Since the beginning of time, there has been one thing that Fubar complains about more than anything else. Utah.
Now having lived in Utah for most of his life, he doesn't seem like an expert on travel. This leads me to believe what we may be witnessing is a classic example of "raging against the machine".
Most people here have probably never been to Utah, and their only opinions of the place are based around fubar's complaing. Rather than offer specific reasons as to why, most often we hear the simple phrase "Utah sucks". It should be noted Fubar even moved back there on his own free will after being in Colorado for a year, hinting that it may be better than at least one state.
Having not traveled beyond the east coast myself, I can't say for sure. However, I did hire a team of japanese scientists to tackle such a task. After 5 years of extensive research and $6 million dollars of budget overruns, they produced this highly scientific map.
As you can see while Utah isn't the best state, it's far from the worst. There's hope for you yet Fubar, maybe you don't live in such a bad place afterall.