If a state is predominantly conservative, why then of course, we must be sociologically backwards. And of course, as a result we fear any change. Well, we fear change that brings the problems that the big cities such as NYC has. We're not going to compromise our principles just so that the NY Times loves us.
And I take it as high praise indeed, that the only chic and diverse people live in SLC. The rest of us Utahns are redneck hicks...And the Nordstrom store is a test site for shoes for all Nordstroms, so the shoes were probably going back anyway. Yup, Nordstroms makes us wear clunky, unfashinable shoes...
And I have to laugh. The leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints suggested in 1997 that the members need to be politically diverse, that some of us should be Democrats. Right after their comments, the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, and hmmm, nothing has been said since. Utah has a proud history of having many Democrats in office, it is the Democrat party that has moved, not Utah.
And this crack New York Times reporter failed to recognize the building in the photo with the ice skater on it is the Church Office Building, which is owned by...the LDS church.
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Man. Well, I wouldn't want to live there apparently, but you guys have fun :)
Seems like it starts with an "M".
Michael
Well, maybe someday it can be as diverse as progressive Oregon (83.5%). But of course, those conservative Mormons will never be as diverse as Kennedy's Massachusetts (81.9%) or Rhode Island (81.9%). That 3.4% difference is just too vast.
Worse, Gore's Tennessee (79.2%)and hip Washington (78.9%) are beyond reach with their overwhelming 6.1% and 6.4% leads. How do the people in Utah live in such a terrible close-minded world?
By the way, the US number is 69.1%.
But after everyone has left, what has really changed? How many St. Lake residents are ever going to try out the bobsled run or ski jump?
Nothing is going to change. It didn't change any previous city. Heck, if anything, it was bad luck for Sarajevo. They became ground central in a civil war.
St. Lake City isn't going to have any permanent change as a result of this. And that's a good thing, because the people there like it the way it is.
One might suspect the author of harboring a bias against conservatism.