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Our city — summed up in a word

She rambled on about what Utah is not but what about what Utah is. A safe haven for illegal foreign nationsls that can demonstrate against the american people right in our own yards. It's a safe haven where illegals are guaranteed jobs, job security, and public welfare benefits. It's safe haven where the illegals offspring is forced upon the taxpayers to eductate and provide day care for the illegal offspring. It's a safe haven that our city and government leaders help hide these illegals from federal government agencys that try to deport them. These illegals are given the opportunity to sue anyone interfering with their illegal activities and the victimizing of the american people living in Utah. Business and government put the american workers out of jobs so they can employ these illegals and not have to pay any taxes for having them employed. The illegals in Utah do not have to pay State or Federal income taxes and their stolen identities is the problem of the victim. Harboring illegals is not illegal in Utah nor is encourageing and importing more illegals. Utah, the national Safe Haven State where no illegal needs to fear the law, state or federal.

I suppose the "word" we choose reflects our attitude about life in general - whether we see the glass half full or half empty. But for me, personally, I like the word "aspire." As I view my family and others around me it seems they are always trying to improve themselves; get better educated, develop talents, improve their surroundings, be healthier, be better neighbors and so on. It seems to make us happy to be working towards some loftier goal.

LOVE

Stifling

Great article, especially about faith to still have big families in today's society.

What happened to INDUSTRY?

Word games are fun and this is a challenge. The first word I would associate with Salt Lake City is WANNABE. Salt Lake has always wanted to be something else. It has never liked it's own identity and it tries so hard to out grow itself. Perhaps it's that wannabe spirit that makes it unique and loveable.. like a slobbering puppy.

For Utah, the word I would pick is HOPE. Everyone in the state is always hoping for something, and the word goes along with the dominate faith.

A fun game. Thanks for sharing!

I have a word for Salt Lake City to summarize it -
plastic.

The very first time I came to Salt Lake, I was in awe of the beautiful mountains I saw in the valley. I think the word "Majestic" describes Salt Lake City quite well.

Good article. My word would be DULL.

Majestic landscape.
Deluded culture.

Our abodes are what we are and what we make them. Our "word" for Salt Lake says more about what we are than the city itself. If we call it dull, we are probably dull. If we label it plastic or any other diverse word, then we reflect ourselves. For example, I have never lived in an unfriendly neighborhood because I am friendly. 'Nuf said.

Possibility...

I dispute the premise. I don't believe even the majority of people in Rome are thinking most about sex. Likewise for the other examples. ALL modern cities are much too diverse for such a thing to be true. Even Salt Lake City with its abundance of Northern/Western European decended faces if much too diverse for one word.

(Before anyone else bothers, let me say that there are many cities that have less ethnic diversity than Salt Lake City. Despite the stereotypes)

Bob G - Your rambling comment has absolutely nothing to do with the article.

One word for Salt Lake City: REPRESSED

We're avoiding the obvious---Boozer. It describes what is on the mind of so many of us. Jazz fan, person who drinks to forget the fact that the Jazz are a 500 team and the person who "booz" Jerry Sloan, thinking that they could coach the team better.

Our family has lived in many other states/cities.
(And upwards of a third of Utahns have lived elsewhere.)

So we offer this observation:
Even more than many American places, SLC is a place where anyone can put a label on it, and almost all others will listen (or turn the other cheek).
So we nominate FREEDOM.

Divisive - between those who love and those who hate the church.

one word

JUDGEMENTAL