bountiful is good, or even north SLC, or any of the subarbs before the point of the mountain....Sandy, Murray, South Jordan,.....like someone said before, the roads are on an easy grid system, and it's not too hard to get around. If you want to live in the mountains, you'll have to pay more....some people commute from park city or midway (i think that's what it's called). The housing prices are pretty high. Heber is a small town, but it's closer to Provo than SLC - but the prices are more resonable.
It's one of the few areas where you truly have 4 seasons. The winter is great for skiing - dry, light powder - I remember the last time I skied there, there was 4 feet of light powder...
, Summers you have hiking, boating...etc..., Fall and spring are beautiful. The mountains are only a few minutes out of town, and there are a lot of backroads to explore. You can make vegas in about 5 hours from SLC, Denver's not too far away...and Moab is around 2 hours....If you're interested in trying out polygamy, you'd probably want to move to southern utah, near the arizona border...that's where most of them hang out from what I hear.
Lastly.... a lot of beautiful women and a lot of silicon....
