Sion I am gonna ruin this for everyone and do you a favor:
He was saying Utah is a shitty state for Halo along with Montana and Wyoming. When he said "up there" he was being sarcastic.
Yes you made (I guess) a decent argument as to why you would expect Utah to be a shitty state and that was exactly ozzy's point so when you are arguing for the side of sarcasm, it is true: you are retarded.