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Provo least fun city in the nation?
KSL.com ^
| April 30, 2010
| Andrew Adams
Posted on 04/30/2010 9:21:35 AM PDT by Colofornian
PROVO -- There are fun things to do in Provo, right? Go to the movies. Go to the mall. Go out to dinner. Hike in Rock Canyon. Boat at Utah Lake.
One publication apparently decided there is nothing fun about Provo at all.
Portfolio.com rated the most fun and least fun cities. Provo was rated "least fun," lumped at the bottom with hot, dry places like Bakersfield and Modesto, Calif., and with cities with large water towers, like McAllen, Texas.
Provo Mayor John Curtis disputes the ranking.
"We'll show them what fun is," Curtis told KSL Newsradio Friday morning. "You won't wake up with a hangover and you'll still have your money in your wallet."
An explanation on the Portfolio website of how the rankings are compiled says the study's authors compiled federal statistics about businesses, and cities were graded on the volume and concentration of those businesses...
The authors then grouped the results into categories of fun - shopping, food and drink, culture, popular entertainment, gambling and high-impact and low-impact sports. The better scores apparently went to cities that rated better in a wide variety of categories.
Curtis is now trying to sway the authors that Provo really isn't that bad.
"We're all convinced in Provo that it's a great place to live and we also think it's fun," Curtis said. "Matter of fact, we're preparing an invitation to the authors of this study to come to Provo and have fun with us."
New York ranks as the most fun city in the survey.
(Excerpt) Read more at ksl.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: fun; inman; lds; mormon; provo; redzones
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To: dfwgator; Utah Binger
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posted on
04/30/2010 11:24:10 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Utah Binger
not even Utes???
How about Piautes?
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posted on
04/30/2010 11:25:55 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: colorcountry
All right you two!
Get a room!
23
posted on
04/30/2010 11:27:44 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
not even Utes???
"What did you say?"
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posted on
04/30/2010 11:27:46 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Elsie
Lamanites my brother.
Utes are football players that take great pleasure in coming to Provo. While there they quadruple the minority population temporarily.
If they take the census on those days it makes happy valley's numbers much better.
Now Orderville, that's another story.
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posted on
04/30/2010 11:36:22 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Mount Carmel Utah, 20 Miles North of Fredonia Arizona)
To: Elsie; Utah Binger
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:02:19 PM PDT
by
colorcountry
("Showing mercy to the wolves is showing cruelty to the sheep." - Unknown)
To: colorcountry; Elsie
In PROVO? They don't call it happy valley for nothing.
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:09:14 PM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Mount Carmel Utah, 20 Miles North of Fredonia Arizona)
To: All
I dunno somehow I am thinking Kevlar Vest Detroit is less fun but I guess that depends on your idea of fun.
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:10:41 PM PDT
by
riri
To: Colofornian
We used to go to Provo on a weekly basis. There hasn’t been much to do there since they closed the Woolworth’s store.
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:45:27 PM PDT
by
redhead
("If you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." --Ronald W. Reagan)
To: colorcountry
I used to live in St. George. Before that (LONG before that) I lived in Payson. The list on your profile is hilarious, but so true I’m still laughing out loud.
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:50:08 PM PDT
by
redhead
("If you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." --Ronald W. Reagan)
To: redhead; restornu
Resty once accused me of BEING you! Nice to meet you.
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:55:20 PM PDT
by
colorcountry
("Showing mercy to the wolves is showing cruelty to the sheep." - Unknown)
To: redhead; colorcountry
1. OH MY HECK!
2. Oh, fer ignernt...
3. We was feedin' that arnge carn to them harses out in the krell.
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posted on
04/30/2010 12:56:16 PM PDT
by
redhead
("If you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." --Ronald W. Reagan)
To: Elsie; colorcountry; reaganaut; greyfoxx39; Godzilla; Zakeet
I apologize for tempting folks to look at this picture. I just could not help it as I took my little Kabota to the top of the hill behind the property and was astounded at the view. Those who are not prone to any belief, just do not know the wonders of that great overwhelming thing that that higher power made for our enjoyment. Today one half hour ago.
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posted on
04/30/2010 4:08:30 PM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Mount Carmel Utah, 20 Miles North of Fredonia Arizona)
To: Utah Binger
Great picture...love the clouds and play of light/shadow on the mesas.
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posted on
04/30/2010 4:16:46 PM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(You have body and you have fat, your ratio 1 to 1, two bodies, your ratio 2 to 2. See?)
To: redhead
We used to go to Provo on a weekly basis. There hasn’t been much to do there since they closed the Woolworth’s store. You think that's bad...where I'm from they closed the Woolworth's AND the Penney's at the same time...and then there was NO place to buy material for homemade dresses and suchlike.
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posted on
04/30/2010 4:25:39 PM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(You have body and you have fat, your ratio 1 to 1, two bodies, your ratio 2 to 2. See?)
To: redhead
What does it say for me, a non-Utahn, that I can read that last sentence and make sins out of it?
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posted on
04/30/2010 4:26:52 PM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(You have body and you have fat, your ratio 1 to 1, two bodies, your ratio 2 to 2. See?)
To: redhead
There hasn’t been much to do there since they closed the Woolworth’s store. Woolworth's! You remember those. Careful Red, you are dating yourself.
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:18:18 PM PDT
by
Godzilla
(3-7-77)
To: Utah Binger
Though I’m a Montana boy, the geologist in me really likes the beauty of those mesas.
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:19:34 PM PDT
by
Godzilla
(3-7-77)
To: Godzilla
Yes, I’m sorry to have to say that I am right here below the cliffs.
I know the power of the view is true.
I,m sitting here right now. LOL
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posted on
04/30/2010 6:54:27 PM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Mount Carmel Utah, 20 Miles North of Fredonia Arizona)
To: Utah Binger
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posted on
04/30/2010 7:20:25 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Ex-mormon, now Christan - "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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