Well. It is complicated here in Utah. Yes, Mormons (who run the joint) are conservative, but are globalists and minders (generally speaking. Very generally). Mitt Romney is a rich Mormon who most conservatives hate. Do the Mormon leaders? I dunno. We also have the issue of MANY new people coming to our state from CA and CO (mostly, as far as I can tell) who fled their state for a variety of reasons, but instead of embracing conservatism (because the proof is in the puddin), they write love letters to Romney and vow to register as R's and vote for the down lo lib running as a R. At least that is the state of affairs in my area of Utah. Salt Lake City is Liberalville. Also known as a hell hole.
We were just last week going through Utah on a national parks trip, which was super enjoyable. Stopped one night in Provo on the way home, because I always wanted to see that City and BYU, etc. Enjoyed it. We ate at a popular burger joint near BYU and I was amazed at how sane and happy looking the teens and college age people looked who had crammed into the place.
Your description of Mormons also explains why our financial advisor, who happens to be mormon, didn't react negatively when I mentioned the w e f. I thought that was strange. Now I guess it makes sense. 😒
I really like living in my area of Utah. People are nice, it is clean and well planned out with lots of parks (national, state, local) and plenty of things to do if you are an outdoors person and enjoy athletic pursuits. Tons of things for families. It is very family oriented. A non Mormon teen might find it difficult I suspect. They get serious about dating (since marriage minded) and if you are not a Mormon, you are not an option. Generally speaking ; ). Masking did not last long here in the general public, but most everyone jabbed. Because... the church is globalist and they decreed jab. Not all of them. I know some awesome rogues. If you are at all considering Utah as a place to live, try a trip thru S. Utah. We could use some more conservative minded ppl.
That's where we were--southeast Utah (Moab, etc) for the National Parks all clustered down there (Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, etc). We have always enjoyed our travels thru Utah, though we were amazed being there the last week of March how incredibly changeable the weather was! Got caught in a whiteout blizzard in Canyonlands that was over in a couple hours and we were hiking there with all the views, etc. soon after! Oops, just noticed that b/c I'm using a family member's computer that the handle/name is not mine, but this is Monterey on someone else's computer/account. :-)
I love Moab. We bike and side by side up there a lot. They have had nuts weather there this year. All of Utah has. And the wind! A couple times this season I got the bajeez scared out of me with the wind and rain and me being in the very wrong place. You should check out some flash flood videos from summer of 22 canyonlands and Moab. Whew.
Is Mitt in his last, and only, term? I can't imagine Utah conservative sending him back to the Senate. What's the talk on the ground there about him?
Well. It is complicated here in Utah. Yes, Mormons (who run the joint) are conservative, but are globalists and minders (generally speaking. Very generally). Mitt Romney is a rich Mormon who most conservatives hate. Do the Mormon leaders? I dunno. We also have the issue of MANY new people coming to our state from CA and CO (mostly, as far as I can tell) who fled their state for a variety of reasons, but instead of embracing conservatism (because the proof is in the puddin), they write love letters to Romney and vow to register as R's and vote for the down lo lib running as a R. At least that is the state of affairs in my area of Utah. Salt Lake City is Liberalville. Also known as a hell hole.
Well that's unfortunate.
We were just last week going through Utah on a national parks trip, which was super enjoyable. Stopped one night in Provo on the way home, because I always wanted to see that City and BYU, etc. Enjoyed it. We ate at a popular burger joint near BYU and I was amazed at how sane and happy looking the teens and college age people looked who had crammed into the place.
Your description of Mormons also explains why our financial advisor, who happens to be mormon, didn't react negatively when I mentioned the w e f. I thought that was strange. Now I guess it makes sense. 😒
I really like living in my area of Utah. People are nice, it is clean and well planned out with lots of parks (national, state, local) and plenty of things to do if you are an outdoors person and enjoy athletic pursuits. Tons of things for families. It is very family oriented. A non Mormon teen might find it difficult I suspect. They get serious about dating (since marriage minded) and if you are not a Mormon, you are not an option. Generally speaking ; ). Masking did not last long here in the general public, but most everyone jabbed. Because... the church is globalist and they decreed jab. Not all of them. I know some awesome rogues. If you are at all considering Utah as a place to live, try a trip thru S. Utah. We could use some more conservative minded ppl.
That's where we were--southeast Utah (Moab, etc) for the National Parks all clustered down there (Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, etc). We have always enjoyed our travels thru Utah, though we were amazed being there the last week of March how incredibly changeable the weather was! Got caught in a whiteout blizzard in Canyonlands that was over in a couple hours and we were hiking there with all the views, etc. soon after! Oops, just noticed that b/c I'm using a family member's computer that the handle/name is not mine, but this is Monterey on someone else's computer/account. :-)
I love Moab. We bike and side by side up there a lot. They have had nuts weather there this year. All of Utah has. And the wind! A couple times this season I got the bajeez scared out of me with the wind and rain and me being in the very wrong place. You should check out some flash flood videos from summer of 22 canyonlands and Moab. Whew.