Riverdale, Utah

Life in Riverdale, Utah, explained by people who’ve lived in Riverdale:

*Response format = Answer (Your name, How long you’ve lived in Riverdale)

Riverdale Favorites

What’s your favorite thing about living in Riverdale?

I love the area. We’re close enough to the freeway and shopping, but still tucked away from all the commotion of the main street. (Nicole, 1 year)
Great little town (city). I wish it wasn’t called Ogden by the post office! (Marcy, 2 years)
Being close to everything. (Kellie, 4 years)
Community feeling. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Quiet, nice, friendly neighbors. (Amy, 10 years)
It is close to everything, yet set apart so we don’t feel like we live in a big city. Plus the parade comes right in front of my house on July 4th! (Becky, 10 years)
The small town community feeling within a bigger town. (Heather, 13 years)
Community. (Jamie, 15 years)
The community, the Riverdale PD. (Nancy, 22 years)

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

I don’t like the schools in our boundaries. (Nicole, 1 year)
The post office calls it Ogden. (Marcy, 2 years)
Riverdale road during the holidays. Living next to people that have chickens. (Kellie, 4 years)
Traffic. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Riverdale Rd. (Debbie, 8 years)
Traffic. (Amy, 10 years)
Lately, hearing about all the break ins of cars and homes. (Becky, 10 years)
Nothing I dislike, but I guess I’d say the sound of the trains. (Heather, 13 years)
Riverdale Road and the traffic it brings. (Jamie, 15 years)
The how many dogs you can have law. (Nancy, 22 years)

What are fun things to do in Riverdale?

My kids love the park and splash pad. We love to go walk on the parkway. (Nicole, 1 year)
Weber river trail, shopping, eating. (Marcy, 2 years)
I don’t know of any. (Kellie, 4 years)
Park, community celebration, bike path. (Anonymous, 8 years)
The parks, dining out. (Debbie, 8 years)
Parks. (Amy, 10 years)
4th of July all day activities, Riverdale park and splash pad, great restaurants. (Becky, 10 years)
Visit the river, 4th of July festivities, community events. (Heather, 13 years)
Glory days, visit with friends, shop. (Jamie, 15 years)
The splash pad, the park, the walking trails, kayaking, tubing down the Weber River, riverside golf course, drive inn movie. (Nancy, 22 years)

What’s Riverdale known for?

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

I would say Riverdale is safe. Every city has crime. I think we’re on the safer end of the spectrum. (Nicole, 1 year)
Don’t know. (Marcy, 2 years)
Pretty high. I think most of it is teenager related. We need something constructive for them to do. (Kellie, 4 years)
High theft and drug-related crime around lower income areas. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Crime has spiked for break-ins and cars. (Debbie, 8 years)
Good. (Amy, 10 years)
I haven’t had a problem, but have read a lot on the Facebook page about it. (Becky, 10 years)
Relatively low compared to other cities. We have never had a problem in 13 years. (Heather, 13 years)
It seems to be rising. (Jamie, 15 years)
Low (kids mostly). (Nancy, 22 years)

Any advice for people moving to Riverdale?

Watch for the flood zone. Insurance is high. (Nicole, 1 year)
Explore! (Marcy, 2 years)
Please know there are not a lot of activities for children. (Kellie, 4 years)
Get involved. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Come to the community events and get to know your neighbors! (Heather, 13 years)
Join the FB page, lots of community information there. (Jamie, 15 years)
Introduce yourself, get to know your community. (Nancy, 22 years)

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

Halloween is my favorite! Everyone is outside, running around having fun! (Nicole, 1 year)
I grew up in the country. It amazes me how many rodents (rats) and snakes we have living amongst us. (Kellie, 4 years)
4th of July celebration is great. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Floating the river with the kids, playing at the park. (Jamie, 15 years)
All of my kids were raised in Riverdale! I love this city! (Nancy, 22 years)

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

I don’t think it will change much. (Nicole, 1 year)
Probably far too many people. (Marcy, 2 years)
I hope they will bring in some family entertainment of some sort instead of more big box and car dealerships. (Kellie, 4 years)
High density housing. (Anonymous, 8 years)
I think it will be busy. (Debbie, 8 years)
I think it will pretty much stay the same. (Becky, 10 years)
It’s hard to anticipate much change since there is very little land left to build on. (Heather, 13 years)
Possibly more of Ogden’s troubles will leak into our community. (Jamie, 15 years)
More shopping areas. (Nancy, 22 years)

Any other interesting facts about Riverdale?

Great little place with everything you could want and so pretty. (Marcy, 2 years)
Just how much it’s changed. I grew up here and Riverdale rd was almost vacant then. (Heather, 13 years)