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Ogden has landed spot among best U.S. cities

Hooray for O-town!

Ogden is the armpit of Utah. Give me a break!

If Ogden is Utah's armpit then what is Magna?

About 8 months ago, and their were prostitues and gang-bangers littering the streets. This was right in downtown in front of the LDS temple that is there. Best place to live? Not when that kind of element is allowed to thrive! As for Washington D.C. it has one of the highest welfare and crime rates in the nation...now how could that be a great place to live? Unless you were a gang-bangin' welfare recipient loser. Who decides these things anyway?

I am still a little worried for his safety, but not as much as when he visits his mom!

Where do you live? Have you ever lived in Ogden?

I drove through Ogden...you are an idiot. Have you ever been to Washington DC? It is a great city to visit and live with much to see and learn. Ogden is also improving and making strides. Your comment about "gang-bangin' welfare recipient loser" is only a reflection on your lack of intelligence.

I too drove through Ogden recently and was confronted with lots of "shady" looking unemployed young adults, for lack of a better term. Guys with tattoos on their heads, arms, necks, anyplace visible. It was pretty scary, and I'm from DC. Now, you don't know what you're talking about with DC. Crime rates are down drastically in the last 15 years, the city is clean, booming, and there is a tremendous amount of vibrancy. But Ogden, I think not.

My armpit don't stink at all! Maybe Ogden IS the armpit of Utah.

I'm not from Utah so I'm really not that closed minded.

Is the article referring to the opportunities for adventure sport in Ogden or what the residents, council and government are doing to turn the city around in general...or both? Whatever the reason, one needs to be careful about such statistics or ratings. Many are exaggerated or even invented in order to help meet hidden agendas. The article also mentions Washington D.C! How can one of the murder capitals of the U.S. have anything desirable about it?

From Mt Olympus Cove/Park City, to Rose Park, Sandy Midvale, Kaysville, Layton to Now Ogden. I will never leave Ogden. It's a great place to live.

I was the victim of crime more in Mt. Olympus and Midvale then any other city. Go figure.

I'm sorry, but The Junction is horribly ugly, especially at night when they light up everything. It doesn't mesh with the charm of the original downtown buildings. It probably has helped to improve the safety of the area, though.

I live in Ogden (after living in San Diego, Salt Lake and Bountiful). My lifestyle here is GREAT. I live on a quiet, tree-lined street. Within walking distance of my my house I can hike, trail run, mountain bike, snowshoe, rock climb, ice climb, golf, play tennis, swim in a city pool and access the University. I can easily ride FrontRunner, commute to work by bicycle, and use the river trails. We now have a charming downtown area and in 30 minutes I can be at Snow Basin. It is also unbelivably affordable. Go Ogden!

If this can be said about Ogden, the story about Moses parting the red sea is begining to seem more believable.

My time in Ogden would take me back about 40 years. That is where my then wife was living when I returned from Southeast Asia. She was working for the IRS. We moved to Tacoma Wa,. Then to Fort Lewis Housing. Then the Baby was Born and shortly there after she went home to Logan, have not heard from her much since. I liked Ogden, I liked Logan Also, I like Utah but its to Cold. Ii never was the Mormons either before or after conversation. They where mostly always nice people, kept any issues they had to themselves, played the love and respect card. Its just Cold. Cache Valley is one of the Loveliest places on the Planet. I will believe the Hookers and Gang Bangers in front of the Temple when I see it. Or maybe your Version of a Gang Banger and mine are different. I don't know the people in Ogden but I know from where they come, and they would not allow that, at least not for very long. Denial may be a deep river in Egypt, but you are not going to mess with their ground or anywhere near it. Without getting a reaction.

Just today, MSN.com is reporting Ogden as a city where it is better to rent then buy a house.... yep, what a great city.....

I can't stand even going in to the big "O", the dog food smell is horrible! I can't believe that nothing has been done about that.

Last time I was in Ogden, I had the unfortunate experience of having to go to 21st and Madison. I saw several drug deals go down and several "working women". It reminded me of downtown Compton. I was disgusted.

I recently spent about 6 months looking for a home in north Davis and central Weber counties.

I quickly learned that Ogden was absolutely NOT where I wanted to settle my family. Lots of crime, lots of unemployed types wandering about, gangs... When I got to my new Reserve unit, many of the other Soldiers were cops or corrections officers who spoke of Ogden having some of the highest and worst crime in northern Utah.

My wife and I ultimately found a nice older home in Sunset, south and west of Ogden. Since living there, it seems to be South Ogden and North Ogden are worthwhile, but when I ride the buses through ogden proper... Yeesh. 612 is a roughneck route and it's fascinating to have lived in Tacoma for a few years, then ride the busses through Ogden, and hear the same conversation, "Hey man, how long you been out? I just got out! Yeah, dope. They got me. Wasn't the first time. So-and-so is in now. I saw him last week. How is your sister? She broke parole, right?"

Charming, it is not.

And I couldn't disagree more with the article.

This is nothing but slacker journalism. You report (likely from a press release) Outside magazine saying Ogden has undergone a "metamorphosis into an adventure-sports capital" but you don't back it up. You mention D.C., but all you tell us about Ogden is that it has "two kayak parks...and the Junction features a climbing wall, vertical wind tunnel and a standing surf wave."

This is the metamorphosis? Sounds like Cabela's or REI put up shop. An outdoor shopping center? Wow. Never seen that before. By the way, there are urban kayak parks all over the country. And did you know that they have standing surf waves on cruise ships now? I hardly charge that that industry is competing with "adventure-sports capitals" across the globe.

Sorry, it'll take more than a plein air mall and a few urban bike trails for O-Town to become an "adventure-sports capital."

Try these cities first: San Diego, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Portland, Burlington, Olympia, Madison, Boulder, Coeur d'Alene, Hilton Head/Beaufort, Hot Springs or Easton.

Good luck with that metamorphosis, Mayor Godfrey. Maybe you can still get your advertising money back from Outside because of the false claim.