Farmington, Utah

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Farmington Favorites

What’s your favorite thing about living in Farmington?

Station Park Fountain. (Catherine, 1 year)
Kind people. (Jodie, 4 years)
It’s safe. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Beautiful, location, shopping. (Bonnie, 5 years)
The people. Everyone seems to have a vision of “improvement, loyalty, honesty” in multiple aspects. (Jill, 5 years)
Being able to go on hikes whenever. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Tradition. (Ryan, 8 years)
Main street trees. (Ann, 16 years)
It’s a quiet, suburban neighborhood, but more established. (Anonymous, 19 years)
The historic buildings/charm of old downtown. (Alysa, 20 years)
Small town feel. (Anonymous, 35 years)
The small home town feel (used to). (Bonnie, 40+ years)
The small-town feel. (Scott, 45 years)
The wonderful people that live here. (Pam, All my life- 76 years)

Farmington Least Favorites

What’s your least favorite thing about living in Farmington?

It’s no city. Too secluded. Not much to do here. (Catherine, 1 year)
Getting way too big and busy. (Jodie, 4 years)
That’s it’s growing bigger. (Amber, 4.5 years)
No diversity, soon will have another freeway. (Bonnie, 5 years)
Construction delays. (Jill, 5 years)
All the construction sometimes. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Non-sustainable development. (Ryan, 8 years)
The over building of the city. (Ann, 16 years)
Distance from Salt Lake. (Anonymous, 19 years)
Developers’ wants taking precedence over residents’ wants. (Alysa, 20 years)
Growth. (Anonymous, 35 years)
It is expanding and growing WAY too fast!! (Bonnie, 40+ years)
The winds. (Scott, 45 years)
It’s getting too crowded. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington Things To Do

What are fun things to do in Farmington?

Not much. (Catherine, 1 year)
Lagoon, station park. (Jodie, 4 years)
Hiking, ride your bike around town, Lagoon, play with my friends (yes, adults have friends, too). (Amber, 4.5 years)
Hike, trails, pool, station park, Lagoon. (Bonnie, 5 years)
Running, hiking, biking, shopping, dining. (Jill, 5 years)
Go on hikes and watching wildlife. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Lagoon trail, flag rock, Lagoon. (Ryan, 8 years)
Flag rock, Farmington pond. (Ann, 16 years)
Station park, hikes. (Anonymous, 19 years)
Bike, hike, fish, walk the trails, hang out at Station Park. (Alysa, 20 years)
Hike, visit parks, shop. (Anonymous, 35 years)
Hiking, parks, Farmington pond or Farmington canyon, station park. (Bonnie, 40+ years)
Lagoon, hiking, Festival Days, It’s beautiful in winter. (Scott, 45 years)
Hike in the beautiful mountains, walk with friends, play sports with family and friends. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington’s Reputation

What’s Farmington known for?

The Lagoon and Station Park. (Catherine, 1 year)
Lagoon. (Jodie, 4 years)
Great town to live in. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Station Park, Lagoon. (Bonnie, 5 years)
Quality. (Jill, 5 years)
All the trees. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Lagoon, LDS primary program. (Ryan, 8 years)
Nice homes, lagoon. (Anonymous, 19 years)
Historic rock buildings. (Alysa, 20 years)
Lagoon. (Anonymous, 35 years)
Lagoon, parks, canyon, country, fruit and vegetables. (Bonnie, 40+ years)
First Primary was organized her. (Scott, 45 years)
Friendly residents. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington Crime

What’s the crime like in Farmington? (hot spot areas, etc.)

Unknown. You don’t see much of any of that. Nobody really lives in Farmington. It’s a small population, so crime rate is low. (Catherine, 1 year)
Pretty low. (Jodie, 4 years)
I’ve only heard of one crime my entire time living there and even four years after. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Some theft in nicer neighborhoods. (Bonnie, 5 years)
Very minimum. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Low. (Ryan, 8 years)
Not a lot. (Ann, 16 years)
Non-existent. (Anonymous, 19 years)
Pretty low, burglaries mainly. (Alysa, 20 years)
Growing. (Anonymous, 35 years)
Crime is everywhere. It was used to think that it’s Farmington so it’s safe and nothing happens. Not so, and getting worse as more is packed into Farmington. (Bonnie, 40+ years)
Don’t know for certain. I’m sure some areas are bad, but don’t know. (Scott, 45 years)
It’s been a nice safe community to live in for years. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington Advice

Any advice for people moving to Farmington?

I always tell everybody, not to move here. That is very boring here. (Catherine, 1 year)
Don’t! Haha! It’s growing too big! But I’d also say pick your spot well because if all of the development and also that they’ll love it. (Jodie, 4 years)
You’ll love it. Your neighbors will be the best, ever. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Do it. (Jill, 5 years)
Be open to all different things!! (Sydnee, 6 years)
Be kind. (Ryan, 8 years)
Don’t. So move to Centerville. You will save money on a house. (Ann, 16 years)
Don’t live on the west side, because it’s full of bugs and swamps. (Anonymous, 19 years)
Housing is expensive, but it is a great location between Salt Lake and Ogden. (Anonymous, 35 years)
It can be a little “click-ish”. (Scott, 45 years)
I wish we didn’t have to have more people – my advice is to love it. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington Stories

Share an experience you’ve had in Farmington (fun, crazy, dangerous, etc.).

Walked Station Park about a thousand times in at 1 year. Not much as here. (Catherine, 1 year)
The hurricane speed wind storms were the best thing to happen because it proved how strong our community in Farmington is. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Getting lost in the mountains with all my friends. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Love festival days in July. (Ryan, 8 years)
Farmington festival days when I was a kid. (Anonymous, 19 years)
Watching the community come together during the flooding and mudslides of 1983. (Scott, 45 years)
I’ve had many wonderful experiences, playing sports, raising a family, being active in church and community. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington’s Future

How do you think Farmington will change over the next 10 years?

It’s expanding. (Catherine, 1 year)
It’ll look like Draper. (Jodie, 4 years)
It’s going to get bigger, the shopping center and new high school will encourage more growth. I hope it doesn’t get too big/busy. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Lots more growth, no more empty spaces. (Bonnie, 5 years)
It will get more busy. (Sydnee, 6 years)
More commercial. (Ryan, 8 years)
Over crowded. Starting to look run down. (Ann, 16 years)
I think there will be more and more homes as the lake dries up. More homes ruining the beautiful mountain hillside 😞. (Anonymous, 19 years)
More people and houses. (Anonymous, 35 years)
Growth. Too big. Too fast. No “farm” in Farmington. It’s like the government can’t pack it in fast enough! I hope it all does not implode on itself. (Bonnie, 40+ years)
More people, more congestion. (Scott, 45 years)
It will become more commercialized, more business, more apartments. (Pam, 76 years)

Farmington Facts

Any other interesting facts about Farmington?

Unknown. (Catherine, 1 year)
Farmington has a little “cave” above Farmington Pond. (Amber, 4.5 years)
Too many to name. (Sydnee, 6 years)
Primary memorial chapel. (Anonymous, 19 years)
It was originally called North Cottonwood. (Scott, 45 years)
Eight generations of my family have lived here. It has been a great place to raise a family, wish it could keep the small town flavor we have enjoyed for so many years. (Pam, 76 years)