Where Ya'll From?

[savanna3313]

Just curious as to how many people in this group don't live in Utah, or moved here from other areas. From the posts, looks like there are quite a few from Michigan. I'm originally from Louisiana, moved here about 8 yrs ago, but while growing up, I spent nearly every summer in Utah (mostly the southern area) on vacation with my family. We always talked about living here permanently, and eventually we all moved to the Salt Lake area. I was the last to come out, and I now live within a 5 mile radius of all my sisters and my Mom.

[david staub]

savanna - thank you for starting this page. I was probably the one that got the discussion going on another page. Thank you for setting me straight.

I am from Michigan. Grew up on the west side of Detroit and went to Cooley High School there. My wife is from East Lansing but went to college at Mercy College of Detroit. We met while I was home for the summer and she was still in school. We lived in Kalamazoo which is an awesome city.

I have never been to Louisiana. Never made it to the deep south; LA, MS, AL. Just visited the costal south, Carolinas, GA, FL, VA. If the deep south is anything like those costal states, it must be beautiful.

[Mtnbiker]

Another one from Meechigan. Grew up in Northern lower Michigan and lived in Ann Arbor for several years during college.

GO BLUE! :2thumbs:

Wife and I moved to Utah last year for adventure and love every minute. I love it back home.. but Utah rocks! :rockon:

Part of the fun of being a transplant though is finding new friends and new community to share everything with. :five:

[david staub]

Where in Northern lower Michigan? My parents live in Roscommon and I spent some time in Grayling. Just curious.

[Mtnbiker]

Grew up in Cheboygan, about 1 1/2 hours north of Roscommon. Rosco was one of our nemeses in Soccer growing up! :twisted:

Derstuka is from Cheboygan too. Such a small world.

[Shan]

I grew up in NW Indiana, you Midwestern folks might know as "Da Region."

I spent lots of summers in Michigan; my grandparents lived in the Three Rivers area. Lots of lakes!

I moved to Utah in 1999 one week after finishing college in Indiana. I met my husband the very day I arrived in Utah. He saw my mountain bike on my car as I pulled in to the Forest Service office and said, "I've got to meet this girl!"

[savanna3313]

I have never been to Louisiana. Never made it to the deep south; LA, MS, AL. Just visited the costal south, Carolinas, GA, FL, VA. If the deep south is anything like those costal states, it must be beautiful.

It is. From the rolling hills of the northern part of the state to the sleepy bayous of the southern part. And of course, New Orleans is an entity unto itself. I hope that as the city is rebuilt, it will come back a better place with all of the original ambience. Most people think of the city as party central, and it does live up to the reputation, but it has SO much more than that to offer. I remember one Sunday afternoon going down to the French Quarter to look for a rare book for a friend's birthday. I went into this book shop across from Jackson Square which turned out to be the New Orleans residence of the author William Faulkner. No one was in the shop but me, and the owner took me all around the place showing me things that the average shopper wouldn't have been privy to. Faulkner's writing area, his desk and some personal memoirs.......it was like stepping back in time.

I've never been to Michigan, but have friends here that are from there and have seen many photos of different areas. It looks like a very beautiful place!

[david staub]

Shan - your husband is a smart man. When my wife and I were dating, we took a two day canoe trip on the Au Sable River in Michigan. That trip made me decide that I could live with this woman forever. I love a woman that likes to do stuff in the out of doors

[donny h]

I was born in Vernal, Utah, moved to Vegas as a infant, then lived in Ca. for 25 years (Orange County).

I Moved to Utah County 6 years ago.

Looking to move out of Utah County to points south, maybe Boulder or Escalante, maybe even Kanab or Big Water.

[TreeHugger]

Another Michigander here. I'm from Ann Arbor and lived there always till I moved here about three and a half years ago.

I used to come out here to hang out with a friend and climb and bike every summer here, which is kinda a funny coincidence that we ended up living here. I met my husband at a cyclocross race and he was getting ready to come and interview at the U of U for a position. I mentioned that I really liked SLC and could live here.... fortunately for me, that was the key that led him to ask me out - he didnt want to get involved with someone that wouldnt leave MI!! Well, here we are, we got married out here at Solitude and it's been the best!

[Shan]

Shan - your husband is a smart man. When my wife and I were dating, we took a two day canoe trip on the Au Sable River in Michigan. That trip made me decide that I could live with this woman forever. I love a woman that likes to do stuff in the out of doors

There was a defining trip for him too! Backpacking in the Uintas. He said he loved me, even after no shower for 4 days!

