I like this descriptive first hand account of policy work in Utah. Now please explain how to replicate it. SLC's strategy for homelessness is audacious and pro

I like this descriptive first hand account of policy work in Utah. Now please explain how to replicate it. SLC's strategy for homelessness is audacious and progressive. Leftists like me sat up and took note. Why can't we do the same in our own areas?! Utah reminds me of the Nordic countries, specifically Finland. High homogeneity allows those societies to more easily find consensus, break out of dogmatic strategies that no longer work. One data point about homogeneity (no cite, sorry) is a study of conservative support for raising taxes. Conservatives in more homogenous areas happily raise their own taxes, at about the same rate as majority liberal areas. FWIW, Some of Utah's approach to social problems is my kind of conservativism. I grew up in the church. We did the food banks, adopting refugee families, missionary works (rites of passage). Not knowing any better, I thought this was the norm, and that I was a conservative. While I'm not a big fan of Mormonism (or religion in general), I love that society's commitment to mutual aide. -- Meta: I became interested in American Affairs when Ezra Klein interviewed Julius Krein. https://www.vox.com/21528267/the-ezra-klein-show-trumpism-donald-trump-joe-biden-2020 https://www.vox.com/21528267/the-ezra-klein-show-trumpism-do... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Affairs I love that the next generation of thinkers are reexamining big ideas with fresh eyes, that they're ignoring the framing and battle lines drawn up by Boomers and Gen X'ers (like me). In my own activism and political participation, I've observed that Millennials (aka Gen Y?) are more interested in getting things done. Much to the consternation to most of us blue hairs. But I love it.