Comments on: Where to live near LDS Business College?

By: Sean F.

Sean F. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:44:24 +0000

Has she thought about the Plaza. PRI has provided four floors of the Plaza Hotel for female students of LDS Business College.

Here is the link:

http://dev.ldsbc.edu/content/view/90/436/

Might be worth checking out!

By: David T.

David T. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:51:21 +0000

I’m going to throw my hat in the “lower Avenues” ring, too. I lived there when I went to LD and the U. of U., and I found it to be most agreeable in proximity to everything (saves on car wear n’ tear and gas), it’s a beautiful neighborhood and I always seemed to find cheap living (I stayed in three places while there). Salt Lake has a Craig’s List with an Apt. section, and there’s a site called backpage.com that also lists roommates and apts. Also check out cwlistings.com which is the online version of a local SL classifieds paper.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:46:25 +0000

My wife used to live in a complex called “Cambridge Courts” or something like that and really enjoyed it. It was pretty spacious and reasonably cheap. It was at about 1300 N and Redwood.

Also, you could try to get a student in SLC to check the UofU institute where they post roomate vacancies.

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:21:37 +0000

I thought of suggesting the lower avenues, too, because of the walking distance thing. It’s where I live. But when I called around to a few people I know who have vacancies in their buildings, the cheapest thing I could find was a basement for $500. I didn’t think that qualified as “student cheap.”

By: english

english — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:01:00 +0000

THE LOWER AVENUES. LDSBC used to be there itself but I think they’ve moved to a new location. all the same, the area is closer than any of the areas mentioned. it’s generally inexpensive, within walking & biking distance to everything downtown, and near stops for several buslines.

the nicest thing is that the lower avenues area is a great neighborhood community. I lived there for several years and found the wards to be wonderful, diverse and basically free of the “Melrose Church” rat-race mentality. there are a lot of rentals to choose from and the people are pretty friendly and varied. there’s a lot I miss about the place; I could go on…

By: a random John

a random John — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:54:58 +0000

The problem is that unless you are moving to the southern part of North Salt Lake the commute is going to put you on the freeway and I-15 is a mess every single afternoon going north to Davis county.

Note that commuter rail is about to start running in a month of two and it will run all the way to the north end of Weber county. That might make anyplace near the commuter rail an attractive option. Trax is another option, but my experience is that Trax is really fast until about 21st South, and then it takes forever to get downtown from there.

By: jjohnsen

jjohnsen — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:40:35 +0000

As Mark D. says, she wants to head North. The further north you go, the cheaper it gets.

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:38:09 +0000

The southern part of Davis County (Bountiful, Woods Cross, North Salt Lake) is a nice area where rents are generally less than in Salt Lake County. Fifteen minute drive under non-rush hour conditions.