You're either lying or delusional. I grew up in Salt Lake City for 18 years. I've lived in Texas for 6 years since then. Salt Lake City seems nice on the surface, but overall it is a close-minded, suffocating place that pushes people who think differently into an underground subculture where trouble often follows them. The city has a property and violent crime rate on par with places like Baltimore and is one of the meth capitals of the world. Many non-mormons are pre-destined as outcasts and criminals from birth for having the wrong faith and are treated accordingly.
Anyways, cities in Texas that I'd rather live in than Salt Lake:
1. Austin
2. Georgetown
3. Richardson
4. Denton
5. New Braunfels
6. Schertz
7. San Marcos
8. Selma
9. Boerne
10. Canyon Lake
11. Mansfield
12. Round Rock
13. Sugarland
14. Carrollton
15. Frisco
16. Allen
17. League City
18. Plano
19. The Woodlands
20. Pearland
San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Dallas are toss-ups. Hell no to Houston.