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Originally Posted by Urban_logic
Oh, so it looks like it's pretty much tied with the Wasatch Front's 2.2 million. Anyways, the point I was trying to make was that the Salt Lake Area is not some middle-of-nowhere hick town where everyone raises their own crops and churns their own butter. I use the Wasatch Front's population because it is all continuously connected. You can drive the 80 mile length and won't leave the city.
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This will be a petty correction, but fyi, "Anyways" is not plural. It's anyway.
Also, It's not uncool to be sustainable. If we "grew our own food and churned our own butter," than we would be one of the coolest cities out there. I personally think it's unfortunate that you can drive for 80 miles and never leave the city. This is because the smaller cities along the Wasatch Front have sprawled out and have collided with each other. Now, no one knows where Murray ends and Midvale begins or where Sandy ends and Draper begins. These places have gone from city to Suburb (a digression if you ask me). There's no identity. Most people in the valley just say they're from Salt Lake when they technically are not. They have little pride because there is little distinction between each suburb. Had each city placed urban growth boundaries within the borders of the city, each could have maintained a green belt of open space or permaculture around the city, keeping each city distinct from the others. if each city along the Wasatch Front had a green belt around them, our valley wouldn't get as smoggy because the green belts would act as a filter system and clean the air. The more we sprawl out, the more the "great outdoors" become less accessible to those who are centralized.
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