I think we still have a ways to grow in separating church and state here and also being a little more open minded. However, I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather live. Utah county has it all; industry, technology, culture, family oriented, safe, tourism galore, beauty at every turn. Cities are mostly ran well, government is not as corrupt as elsewhere and politicians are often your neighbors. Where else can you drive for 1 hour and be in salt flats, desert, sand dunes, mountains and lakes, fishing, hunting, etc. Add in the year round warm weather and golfing down south, ice fishing and skiing up north with beautiful, full seasons… really, no where else has all that. Government is ran efficiently as any government can be. They have been effective at bringing in huge business and I think good at keeping a budget. A great place to live by any standard.