Utah is on track to end homelessness by 2015 by simply giving away apartments

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I have to look into this in more detail but from what I read in this article this seems like really good policy, in a 'so seemingly obvious nobody thinks of it' kind of way.

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Every adult on the planet should have at least an apartment that they can call their own property. It should be a right. Owning vs not owning property creates a certain unnecessary class system. Good on Utah for doing this, it's a step in the right direction. I suspect "good Mormon values" had a play in this?

That would be my guess.

I mean, say what you will about the actual doctrines of the Latter-Day Saint religion, but it's hard to deny its success in encouraging its own view of social conscience and, more than that, engagement.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Between this, public transit, same-sex marriage, a sane immigration policy, and various other reasons, there are some days where I feel like I'd be very, very happy in Utah.  And by "in Utah" I mean "in Salt Lake City" because not-Mormon.

To be fair, there's a few other good cities in Utah; Park City, West Valley, Murray.... It's just that all of them are in Salt Lake County (except for Park City), so any progressive person doesn't venture outside of the County except for skiing and hiking.

I'd be worried about Park City being too far of a commute from my hypothetical position at the University of Utah, but West Valley and Murray could be doable.

Correct. Though Salt Lake City plus West Valley is probably big and diverse enough that you wouldn't have to venture out very often. You may have to swing through the conservative suburb cities (West Jordan and so forth), but otherwise, you can generally stay within the progressive mecca of SLC.

Oh, and Ogden up in northern Utah is getting larger and more diverse. They'd definitely be too far if you think Park City is too far.

I've heard good things about Moab, but I don't know if those extend to its politics.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The middle-to-upper-middle class yuppie types

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