2007-08-20 05:12:27 · 9 answers · asked by Thursday 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't agree with some of the answers.
I just moved to Salt Lake City a year ago and I am not Mormon. I have had no problem getting jobs or meeting new people. I have gone to bars and raves, concerts. There isn't too much out here I can't do compared to San Diego (where I moved from.)
It is harder to get alcohol. there aren't very many state liquor stores and most close at ten o'clock or earlier. It is also a pain to go to bars if you don't have a membership because there are fees. The hardest thing for me has been the time things close. In San Diego a lot of businesses stay open late, but out here most places close pretty early and aren't open on Sunday. Since we are night people it has been a pain, but you learn to work around it.
You have to think. Most of the people are Mormon. they are going to make laws that fit in with their beliefs. so far everyone has been really nice. I live in one of those places where people bring you pie when you first move in. lol
(I don't know what the person was talking about being rich in Utah. Housing is about half of what it is in San Diego. That's why we moved here.)
2007-08-20 07:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by alana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oregon Flower you are yet wrong again most business choose to close on Sundays for the good or the bad and there are some that choose to stay open and some that had to close on Sundays because people weren't coming in such as the gym I use to go to and the Liquor laws are not much stiffer then other states. they have weird rules about how you can buy drinks.you just need to know where a club or a bar is that can sell alcohol. And you first said the state is controlled by the Mormons well wouldn't that be a separation of church and state? also why is our economy doing so well here and getting stronger while most of the country's economy is slowing down? I am not Mormon by choice I live in Deer Valley Utah and I wouldn't trade living here for the world
2007-08-20 11:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by Nater_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't like Utah for the 9 years I lived there after college. It had more to do with hating snow and deserts.
Utah is weird and the LDS have made it that way, but so have the militant ex-Mormons and the criminal polygamists.
about 33% of SLC UT is Mormon and half of those are active.
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2007-08-21 10:20:23 · answer #3 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 07:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Utah had been isolated for decades while a complete english-speaking Theocracy formed and thrived, and relied on little, if any, outside assistance.
Small wonder as the state matured to almost a democracy, many holdovers from the heavily lds influenced and doctrinized laws remain. The same thing occured in Massachussets with the Pilgrims, and it takes a while for the assimilation to occur.
So, if you're not mormon in Utah, you better be rich.
2007-08-20 06:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The state of Utah (government) is controlled entirely by Mormons.
Most businesses are closed on Sunday and there are extremely strong liquor laws, compared to other states. If you live there and are not Mormon, you soon learn that you have to watch your back. (Yes, you do! I lived there and I know.) Contact me privately and I'd be glad to tell you of my experiences there!
2007-08-20 05:20:28 · answer #6 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
IMHO, it's that the Mormons there tend to take their faith for granted.
2007-08-20 16:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think business.
2007-08-20 05:19:48 · answer #8 · answered by Precinct 1099 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's very hard to find a liquor store bigger than a broom closet there.
2007-08-20 05:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