[accadacca]

Where Ya'll From?
Utarrrr.... :bud:

[marc olivares]

i grew up in So.Cal
but had dreams of moving to Utah to marry a morman girl from Idaho

dreams do come true....they really really do. :roflol:

[James_B_Wads2000]

Utah born and raised, right here in the center of the Salt Lake Valley. In fact I have only had three addresses in my life, the home I grew up in, the first apartment my future wife and I had (about five miles from my parents) and the first house we bought together just across the street from our apartment (before we were married, da da da!). Kind of sucks when I put it that way. That

[david staub]

Milwaukee is a great town. Did you own a Harley while you were there?

[dbessee]

I was born in Boulder, CO which was a very different town then.

Lived in N. CA (near Eureka) and both coasts of FL but always ended up coming back to CO. Love the ocean but the mountains and deserts are where I really feel at home, esp. the mountains.

[donny h]

Lived in N. CA (near Eureka)

Interesting, I have spent some time on the redwood coast, where did you live near Eureka?

I looked at property in that area, I was leaning towards heading inland, Willow Creek to be exact, the weather in Eureka is not my cup of tea.

This reminds me of the old joke-

Why do hippies move to Arcata?

'Cause there's no jobs there. :haha:

[dbessee]

Interesting, I have spent some time on the redwood coast, where did you live near Eureka?

I looked at property in that area, I was leaning towards heading inland, Willow Creek to be exact, the weather in Eureka is not my cup of tea.

This reminds me of the old joke-

Why do hippies move to Arcata?

'Cause there's no jobs there. :haha:

I lived in Arcata, my step-dad was a mainframe programmer/operator for Humboldt County and their computer center was in Arcata rather than across the bay. Great place to live as a kid growing up in the 70's as there where huge areas of woods near town that were completely empty of people so we could run and play and make noise to our hearts' contents without fear of disturbing anyone. there were nowhere near the liability concerns that we see today and all the neighborhood kids would hike miles from town on a regular basis and noone though a thing of it. If someone got hurt so they couldn't hike out on there own someone ran to get their parents, we all knew each other's folks and noone thought anything of it.

I can see the jobs part of it, just as well from my point of view, as soon as they develop an economy there'll be developers in there tearing the place up as a real estate investment. Let the logging companies keep running tree farms up there, at least they don't try to fleece the locals out of their skins.

[donny h]

I bet it was a great place in the 70s.

The sleepy econony is a plus in my eyes, the minus is the adversarial attitudes of folks I met in those parts.

Hippies and loggers at war, people protesting every excrutiating detail of public policy, pot farmers with booby traps, the love generation running mobile meth labs, and so much of the land is privately owned, reducing access to the back country, and they play hardball over trespassing.

Not quite the laid back atmosphere that it appears to be on the surface.

Very pretty country though, and I WILL go back and hike the Lost Coast.

[dbessee]

Yes, it is pretty country. There are very few sights that exceed a storm sea crashing into Trinidad Head with the spray shooting 150' in the air.

Too bad things have gotten so contriversial, i never had a problem there as a kid and a I may have just not noticed but I don't think it was that bad when i lived there.

[ugly]

I'v been a rolling stone until the past five years. I have lived in ten different states, three of them more than once! and touched in all the lower 48.

Spent most of it in Wyoming (Worland, Green River, Casper, Cody), New Hampshire (Keene), Oklahoma (OKC), and Oregon(Newberg).

Been through Utah a number of times and love it most of all. Last month was my first trip skiing in Utah and it beat Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and West Virginia's slopes.

I've gotta move to Utah, anyone want a roommate!!! HAAAAA

[Ratman]

The Ann Arbor Michigan area for me too. Actually Livingston County, just to the north. Dreamed of moving to southern Utah for years. Vacationed here often. Here is the math - Michigan (70) sunny days per year, southern Utah (300) sunny days per year. If you like the outdoors, like we all obviously do, Utah is the place to be. I've always said they should just put park signs up as you enter the State. As soon as I retired I sold everything and moved. Now I'm a Uterine and have NO regrets.

[DickHead]

Pull up a chair let me tell you a tale....
:popcorn:

I was born in Santa Ana, Ca. Moved to Michigan for a few years when I was a wee lad. Back to California, this time Riverside. Next, Anaheim. Then El Toro. Next, Meridian, Miss for 3 years. Then off to beautiful Havelock, NC for just over 3 years. Then, 3 months in a little vaction spot known as Parris Island, SC. Back to NC and then TN for training. Yuma, AZ for 4 1/2 years. Let me tell ya, that place is a hotspot.
Brownsville, TX for 2 years. Beaumont, TX for 1 1/2 years. Now, Utah, for 5 years this April. Next stop, Northern VA.
Home is where I drop my seabag.

