Utah has been the #1 or #2 economy in the country for years and we never really had a manufacturing base, so it is really set apart from any other state.
They cannot understand the job losses in other states.
I’ve been to Utah on several occasions in the past and I really liked it. Nothing at all like the third world hellholes the rest of the country is turning into.
You could drive around Salt Lake City for weeks and never see a Hijab waiting at the bus stop.
They just don’t get it, yet.