[Utah Girl]

Pfttt. Perhaps the NY Times would have all of us who prefer a quiet lifestyle go move to an Amish village (Rocky Anderson's suggestion the other day.) And the NY Times smacks all of religious conservatives through this piece, not just LDS conservatives.

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.

[Utah Girl]

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[Technocrat]

The only thing that is going to change around here is diapers. And Rocky Anderson. Must get rid of him. Apart from that, this place rules and anybody who messes with it is my political enemy.

[Hawkeye's Girl]

downtown streets here, normally deserted after 6 p.m.

Man. Well, I wouldn't want to live there apparently, but you guys have fun :)

[Wright is right!]

UG, I wonder if you might know the name of a SLC establishment that has temporarily slipped my mind. It's a Mexican restaurant south of downtown which is not only huge, features Tex-Mex, but also has a big aquatic show every night all during din-din. Donny Osmond featured it as a "must" during a whirl around the state that aired on the Travel Channel.

Seems like it starts with an "M".

Michael

[LenS]

It's a pity that Utah (with it's 85.3% non-Hispanic white population)isn't as diverse as socialist Vermont (96.2%) or liberal Maine (96.5%) or Byrd's West Virginia (94.6%) or Dashchle's South Dakota (88.0%) or liberal Wisconsin (87.3%) or Wellstone's Minnesota (88.2%). Oops, how can those caring diverse states be less diverse than repressive Utah?

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%.

[Dog Gone]

The whole premise of the article is stupid. Why would a two-week event change any city or state? It was a very expensive advertisement for the place that the city orchestrated, and they used it to justify a bunch of government projects like light rail, etc.

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.

[Grig]

What an arrogant jerk.

[lady lawyer]

As a Mormon living in Utah, this article just reminds me that liberals, in their own way, are even more parochial than they accuse us of being. They just assume everyone should be like them. There is no other valid point of view.

[Logophile]

. . . a state known widely for its staggering conservatism and homogeneity, owing to the influence of the church.

One might suspect the author of harboring a bias against conservatism.