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Originally Posted by Atlas
SLC is 3-5 hours drive from Yellowstone+Tetons, the 5 Utah national parks, Great Basin, and Black Canyon. There are multiple large lakes, mountain ranges, deserts, forests, and the Bonneville Salt Flats closer than that. In terms of proximity to a variety of natural landscapes, I don't think there's any other US city like it. Basically anything you can think of except the ocean.
Water is a more complicated issue but it helps that Northern Utah has total control over the areas that produce its fresh water. The GSL is low but we had a terrific winter so drought conditions have abated for now.
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Los Angeles has access to the following national parks within 1 to 5 hours away...Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree, Channel Islands, Death Valley. In addition to all that, there is the majority of the Sierra Nevada range well within 5 hours with absolutely incredible scenery, lakes, rivers, glaciers, the tallest mountains the contiguous US, the largest trees in the world, the White mountains with the oldest trees in the world, etc. Just in our backyard, we have the beautiful San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains with peaks reaching 11,500 feet, the pacific ocean and so much more just within LA county. I honestly dont know what were lacking here in terms of natural assets and beauty,
San Francisco has similar access to Big Sur, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Sequoia, Redwoods within 1 to 5 hours as well as a ton more.