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weekend open thread — June 22-23, 2024 — Ask a Supervisor


That is the 120 mile lengthy stretch of land that by no means will get wider than 18 miles and that’s comprised of contiguous cities and cities beginning with town of Santaquin in central Utah and operating up by way of the cities of Spanish Fork, Provo, Salt Lake Metropolis, Ogden and up by way of Logan in northern Utah. (Some folks say it is just the 80 mile lengthy stretch that begins with Provo and that runs as much as Ogden.) It’s extra like what I imagined Denver to be than what Denver truly is.

Love the sturdy financial system and availability of fine jobs. That is the primary place the place I ever actually skilled any type of steady skilled success. Within the final 5 years I’ve made the step up from decrease center class to solidly center class and my revenue has tripled! (I picked up some pointers from AAM which helped with that, too.) Nonetheless not higher higher middle-class, although. I really feel that, if one thing occurred and I misplaced my present job, I may pretty simply get one other good job right here. The price of residing will not be nice, however I like that it’s nonetheless decrease than, say, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle and the roles are likely to pay higher than Denver. It contributes to having a really respectable high quality of life.

What I dislike is the unlucky and disproportionate affect of the “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” in addition to the conservative politics of the state, although each usually are not as influential as they as soon as had been. (The candy, aged grandmother who lives subsequent door makes me Christmas cookies and brings me greens from her backyard in the summertime, however she’s, um, a horrible racist and homophobe.) I’ve been capable of finding my tribe of extra open-minded, various and progressive folks among the many native populace, so residing right here is bearable.

Additionally dislike the poor air high quality. (I didn’t have bronchial asthma till I moved right here and I beforehand lived in Los Angeles and Denver amongst different locations.) Associated to that’s that issues listed here are actually unfold out, you just about should drive all over the place, the streets and highways are inefficient, poorly deliberate and poorly laid-out. Public transportation is awful. Nonetheless, the site visitors isn’t as dangerous as Los Angeles.

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