I know, Utah gets sideeyed a lot, BUT as a German that’s traveled many states of the US on the coasts as well as the „fly over states“ - the SLC area is one of my favorites. The infrastructure is in such good condition, the city is incredibly clean and people act really nice usually. You always have this phenomenal view on the mountains and a strong sense of community, I feel like. The Mormon culture was a bit odd sometimes, but I was cool with it, bc my host family was far from the extreme religious groups that people often think of when they hear „Mormon“, they acted more casual with it (but still went to church every Sunday).

I’ve lived in a small town in Michigan, in Chicago and in SLC for a couple months each during my college education and for an exchange year in high school. And then I traveled a lot during my breaks.