Study shows bankruptcy in Utah

[BYU71]

is about the same amongst LDS folks as non-LDS folks. So bankruptcies aren't high in Utah because of large families or 10% tithe payers. We are just like everyone else in Utah when it comes to bankruptcy and are not causing the higher than average numbers compared to other state.

That's the good news. The bad news is we are the same as everyone else in the state when it comes to filing for bankruptcy. I would expect more from us. Maybe it is the "inactives" that are filing and making the active members look bad.

[MikeWaters]

If Utah Mormons were living the gospel, they would have among the lowest rates in the country.

It's a scandal.

More evidence of why the New Jerusalem isn't/wont' be in Utah.

[SeattleUte]

Utah is a poor state. It didn't sink in until years after I moved away from Salt Lake and took my second wife there, the first time she'd been there. Such experiences give you new eyes. Much of it is pretty oppressive and run down and quite hopeless, frankly, if not utterly banal.

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Utah is a poor state. It didn't sink in until years after I moved away from Salt Lake and took my second wife there, the first time she'd been there. Such experiences give you new eyes. Much of it is pretty oppressive and run down and quite hopeless, frankly, if not utterly banal.

Phew tell us how you really feel.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Utah is a poor state. It didn't sink in until years after I moved away from Salt Lake and took my second wife there, the first time she'd been there. Such experiences give you new eyes. Much of it is pretty oppressive and run down and quite hopeless, frankly, if not utterly banal.

Using what I assume is your standard, you could say the same thing about 4/5ths of the United States.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Using what I assume is your standard, you could say the same thing about 4/5ths of the United States.

You know, I visit the Central District and other traditionally downtrodden areas of Seattle not infrequently and I don't get the same feeling of dead end quality that I get in similar areas in Salt Lake. For one thing, often there is a high degree of cultural diversity and energy, even exoticism, including a fairly high immigrant population.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

You know, I visit the Central District other traditionally downtrodden areas of Seattle not infrequently and I don't get the same feeling of dead end quality that I get in similar areas in Salt Lake. For one thing, often there is a high degree of cultural diversity and energy, even exoticism, including a fairly high immigrant population.

Does your wife know about your slow drives in the downtrodden areas, and the exotics you encounter?

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

You know, I visit the Central District other traditionally downtrodden areas of Seattle not infrequently and I don't get the same feeling of dead end quality that I get in similar areas in Salt Lake. For one thing, often there is a high degree of cultural diversity and energy, even exoticism, including a fairly high immigrant population.

You sound a lot like a guy who posted on Cougarboard awhile back, Catblue.

He was an intelligent guy who most of the time made sense from his perspective. Every once in a while though he would go off into the wilderness spouting some mumbly jumbly bull crap. You remind me of him.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by BYU71

You sound a lot like a guy who posted on Cougarboard awhile back, Catblue.

He was an intelligent guy who most of the time made sense from his perspective. Every once in a while though he would go off into the wilderness spouting some mumbly jumbly bull crap. You remind me of him.

It takes 30 minutes for the pills to fully enter the bloodstream. I think we just caught him in the middle of one of those moments of clarity.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

You know, I visit the Central District and other traditionally downtrodden areas of Seattle not infrequently and I don't get the same feeling of dead end quality that I get in similar areas in Salt Lake. For one thing, often there is a high degree of cultural diversity and energy, even exoticism, including a fairly high immigrant population.

Have you spent much time in the midwest? Areas in Dayton, Akron, Toledo, Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville, Gary, and throughout make Utah look like the land of opportunity.