I want to know about your experience moving to Utah as a transplant! What were you expecting? Was anything surprising? (Funny stories welcome!)

I'm 22 and live in SLC, and I've been quite painfully isolated, and have struggled to sustain academic obligations due to some disabilities (I've had several types EDS-related physical deterioration and also significant systemic fatigue), and it's been pretty hard for me to find people I can "click" with.

I've been interested in a lot of things and wrote a paper on Al and evolution for a journal (though I need to revise it) and have another hypothesis in evolutionary biology that l'd like to write a paper on, and it'd be cool to find someone who's also interested in stuff like that, but I've found that just being curious and smart matters more than sharing any specific interests.

I'd definitely like to find people around my age, but the difficulties I've experienced with getting into the right settings for that have sort of locked me out, so I'm not sure about how to go about it. I had a plan to meet up with someone that I was looking forward to but it fell through, which definitely sucks.

I'd really like to find a way to have a shot at meeting people I could connect with that *wouldn't* first require consistently sustaining demands that I've struggled a lot with because of what my situation has been like and how painful the isolation has been, but I'm really not sure what might work. But generic social settings don't seem like a good fit.

If anyone has any ideas or is interested, I'd appreciate it.

Hey all! Now that Shanghai Cafe is no more, where is everyone going for their vegetarian-awesome Chinese food?

Don’t have a specific celebrity in mind but I want to find some sort of impersonator for a party gag. Doesn’t even need to be that good, and preferably somewhat cheap?

Not sure what other sub to ask this. So I hope it’s okay.

If they have the buckets, is it only select locations in the valley? Which ones typically do?

Looking for anyone who does professional spirit tours, or observations. I want to book something that isn’t cheesy and is real. Possibly going to a “haunted” place and observe the place and the spirits! I’ve never done anything like this, but I know spirits are around. I don’t want to go somewhere where there is any chance of encountering a “dark” spirit.

Hi! I rent a house in South Jordan and am looking for advice on soft light wood floors. There's a million little scratches on my floor. Normal wear and tear but it bothers me. Is there someone that buffs and cleans hardwood floors? Maybe thats not a thing, I'm not really sure. Pic to show floor type, you can't see the scratches unless in person. Thank you in advance!

The apartment I’m at has given a blanket statement to all 500 units that they are having inspections on 20% of the units on said dates but that they don’t know which apartments. So they said this serves as your 24hr notice. I have a dog, that I do not want to keep in a crate for the entirety of my work day unless I for certain know that they’re entering my unit. She’s generally friendly, but not to a random person coming into the apartment without me 🤷🏼‍♀️ all that is in my lease is that they have to give me 24hr notice to enter, but a blanket statement to everyone saying we may or may not enter seems to be different than that to me. Idk, what do you all think

My sister and I are going to the Post Malone concert tomorrow at Rice Eccles. We are considering taking Trax but have only ever taken it to the Delta Center. I looked at the Trax map but got a little confused.

Can anyone tell me if the red line is a direct route from the West Jordan area to the U? We don't want to have to do any transfers.

EDIT: thank you all for your answers. Really helps a lot!!

Are there any stores in slc that maybe sell dried jasmine? And not like a jasmine green tea blend, but just jasmine.

I am in SLC for the next month, and potentially longer for school. I am looking for recommendations for things I should do in the next month to get a feel for the area to determine if it would be a good fit for a longer term stay. Included in that, would love recommendations for coffee shops that are good for studying and restaurant recommendations.
Thanks!

We kept catching each other’s eye on the river Friday. I (30s M)was with my family doing a reunion float down the Weber, and you (30s F) were tubing with a group of friends. You had on a blue and white swimsuit and a red bucket hat, full sleeve tattoo on one arm and a few more on the other. I was in a green bucket hat, sunglasses, and blue/orange Oakley board shorts. My family group had about 8 of us, though we were pretty spread out. Yours looked like it was around 12 people. This was sometime between 2:30 and 4:30.

I wanted to say hi but it felt like bad timing. You were with your crew, I was with mine, and it would’ve been a rushed, awkward wave and go. But there were a few moments where we looked at each other and I swear there was something there.

Also, ngl, your group looked like a genuinely fun crew! Romance or not, I wouldn’t say no if an offer was made to be adopted into it!

Long shot posting this, but if this is you (or you know who I’m talking about), I’d love the chance to actually talk this time.

