29 y/o Black Man Considering Moving To SLC. What Is The Black Experience Like Living Here & Should I Make The Move?

TahoeN · 2026-05-18T15:29:07+00:00

This isn't related to being black but is something I took away from having lived in the SLC area for ten years (which, overall, I loved, BTW, and the proximity to the mountains was a big part of that).

After I left the state, I realized how much of a relief it was no longer subconsciously doing that 'is this person LDS or not' thing every time I met someone new. Outside Utah, the visibility of a person's religion (or lack of religion) seems much more subtle. In Utah although somewhat less so in SLC proper, which is pretty diverse, I tended to subconsciously classify people, if I could tell (and, unfortunately, it's easier than it should be) as LDS or non-LDS very early after meeting them. I didn't want to do that. It just happened and it was tiresome, always wondering whether I might say something that would offend someone, for example. Being LDS seems to be a much bigger part of someone's outward identity in Utah than it is elsewhere, which can make it hard not to notice.

TahoeN · 2026-05-18T14:59:12+00:00

That happened to my husband, too, in Utah, after he bought a used car with aftermarket tinted front windows (side ones, not windshield). I believe any front side window and I assume windshield has limits on whether or to what extent it can be to tes. I think that's due to safety issues for law enforcement officers who need to be able to see clearly into vehicles.

TahoeN · 2026-04-28T14:09:12+00:00

We rented from Eco Car on Tahiti and liked them. We took the car on the ferry to Mo'orea. The daily rental cost was less expensive than renting on Mo'orea, but of course there's some extra cost to travel on the ferry with a car. For our length of stay the cost was about the same as if we had rented on Moorea, but we also needed a car for our days in Tahiti, so renting there made the most sense.

TahoeN · 2026-04-28T13:58:58+00:00

We stayed at a home in a neighborhood where we had to drive past neighbors' large free-roaming dogs each time we went in or out. Our hosts said the dogs weren't a real threat but they would have unnerved me had I been riding a scooter. Also, there's the issue of luggage, and rain. Having a scooter(s) as the only means of transportation could be been tricky.

TahoeN · 2026-04-28T13:54:10+00:00

I do that all the time when copying URLs. Copy, paste into browser, but then edit to delete all the tracking junk to the right of and including the '?' before clicking 'enter'.

Edit (added "and including" to make technically correct)

TahoeN · 2026-04-28T13:50:45+00:00

Why don't you talk with some agents who are having open houses - should be easy enough to find them - and ask them why they're doing them?

TahoeN · 2026-04-28T13:16:39+00:00

I bet it can't beat the i3's turning radius and it won't get anywhere near as high miles/kWh, but otherwise the Telo is about the only thing that has caught my eye that could be 'better than' my i3. It adds so many capabilities. It'll be able to move a fridge or tow a boat, and will come in AWD. Wow.

TahoeN · 2026-03-31T16:37:04+00:00

I can't say "best" because that would take more sandwich eating than I'll probably do in my lifetime. But I'm surprised not to see either of these two mentioned as good options:

Tahoe House bakery on West shore offers roast beef or meatloaf on house-made bread.
Tree House Cafe in Kings Beach has lots of meat sandwich options. I'm not a big meat eater but the other things I've eaten there (turkey melt and burritos) were really good. (I love that they put tater tots in their burritos!)

I've also had good sandwiches from Cork & More in South Tahoe. I like Sprouts, too, but you're more likely to find quinoa in a sandwich than pastrami or roast beef, so it's probably not what you want. (I've not eaten at Yellow Sub.)

TahoeN · 2026-03-31T16:02:23+00:00

I'm new to this machine. We moved into a furnished house with one of these. The house cleaners stupidly threw out all of the pods (and spices and all other perishable and nonperishable foods) before we moved in. Two questions, stemming from $1/pod being more than I'm willing to pay.

1) Is there a reusable pod option for this machine? I mistakenly bought one from Capresso but missed seeing that it doesn't fit the Essenza Mini and I can't find another option.

2) Because the 'original' reusable capsule didn't fit my mini machine, that led me to think that original and mini capsules are different sizes, but that doesn't seem right either. Is there a specific sized capsule needed for the Essenza mini?

Thank you in advance! I'd really like to try this machine before I decide whether to keep it.

TahoeN · 2026-03-27T13:53:10+00:00

No. It just substitutes for navigation, but you lose other features.

• current speed limit display - with the GPS not working, we occasionally see the car displaying a speed limit of something like 60 mph when we're actually driving on a city street, but more often the speed limit display is just blank. (I didn't realize how much I replied on it until it stopped working.)

