There are few places in America that can crow louder about their successes in the past decade than the City of the Saints
Utah’s population grew faster than that of any other state between 2010 and 2020. Salt Lake City has the lowest jobless rate among all big cities, at 2.8%, compared with a national rate of 5.2%. That the state has rebounded so well from the downturn caused by the covid-19 pandemic is thanks to the Wasatch Front, an urban corridor that includes Salt Lake and Provo, home to Brigham Young University.
Gary Herbert, the former governor, points to 2002 when Salt Lake hosted the Winter Olympics, as a pivotal moment. “That was kind of our coming out party,” he says. People realised that, “we are not the Wild West here in Utah.” Three things threaten Salt Lake City’s ability to entice and keep new residents. The first is environmental problems. Americans may move to Salt Lake for its proximity to hiking trails and posh ski resorts, but the Wasatch Front is plagued by pollution. Wildfire smoke, heavy traffic and dust from the drying lake bed dirty the air. Utah is also reckoning with shrinking reservoirs due toSecond, Salt Lake City is becoming unaffordable for many long-time residents.
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