I know that many in Utah will read the following and say “That’s just Salt Lake,” but please understand that to an outsider it’s all Salt Lake or has the huge potential of becoming it.
Driving back and forth we saw a lot of interesting billboards that seemed to show how Mormons can affect local culture. I didn’t snap any photos of them and tried to find some online that are at least close enough, so here they are:
Cute… but evil twists on good ideals.
I included this last one because it’s part of a campaign to fight the most… wrong bill boards we saw ( a hot model next to the inscription ‘Make your inner beauty jealous.’ for laser treatments, A tattooed lady with a paper bag over her head ‘Pretend like it never happened’ for tattoo removal). A few years ago there was a study that found Salt Lake to be the most vain in the US determined by the number of plastic surgeries and surgeons per population.
Any ways, back to me (because this is all about me and my reasons to not live there, remember?). A logical person might respond to my decision to stay away with arguments of it being in only some areas, or there being a lot of good people there, or it shouldn’t be a problem for me. And I can agree with the first two… but that third one is the sticker.
I, like many others I know, have the bad habit of comparing my perceived weaknesses with others’ strengths, and judging (tsk tsk on me) others by the standards I think they should measure up to. Away from the masses of Mormons I’m able to give a lot of credit to a lot of people and the judging is easier for me to keep in check. Away from the masses I compare myself less. Don’t read that there aren’t perfect people for me to feel little next to! I get to know the people that seem so perfect and instead of becoming unreachable the are my friends and examples.
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