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If you like Salt Lake City that much, I suggest you move there... January would be an excellent time, there is some good skiing then.
This is the Albuquerque forum... Are there now going to be hundreds of other Non-Albuquerque posts here?
You've posted about how I should move there a couple of times now in this thread...what is this...Albuquerque: Love It or Leave It?
You quoted COUNTY stats for the Mormon population. I'm talking about the city proper.
I was just impressed with SLC, and no, Albuquerque is not an exact match but is certainly not dissimilar.
When I had relatives in town they described our downtown as a "cute little downtown". They had no complaints and liked the area. And these are people used to visiting the downtown areas of many large cities so they have something to compare it to.
That's awesome and great to hear!
Downtown Albuquerque has had dozens of new establishments open just this year. It has created nearly 1,400 new office jobs in the last year alone, nearly 3,000 since 2015. It has had a new, full-service grocery store and hundreds of new apartments open in the last three years. There are hundreds more apartments planned and a food hall under construction. New events like the annual Somos Festival and the monthly ABQ Artwalk have been created in the last two years. $600 million in development has occurred in the last five years. Lots of improvements and progress have been made in Downtown Albuquerque.
Correct. Other places can be examined to find out what they do which makes them successful/crime-free/etc and then people in Albq. can try to take elements of that and apply it back home.
(I'm not saying we need to model ourselves after the Mormon Church ... Definitely NOT saying that)
Why? Why do they have more money?
Maybe we should take a second look at the Mormons. If people in Albuquerque lived more like Mormons more often, I think this would be a wealthier, safer city.
It's partly about culture, and probably partly about demographics (not that I really think culture is unrelated to demographics).
SLC also benefits from all the tech companies in surrounding communities. Also, do not underestimate the positive impact of the Mormon Church, both attitudinal and economic.
Exactly. I don't endorse any religion, certainly not Mormonism, but it's difficult to argue with the success that can be brought about by living according to certain religious dictates.
Maybe we should take a second look at the Mormons. If people in Albuquerque lived more like Mormons more often, I think this would be a wealthier, safer city.
Except this from last year:
"Salt Lake City ranked no. 1 most dangerous city for property crime in the U.S."
"Salt Lake City is one of only four cities in Utah that even has enough people to meet our population requirement of 100,000, and yet it tops the list of the most dangerous cities for property crime for the entire country,” the report said. “So much for small-town safety.”"
Washington, D.C. had the highest percentage of women with a birth in the previous year who were unmarried (51 percent), followed closely by Louisiana (49 percent), Mississippi (48 percent) and New Mexico (48 percent). The states with the lowest percentages were Utah (15 percent) and New Hampshire (20 percent).
I'm with ABQAlex and think that we don't need to compare city to city, I think Albuquerque stands on its own merits and doesn't need to be more like someplace else. I actually like that Albuquerque is rough around the edges and am glad it will never become some sterile Mormon metropolis dominated by people wearing "special underwear" to control their impulses.
I'm with ABQAlex and think that we don't need to compare city to city, I think Albuquerque stands on its own merits and doesn't need to be more like someplace else.
I agree... Been to Salt Lake City on business probably 15 to 20 times, 20+ years ago. I don't need to or want to go back. Too many other places for us to explore...
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