mormons, and while I got along with and liked many of them, it certainly wasn't my community. I never said I couldn't live in a community of mormons, and I certainly didn't judge their lifestyle/beliefs. I wasn't being judgmental, just seeing if there was a community of folks in the area other than the generally conservative mormon types, that I may better connect with. Why are people such assholes on here for no apparent reason? You've really go that little to do? |
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Dallas Branum wrote: Why are people such assholes on here for no apparent reason? You've really go that little to do?The majority of posters this time of day are at work, not climbing, hence the bad attitudes. |