SLC is going through the same transformation as every other mid sized city West of the Mississippi,. West coasters moving into town and changing it to match the place they came from... Dilution of the local ideals. I watched Denver go through the slow death and West coast rebirth, SLC, Reno, Austin, Albuquerque, Jackson hole, Lincoln. Anywhere people who have equity in a west coast home can move and benefit from a more friendly housing climate and easy going locals who will let them get into politics and change the place to match the cesspool they came from. And Goldman-Sachs has two offices in Salt lake, a large building downtown and another on campus at the University of Utah. Very few locals work at either.
Florida got that way back. South Florida is a politically northeastern area with Democrat politics and NYC accents.
In the west and in New Hampshire the root is a little different though the results are the same. People flee Massachusets and California to get away from the crime and high and higher taxes and the microregulation. Then when they are settled in their new home for a while Mrs. Transplant says to Mr. at the breakfast table over coffee, “Honey, this place is almost perfect, it just needs a few more services.”
SLC is going through the same transformation as every other mid sized city West of the Mississippi,.
Why is SLC #1 on the list?
==========
“Salt Lake City named America’s ‘gayest’ burg”
...
Ignoring such obvious spots as New York and San Francisco, national LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate has named its top 10 “gayest” cities in America.
1 • Salt Lake City
2 • Orlando, Fla.
3 • Cambridge, Mass.
4 • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
5 • Seattle
6 • Ann Arbor, Mich.
7 • St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.
8 • Knoxville, Tenn.
9 • Atlanta
10 • Grand Rapids, Mich.
http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/news/53263384-78/lake-salt-lgbt-utah.html.csp