Not sure if this has been posted, but the Global and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network has classified Salt Lake City in 2020 as a Gamma- city for the first time. 25 US cities are classified higher, as are 170 other cities in the world. I don't know what this means but I guess we're moving up in the world in the eyes of think tanks that study cities? Other US cities with the Gamma- classification are Cleveland, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Columbus, and Sacramento.
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html
We're on our way to Beta! Maybe.