[derstuka]

Pull up a chair let me tell you a tale....
:popcorn:

I was born in Santa Ana, Ca. Moved to Michigan for a few years when I was a wee lad. Back to California, this time Riverside. Next, Anaheim. Then El Toro. Next, Meridian, Miss for 3 years. Then off to beautiful Havelock, NC for just over 3 years. Then, 3 months in a little vaction spot known as Parris Island, SC. Back to NC and then TN for training. Yuma, AZ for 4 1/2 years. Let me tell ya, that place is a hotspot.
Brownsville, TX for 2 years. Beaumont, TX for 1 1/2 years. Now, Utah, for 5 years this April. Next stop, Northern VA.
Home is where I drop my seabag.

Hey Jason, I take it that you were an army brat, eh? You sure been moving around a lot.

BTW, do you have more responsibilities and whatnot now at your job? The reason I ask is, you used to post A LOT more than you currently do now. Just curious is all.

[DickHead]

Pull up a chair let me tell you a tale....
:popcorn:

I was born in Santa Ana, Ca. Moved to Michigan for a few years when I was a wee lad. Back to California, this time Riverside. Next, Anaheim. Then El Toro. Next, Meridian, Miss for 3 years. Then off to beautiful Havelock, NC for just over 3 years. Then, 3 months in a little vaction spot known as Parris Island, SC. Back to NC and then TN for training. Yuma, AZ for 4 1/2 years. Let me tell ya, that place is a hotspot.
Brownsville, TX for 2 years. Beaumont, TX for 1 1/2 years. Now, Utah, for 5 years this April. Next stop, Northern VA.
Home is where I drop my seabag.

Hey Jason, I take it that you were an army brat, eh? You sure been moving around a lot.

BTW, do you have more responsibilities and whatnot now at your job? The reason I ask is, you used to post A LOT more than you currently do now. Just curious is all.

Don't insult me! Marine brat through and through, plus 5 years in the Marines.
I imagine I can forgive you...but now you owe me a beer.

Nothing new, just trying to get the basement done, plus I'm finding I'm actually doing more on my new days off then I was before.

[hesse15]

me:
born in Sardegna (in english sardinia) and spent all my life there in the same city Cagliari where i studied and where my family lives since the beginning of 1500.
After graduate university in biology attended a meeting were i got so drunk that i was able to speak english (never study but alchool help) so i got a offer to work at Emory University in Atlanta georgia.
moved there start to learn english ,after almost 2 years got tired of not having good papers out with my name in itso start to look for other jobs.
Got a offer to work hereat the university of utah and I lended in mormonland and because i drink too much coffee and i am too into girlpower to convert to the local religion I convert to the outdoor religion.
And I have to admit is fun, my body from a skinny anorexic italian now look like a truckdriver ones full of muscles and scars but is ok.
by the way after i moved here I start to meet American that been in sardinia to rock climb and to mountainbike.
Crazy in 29 years I was there i just spent all my free time partying and laying on the beaches :nod:

[derstuka]

Don't insult me! Marine brat through and through, plus 5 years in the Marines.
I imagine I can forgive you...but now you owe me a beer.

Nothing new, just trying to get the basement done, plus I'm finding I'm actually doing more on my new days off then I was before.

Whoops, my bad! Semper fi baby! I have quite a few buddies that are ex-marines (I know, a marine is for life).

How is the basement coming along? Wiring and drywall done now?

[canyonphile]

Interesting places you peeps come from.

I was born in Bethesda, MD. Lived in VA, and then moved to Prescott, AZ when I was in 1st grade, in the early '70's. Parents divorced when we lived there, so my mom moved me and my sis down to Tucson, where I lived from grade school through college. Moved to SF for med school + residency (7 yrs). Came back to AZ, first to Flagstaff, in '97. Business climate sucked ass there, so relocated to Prescott in '02 and I plan to stay until I get sick of the doctor gig, but might stay longer. If I stay, it will have to be northern AZ.

I'd probably live in southern Utah in a second, seeing as how it is such a beautiful state, but being non-mormon, I don't think I'd fit in well (a divorced woman who doesn't need a husband or want children? No place for me in that religion) in the smaller communities where I'd want to live. Plus, I can't imagine not having a local brewery or wine bar to go knock back a few stouts or glasses of Merlot on occasion.... :cheers:

SJ