Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 10:45:03 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I get the impressions Utah doesn't care much about federal laws and
doesn't have too many state laws.

Utah is an odd state. As you drive down one of the canyons you can look
across and see the rifle pits that were constructed during the Mormon War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War

My brother lived in Utah for about 20 years. He had his work but his wife
referred to it as 'camping out'. In the '60s and '70s everything revolved
around the LDS church. If you were what they referred to as a 'gentile'
there wasn't much. The author Ed Abbey quipped that only in Utah can a Jew
be a gentile. It's liberalized quite a bit since then but it's still
controlled by the LDS.

Nice low population density = no need for too much regulation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population_density

The numbers are somewhat deceiving. The valley along the lake from Ogden
to Provo has about 1.2 million people, greater than the entire population
of Montana.

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ut/salt-lake-city/crime#description

Anyone eaten squirrel?

Yes. Tastes like tough chicken.