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I tried to join next door, but my neighborhood has carved my house out of their boundaries. It kinds of sucks being a non-mormon in Utah sometimes.

finnn 9y ago
you're not missing much.
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praneshp 9y ago
Do you have to pay HoA fees, maintain your house per their regulations, etc? I see lot of troll potential here :)
tyingq 9y ago
Did they carve out just your house, or some group of houses?
WhitneyLand 9y ago
I lived in a Utah city with one of the highest concentrations of Mormons and on the whole people were incredibly gracious. Surely not all experiences are equal, but for over three years my wife and I were made to feel welcome in the community. There were little inconveniences like no coffee provided at a lot of workplaces and liquor restrictions, but if you love outdoor stuff that alone can make it a pretty nice place to live.
- anonacct37 9y ago
  Over three years? I recently started my third decade. I've lived in both Salt Lake as well as in more rural areas. My complaint wasn't prompted by an uninformed view of fellow Utah residents.
  - WhitneyLand 9y ago
    So what? Three years is plenty of time to form an opinion and thirty doesn’t necessarily make for a better opinion. And your view is uninformed, because it’s anecdotal, one data point, based on your microcosm of experience, just like mine. There’s not enough information here to generalize, but I still have real friends from having lived there, and I think it’s appropriate to offer a counterpoint, lest anyone interpret a one off comment as a truism.
- metalliqaz 9y ago
  Wait, do Mormons have a problem with coffee?
  - seany 9y ago
    Caffeine is the issue I think
  - blincoln 9y ago
    Yes. If you ever travel there for work, expect to find your hotel room well-stocked with decaf only.
    - metalliqaz 9y ago
      Man, every time I learn something new about Mormons it makes them even weirder.
      - WhitneyLand 9y ago
        I agree, but the thing is all religions have weird things. Moreover weird people can be cool and make the world a more interesting place. The real problem is when a religion becomes oppressive, dangerous, or...well I’m sure you know the pitfalls we’ve learned of over 5000 years. A fair number of people here are almost militantly against religion in all forms. I happen to take the opinion that it’s not inherently evil, that some good comes from it, and we should judge every situation on its own ethics rather than alienate such a large class of people.
metalliqaz 9y ago
How do they carve out the boundaries? Are the neighborhoods not generated by algorithm?

finnn 9y ago

you're not missing much.

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praneshp 9y ago

Do you have to pay HoA fees, maintain your house per their regulations, etc? I see lot of troll potential here :)

tyingq 9y ago

Did they carve out just your house, or some group of houses?

WhitneyLand 9y ago

I lived in a Utah city with one of the highest concentrations of Mormons and on the whole people were incredibly gracious. Surely not all experiences are equal, but for over three years my wife and I were made to feel welcome in the community. There were little inconveniences like no coffee provided at a lot of workplaces and liquor restrictions, but if you love outdoor stuff that alone can make it a pretty nice place to live.

anonacct37 9y ago
Over three years? I recently started my third decade. I've lived in both Salt Lake as well as in more rural areas. My complaint wasn't prompted by an uninformed view of fellow Utah residents.
- WhitneyLand 9y ago
  So what? Three years is plenty of time to form an opinion and thirty doesn’t necessarily make for a better opinion. And your view is uninformed, because it’s anecdotal, one data point, based on your microcosm of experience, just like mine. There’s not enough information here to generalize, but I still have real friends from having lived there, and I think it’s appropriate to offer a counterpoint, lest anyone interpret a one off comment as a truism.
metalliqaz 9y ago
Wait, do Mormons have a problem with coffee?
- seany 9y ago
  Caffeine is the issue I think
- blincoln 9y ago
  Yes. If you ever travel there for work, expect to find your hotel room well-stocked with decaf only.
  - metalliqaz 9y ago
    Man, every time I learn something new about Mormons it makes them even weirder.
    - WhitneyLand 9y ago
      I agree, but the thing is all religions have weird things. Moreover weird people can be cool and make the world a more interesting place. The real problem is when a religion becomes oppressive, dangerous, or...well I’m sure you know the pitfalls we’ve learned of over 5000 years. A fair number of people here are almost militantly against religion in all forms. I happen to take the opinion that it’s not inherently evil, that some good comes from it, and we should judge every situation on its own ethics rather than alienate such a large class of people.

metalliqaz 9y ago

How do they carve out the boundaries? Are the neighborhoods not generated by algorithm?