There have been so many posts about soaking and BYU lately that I thought you might have questions. Burner account to not dox myself

  • Joseph_Hillstrom [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Mormons have a pretty tightly knit mutual aid network. Any time someone needed to move, or build a fence, or do anything like that, you could reliably count on like half the neighborhood to turn out to help. This generosity doesn't extend to non-Mormons. It definitely affected my politics. I think if Mormons genuinely practiced what they preached without all the Prosperity Doctrine bullshit, they'd be communists.

    Also Trax and Frontrunner are ok if you live within a 5-10 minute walk from a station, otherwise you have to drive to a parking lot to wait for a train, which sucks. They don't run very frequently outside of business hours though. I lived for a long time without a car in Salt Lake though, so it's serviceable.

    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      This generosity doesn’t extend to non-Mormons.

      In my experience as a non-mormon (far from Utah, fwiw) that's not true at all. I've met some very lovely Mormons who are very open to being part of the broader local community.

      • Joseph_Hillstrom [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I'm glad that you've had a positive experience with Mormons. I think the thing that makes the difference is whether you're in Utah, which allows Mormons to be super insular. Outside of Mormon HQ they have to play a little nicer.