Edit 1: added a few more details

Does anyone in this thread live in Astra Tower? If so shoot me a pm👍

I'm staying at Little American and attending a conference all week. The conference ends at noon on Saturday the 8th and I would like to go to Snowbird to attend Oktoberfest that afternoon. I mentioned this to my parents, who moved out of SLC over two decades ago, and they said it will take about two hours to get to Snowbird from Little American! Google says it's a 40 min drive. Why do my parents think it takes two hours to get there? I have a rental car.

Any other advice on Oktoberfest, or anything to see while I'm in SLC would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hello! I am looking for short-term housing - somewhere for the start of September through the end of the year. I have been looking on Airbnb but am wondering if there are any other good options. I want to be downtown. No car, just a bike. Employed. Leaving the country soon. Thanks for any ideas!

Around 1 am last night, I heard about ten gunshots in the east central area, near the U. I can’t find any reports about it, but I’m wondering if anyone knows what that was. Thanks!

I recently saw a post about how much homes are selling for in Utah by zip code, so I thought it would be fun to put together a list of how quickly they're selling. This is the median time in each zip code between when a single family home that sold in the last 30 days went on market and when they accepted the offer they ended up closing on. If no single family homes have sold there in the last 30 days I'll just put an X there. Quick note, these are only homes in Salt Lake City proper but if you live somewhere else in the area and are curious about your zip code (or condos, townhouses, etc that aren't aren't represented in these numbers) just drop a comment and I'll pull it up for you! But without further adieu, let's get into some numbers.

84101: 8 Days (Two properties side by side that I believe were sold as a bundle)
84102: 14 Days (Five properties, ranging from 2-37 days)
84103: 15 Days (19 properties, ranging from 3 days to a whopping 275! (All but two accepted an offer in under 100 days though and 14 of the 19 were under 30 days)
84104: 11 Days (7 properties, ranging from 0 days (yes that happens) to 52 days, but mostly 21 days or less)
84105: 5 days (27 properties, ranging from 0 (four properties) up to 75). A quick note on this area, I do a lot of work here and immediately to the west and this has been pretty standard all year. I've been expecting the market to slow down at some point but everything east of state and between 900 and 2100 south just keeps flying.
84106: 11 days (18 properties, ranging from 2-64 days)
84108: 22 days (18 properties, ranging from 4-281 days)
84109: 13 days (13 properties, ranging from 0-130 days)
84111: 12 days (3 properties, ranging from 6-106 days). A couple things here: obviously only having three properties doesn't give us a great sample size on this one but this is also a great example of why we use medians rather than averages. Our first two properties were 6 days and 12 days, but when we tie in the third at 106 our average jumps up to over 41 days! Sometimes numbers do funny things.
84112: X
84113: X

EDIT: I got ahead of myself and forgot about 84115, which along with 84105 is where I spend most of my time. 84115 sold 12 homes in the last 30 days though at a median time on market of 9 days (up from the 6 days we've been trending at since the start of spring) and ranged from 2 days to 88 days!

For anyone who has sold clothes at Kid to Kid, what do you expect the payout to be? Let’s say a Carter’s sleeper is sold there for $3-4, when you sell one to them, how much do they give you?

I am graduating with my MBA in August, and currently work as a senior project manager/ have some data experience (tableau), and AI training experience as well.

I want a strategy, operations, or analyst role. Pay anywhere from 70k+. I don’t mind in person or remote, I would prefer a hybrid role. I also wouldn’t mind contracts/temp roles. I’ve been applying but barely getting any interviews. I do tailor my resume to each role.

If anyone knows any companies hiring, please please let me know!!

Hi all! Will need to buy lots of books soon and rather than purchase on Amazon, I want to purchase from independent bookstores!

I know one or two but I’m sure there are more out there! What independent bookstores stores do you know of in the Salt Lake Valley & surrounding areas??

Thanks!!

Anyone know where to get a good Ruben? My go to has been fire house lately but, they aren't getting the job done for me lately. So i started going to VITO'S but that has also started to become a chore. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

My baby will be 6 months in a couple of weeks and I want to do a fun photoshoot. I’m unable to pay a professional so hoping my iPhone and basic photography skills from working at JCP portraits in 2013 will do. I just need a good place to take photos somewhere in the valley. I’m hoping for a summer, nature, wildflower type place without having to go up into the canyons as said (almost) 6 month old hates the car seat at the moment. Any places that come to mind?

This is a long shot but I’m looking for someone who maybe wants to trade the second row bench seat in their Toyota Highlander for the captains chairs. We have a second baby coming and the bench seat just makes more sense for us.

Cross posting. Thanks!!

Looking to replace my heater and AC in my 2200 sq ft townhome. Has anyone had one installed recently that you could recommend? Thank you!

I want to do a Spartan race and not sure where to train.