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Mormons in Utah had access to free education and cheap housing. These things are huge. I know a bunch of Mormons and Formons (former Mormons) who moved there be

Mormons in Utah had access to free education and cheap housing. These things are huge. I know a bunch of Mormons and Formons (former Mormons) who moved there because of a free Brigham Young University education and stayed to work at (and help found and build) local startups because housing was cheap. Edit: perhaps not "free" education but as-near-as, for any American. That free education was only available to Mormons.

xxandroxygen 6y ago
Yep, “as-near-as” free is right. A semester’s tuition at BYU is $3k for Mormons, and it doubles to $6k for non-members (though that’s still pretty cheap, relatively)
camhart 6y ago
BYU isn't free for anyone--not even members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.