Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 4

[Comrade]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Actually, Utah's one of the most Urban states. Utah tops the list with 9 out of 10 people living on just 1% of the state’s land.

The census numbers show that as Utah grows, the population is not spreading out. In fact, existing cities are growing to the point of bursting at the seams. This is due to lack of land.

http://www.kutv.com/news/features/top-st...n-anywhere-else-99242.shtml#.VRhu0uHS1Ko

You're confused by the word urban in the context of that story. It's not the urban we're used to when discussing the comparisons between urban and suburban living. It's more in comparison to, as the article says, rural living.

West Valley City is sprawl - but compared to Helper, Utah, it's urban.

Utahns might choose to live in cities - but those cities are not urban by most any rational standard. Even Salt Lake City, for the most part, is mostly suburban in comparison to a lot of cities.

Case in point: Nevada has a more urban population than Utah by the definition of the article - as 94.2% of its population living in 'urban' areas. That's the same level as New Jersey.

Do you really believe Nevada is as urban as New Jersey? Do you really believe Utah is as urban as Rhode Island or Maryland? Probably not.