This is another strange one. Utah has managed to get the cost of its 'other' essential expenses down almost as far as Texas has. It will cost you close to $20,000 to procure dwellings and food to eat in Utah, but it still places less than $70,000 of strain on your bank account in total. That's good economics, and a low price to pay to be within touching distance of all those utterly mystifying canyons and national parks.
It's not the canyons that Utah natives are most proud of when it comes to natural elements though - it's snow! They claim to have the best snow in the world, pointing to the fact that it falls with the perfect balance of 'fluffiness' and wetness. There's a lot of it too - on average, it will snow here 18 times per year. Artists and independent filmmakers flock to the state every year to take part in the Sundance Film Festival.