U-Talk: What are the best and worst things about Utah County?

By Staff | Oct 3, 2022

: Glenn Hamblin

: Devin Stika

: Whitney Lewis

: Brandon Coe

: Yuli Escovedo

Tiana Lao, Special to the Daily Herald

Glenn Hamblin

“There are great people in Utah County, because they are more down to earth. They are not from Salt Lake. I don’t mean that derogatory. That’s my opinion. People here are a lot nicer. But, the bad part about Utah County is it’s not Salt Lake. The people here are great, but there is just not a lot over here. Other side of the mountain there is a lot more to do than there is in Utah County: restaurants, nightclubs, entertainment.” — Glenn Hamblin, Pleasant Grove

“The worst things are probably the drivers. They don’t pay attention to bikes or anything. The best things I say, there’s a lot of really nice people here. If you look past all of the old people, I think the younger generation is really accepting of everybody, and just nicer to people as a whole. I love living here. I think people make it out to be a bad place in general, but I think that they’re looking for the bad things. I think a lot of people just blame the Mormon culture here, because a lot of people are super judgmental, but it’s not nearly as bad as people think it is.” — Devin Stika, Lindon

“Bad is how busy it is. Too many people in the Orem area. I hate Orem. Just in general, on the roads there is always traffic. Good is obviously the mountains. It’s beautiful and the people are nice.” — Whitney Lewis, Pleasant Grove

“The people. Being able to exchange goods and services with the people and interact, just camaraderie. I’m a business owner, so just being able to get out and talk to families and people, and sell services and products, I think is great. They are just with the family values. There’s a lot of entrepreneurs that are here, and so I think that is a big part of the camaraderie and helping each other and getting the word out for each other. As far as the bad, I think on Sundays I would like to see more stores open. I think that is the only drawback.” — Brandon Coe, American Fork

“I guess the segregation with the whole religion, and minorities being seen a little different than a lot of the other people. I would say yes, that’s the bad part. The good part is that there is just a lot of opportunities for people to grow here. There’s a lot of work, it just seems like there are a lot of opportunities to grow and make something of yourself if that’s what you want to do.” — Yuli Escovedo, Provo