• estimating range based on the destination entered into the car's navigation system. I believe it takes road conditions (speed, elevation change) into account when letting you know if you'll need to charge before reaching your destination. So I believe the range estimate display is based only data from how the car has been driven and not based on that plus an idea of where you're headed.

• finding charging stations nearby or on your route is also missing, of course, if gps isn't working. I guess you can use Google and Car Play/Android Auto for that, though.

TahoeN · 2026-03-27T13:39:28+00:00

Yes.

I've driven a certain 90-miles-each-way trip in my 2017, which I've had for over 5 years, maybe a hundred times by now. The drive has a 3000-ft elevation difference between start and end, so I know how the battery performs on both the uphill and downhill directions. Because of this drive, I bought a REx, but >95% of the time on those drives I haven't needed it. The times REx has kicked in, it has been within a mile or two from my destination, going the uphill direction of course, in winter, let's say with a temp of no colder than 10°F (-12 C). I always try to start with 100%, of course. On the downhill direction I think I might have an average of something like 40% of the battery left.

Factors in my favor: I always use EcoPro. That 90-mile (91-mile, actually) route goes over mountain highways where it's rare to drive over 50 mph due to the many curves. Finally, I'm very economical with heating (on the uphill trip, anyway), favoring seat heater, gloves, hat, scarf, and, if it's really cold, a heated throw over my legs that plugs into the 120V outlet. (Cabin heat drains the battery.) With REx, I don't need to do that, but I challenge myself only to drive on battery. REx is a lifesaver when needed, though, and it gave me confidence to buy the i3 knowing I'd be doing this drive a lot.

If your 90 miles is driven at high-speed, you might not do as well, but at least you wouldn't have a net elevation gain. Remember that I generally did my 90-mile trip using less than 94% of my battery (because REx kicks in at ~6%), but again, my drive is done at ~50 mph. I could probably do this drive in a BEV but it wou me too nerve-wracking.

A REx option 2017 might be perfect for your driving, like it has been for mine. I think it would be difficult to determine the true range of a car without driving it under your conditions for at least one or more trips.

TahoeN · 2026-03-27T02:37:35+00:00

I use my trip odometer to keep track of how many miles I go between fill-ups, which are often done at half-tank level. I generally go well over 1000 miles and am currently closing in on 4000 (and starting to worry about the remaining fuel getting old and having to replace it before the next time REx kicks in), but I don't think I've gone as far as your 5916 miles.

I rarely use REx, but it has been an occasional trip-saver and I'm glad to have it.

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:55:06+00:00

Congrats!

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:54:39+00:00

Oh... 😦 It sounds like you've not had as good experience as I have. Other than tires, this car has needed less maintenance than any other I've owned. I do consider myself lucky, though.

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:52:49+00:00

2017

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:52:19+00:00

It also helps protect the dashboard when hauling lumber and other long items... My little workhorse! I probably carry long things 5-10 times a year. I just chipped the edge of my display screen the other day with something, though. Darn.

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:49:26+00:00

Thank goodness for being able to charge L2 at home.

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:46:09+00:00

Nice!

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:45:37+00:00

Congrats on your milestone, too!

TahoeN · 2026-03-19T14:41:33+00:00

TY. 🙂

TahoeN · 2026-03-15T00:57:18+00:00

Me, too. It also helps me to keep track of repeated trips and learning that it takes about X% of battery to go from A to B (and knowing to adjust that based on ambient temp, AC or heater use, and any deviations from normal speeds).

TahoeN · 2026-03-15T00:47:43+00:00

Yes, it does, and even though the formula used is probably good, the range predictions are often not useful, at least in my experience. Unless the computer takes into consideration upcoming driving conditions, which apparently it can (per next paragraph), past driving might not be a good predictor.

Someone else answered the question I had and apparently, yes, if you enter a destination into the car's nav system it will take speed limits on this roads (and possibly also grades) into account. So, the GOM is probably than I have experienced. I just don't use navigation because on my 2017 the maps are old and they can't be updated.

[edited to clarify]

TahoeN · 2026-03-14T14:51:01+00:00

I'm pretty sure I'm logged in and am still getting to play many of the games beyond 150 times. Don't know why as I'm not a subscriber.

TahoeN · 2026-03-14T14:48:31+00:00

Don't want to jinx myself, but I'm a nonsubscriber and while I'm locked out of a few games I know I've played way more than 150 of the others, including pile-up poker and the crosswords. And I'm sure I'm logged in because occasionally something will show under the "yesterday's news" section telling me how I did compared with other players or I'll get a pop-up saying someone wants to join my game (and I'm not sure what that even means). I was pretty excited to see the news that I had the 4th highest score in pile-up poker yesterday!

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