UofU... much closer to the slopes.

 

Lots of mormons here. Scary place to live. We also have a nasty inversion where you can only see 10 feet in front of your face, super gross. Go Boulder

 

Did you go to u of u? And what do you mean inversion of ten ft?

 

^^^Hahaha! I'd go to the University that has the best program for the degree you are interested in.

U of U will have closer, easier access for sure. Boulder will have more night life and better food.

If it's a toss up, I'd probably have to go with Utah though.

 

I'll tell you this much the food in SLC is way better than anywhere Minnesota\Wisconsin were on restaurant #5 of our "Diners, Drivin's and Dives"(show on food network) and every single one has been crazy good, LOVE LOVE LOVE the food here.

 

It is smog or pollution. They claim it isn't man made but they're liars. A buddy of mine took this Friday.

The inversion has since gotten much worse. Yesterday was a Red Alert day. It is not beneficial to go outside. I went for a quick 2 mile run and lungs were on fire when I finished.

I did not go to the U. Went to the greatest university in the world. The University of Tennessee. Where the moonshine is like the women. Nice, smooth, and easy.

 

yea out of all the time Iv'e spent here this weekend was the worst, nice that you can drive 10 minutes and be up and out of it in the canyons though, glad it's gone and replaced with snow now.

 

Wait so its pollution thT burns your lungs? Seems crazy

 

Yea it's how the valley looks most of the time unless a storm comes in. Once the storm leaves the smog rolls back in and sits over the valley until the next storm.

 

Boulder is full of *********! Utah isn't. That right there is reason enough to go there. OH and Boulder likes to catch fire and cause evacuations regularly. Utah doesn't. Also go to Utah and get a Brighton pass you won't regret it.

 

Lol. Should I even bother commening on the inherent hypocrisy of you posting in this particular thread?

 

If you choose Colorado don't do boulder unless you are a hipster or hippy. Where you like your women "natural."
I guess it's not so bad if you just go to school there and live in the outskirts.

 

Ugh, that smog is nasty! It gets nasty in the Denver Metro (how can it not?) too, but the Denver Metro is more than twice the size of the Salt Lake Metro. The smog is also not as pronounced as that. I guess that is what happens when you are on the West side of the range with the jet stream coming out of the West.

HWD's, there are definitely places to grub in Utah, no doubt. When you get away from a lot of the usual fair and get into more ethnic foods, it becomes harder to find. I'm sure there are decent representative places around. I don't know how there couldn't be in a city that size.

 

I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Colorado.

 

Guys dont need to fight guys, im just saying whats a good school overall

 

Here's real advice:

If you go to school at Boulder without your head screwed on properly (as in, putting snow time/fun time ahead of study time) then you *will* fail out. Its a party school and there are a ton of distractions. I know two people who failed out of that particular campus their first year there.

I've never met anyone who graduated from any schools in Utah, and I've never visited the campus so I don't have any info for you there.

I was broke when I was in college, and my curriculum wasn't exactly easy. A recreational luxury like season passes for snowboarding would have been the least of my concerns.

 

Are you still weighing in about how hard engineering was? Are you serious? It was a breeze and I got 55 days in my senior year. I went to a top 10 party school had a blast every night and had no problem staying up all night the night before a test to study and pass the test. It is all about priorities. I also got a good job out West like I wanted so it worked out for me.

Is the inversion only in SLC or in cities like South Jordan and surrounding areas?

Yes if you look at the photo I posted it was taken from about 5 miles south of downtown. You can see downtown in the photo. I work in Tooele County and we have a nasty inversion as well over here. It straight up sucks! Especially when you are training for another marathon and you have to run. What a fun time that is.

it's ugly but unless you have a breathing problem or something I wouldn't let it impact my decision, you can drive 15 minutes up into the Canyons and the air is fine. I would agree with the comments above though Boulder is a HUGE party school with a ton of distractions as I know one individual personalty who failed out her first year due to partying distractions but you may be responcible enough to deal with that.

Also have you priced tuition at Boulder?!?!?!?!?

I haven't been serious this whole thread, but I will be for a second. If you enjoy things in the valley such as sports and want to do them in the winter don't move here. I have never had breathing problems but once you start sucking in oxygen it burns and slows you down a lot. Hell my 3 mile run is almost a min/mile slower than average even though I am exerting myself more.

Utah is clearly full and the inversion is proof of that. Move to boulder and marry a chick with flowers in her hair. She might not have showered in a full year, but it is better than a mormon chick wanting to marry you on the first date.

 

Is the inversion only in SLC or in cities like South Jordan and surrounding areas?

 

it affects the whole valley, once you hit utah county it's not as bad...but who wants to live there?

usually during winter the air is at it's worst

 

it's ugly but unless you have a breathing problem or something I wouldn't let it impact my decision, you can drive 15 minutes up into the Canyons and the air is fine. I would agree with the comments above though Boulder is a HUGE party school with a ton of distractions as I know one individual personalty who failed out her first year due to partying distractions but you may be responcible enough to deal with that.

Also have you priced tuition at Boulder?!?!?!?!?

 

Go to Utah State. Their basketball student section is incredible (not that that should be your determining factor).

 

I don't really want to ruin it, but for the sake of making a serious decision I'll give you a hint about most of comments so far.
They're trying to steer you away from where they live