Thats likely not considering that probably 90% of the state is LDS and are giving a minimum of 10% of every dollar, fruit, vegetable etc they earn/cultivate to the church every year. They take care of their own too, when someone falls ill or loses a job etc. I personally believe Mormonism is a cult with some strange beliefs and practices...but they make great neighbors. My Dad was stationed at Hill AFB right outside SLC for 6 years. Spent 6 summers there. Other than Knoxville it is my favorite place in the US. Extremely clean, very little crime, amazing mountain ranges close by. Utah is awesome. My sister and I would walk to the community pool and swim all day in dry ~90 degree heat in the summers, when Dad got off work we would make sammiches etc for a picnic and in 1 hour drive be up in permanent snow on top of the mountains looking down on the whole valley where SLC and the Great Salt Lake lie. Its a great place to live. Every year when we got off the plane at the airport in Charlotte coming back, walking out the door was shockingly oppressive heat and humidity compared to where we had been for 2 months. Felt like being in someones armpit. Dry heat is SO much easier to deal with. Its not even comparable. The 1 thing I wouldnt like about Utah is all the snow they get in winter. That would suck as a southerner. Utah is a great place to raise a family though.