Life in Fruit Heights, Utah, explained by people who’ve lived in Fruit Heights:
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Fruit Heights Favorites
What’s your favorite thing about living in Fruit Heights?
- Location. (Anonymous, 1.5 years)
- Wonderful community. (Saria, 6 years)
- I love the small town feel we have. (Maura, 15 years)
- People. (Samantha, 15 years)
- Close to work. (Jeff, 20 years)
- The view. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Small town life. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Oak and surrounding trees. (Joy, 29 years)
- People and easy access to Interstate 15, highway 89. (Kathy, 34 years)
- Being in the foothills of the mountains. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights Least Favorites
What’s your least favorite thing about living in Fruit Heights?
- US 89. (Anonymous, 1.5 years)
- All the new development. (Maura, 15 years)
- We have a Kaysville zip code. (Samantha, 15 years)
- City government and lack of proper long term budgeting. (Jeff, 20 years)
- The highway.(Lisa, 23 years)
- Split by highway/freeway. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Local government looks for ways to spend money. (Joy, 29 years)
- Problems with 89 and it’s affects on citizens of Fruit Heights and previous lack of representation from all areas of Fruit Heights. (Kathy, 34 years)
- No yard waste pickup. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights Things To Do
What are fun things to do in Fruit Heights?
- Hike trails, cherry hill. (Saria, 6 years)
- Hike, go to parks, visit the rock loft R.I.P. (Maura, 15 years)
- Take walks, the hollow, Castle Heights Park, Cherry Hill, attend church. (Samantha, 15 years)
- Nichols Park, the shooting range. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Golf, hike, Cherry Hill. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Hike, bike, walk, friends. (Joy, 29 years)
- Walk, hike, Cherry Hill. (Kathy, 34 years)
- Buy fresh fruit. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights’s Reputation
What’s Fruit Heights known for?
- Small town. (Anonymous, 1.5 years)
- City of good neighbors. (Saria, 6 years)
- Fruit orchards. (Maura, 15 years)
- Good neighbors. (Samantha, 15 years)
- Snobby rich people. (Jeff, 20 years)
- Fruit trees. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Cherries. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Fruit. (Joy, 29 years)
- Good neighbors (of course). (Kathy, 34 years)
- Nice people. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights Crime
What’s the crime like in Fruit Heights? (hot spot areas, etc.)
- Low. (Anonymous, 1.5 years)
- Very little crime. (Saria, 6 years)
- Basically non-existent. It’s a very close knit community.(Maura, 15 years)
- As far as I know, quite low. (Samantha, 15 years)
- Low crime – but people need to make sure to not give criminals opportunities by leaving doors unlocked and garage doors open. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Very low. (Kurt, 28 years)
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If you lock up, it is safe! (Joy, 29 years)
- Thankfully much less with the removal of the Motel. (Kathy, 34 years)
- My sister’s cash register was stolen at the rock loft, it really hurt her business. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights Advice
Any advice for people moving to Fruit Heights?
- Research UDOT’s US 89 plans. (Anonymous, 1.5 years)
- Find your forever home, you won’t want to leave. (Maura, 15 years)
- Your taxes will go up. (Jeff, 20 years)
- Low crime – but people need to make sure to not give criminals opportunities by leaving doors unlocked and garage doors open. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Get to know your neighbors, they will become your best friends. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Avoid new construction on highway 89. (Joy, 29 years)
- Good place to live. (Kathy, 34 years)
- We have a little bit of a raccoon problem. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights Stories
Share an experience you’ve had in Fruit Heights (fun, crazy, dangerous, etc.).
- I’m worried it will get the freeway expansion and become too big to still have the small town feel. (Maura, 15 years)
- Community rally after huge wind storm. (Jeff, 20 years)
- I love our neighbors. Fruit Heights truly is “The City of Good Neighbors “. I love the Neighborhood Emergency Response plan that is in place. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Growing up at Davis Golf Course. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Good friends. (Joy, 29 years)
Fruit Heights’s Future
How do you think Fruit Heights will change over the next 10 years?
- Annex into Kaysville due to financial instability. (Jeff, 20 years)
- Highway will become a Freeway. More residential growth. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Hopefully not bigger, too often I hear politicians look for ways to get bigger to bring in more money. Leave it alone, that is why we moved here. (Kurt, 28 years)
- Highway 89- noise and access to rural space. (Joy, 29 years)
- Hopefully not much change. (Sharon, 51 years)
Fruit Heights Facts
Any other interesting facts about Fruit Heights?
- Great Pioneer history in Fruit Heights. My husbands family started the first brickyard in Davis County in Fruit Heights. (Lisa, 23 years)
- Home to so many great people, I call them neighbors. (Kurt, 28 years)
- People with money don’t flaunt it. (Joy, 29 years)