It's an interesting dynamic, because people "vote with their feet" & fill up the

Jul 23, 2017
6:21:45am

BamaCoug All-American

... big cities.

I get that not everyone likes a dense population and the drawbacks that come with it, but why are the biggest cities all full and considered super-desirable places to live based on cost of living?

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Massive growth projected 4 Utah County. Population expected to triple over 50yrs

BamaCoug

7/23/17 4:32am

Just spent 3 days in utah county after being away for 11 years.

MormonThug

7/23/17 4:58am

The summer pollution is caused by

bluegato

7/23/17 6:59am

The 'inversion' is from the fires all over the west

BlueCoug

7/23/17 9:22am

and no rain.

BDAWG

7/23/17 7:56pm

Utah County is already overly congested

Sir_Ten

7/23/17 9:56am

You must not have been around during the Geneva years.

Rhino84

7/23/17 11:36am

So.....bridge over Utah lake may happen.

idacoug

7/23/17 5:45am

I bet that's announced within 5 years.

mokelembembe

7/23/17 7:13am

I hate to see this happening

buffgato

7/23/17 6:07am

Idaho is great this way

OU Cougar

7/23/17 6:12am

I wonder how much Idaho will grow over the next few decades

buffgato

7/23/17 7:03am

It won't stay like it is now.

bluegato

7/23/17 8:04am

Larger cities in Idaho mostly booming

cajuncoug

7/23/17 9:56am

I grew up in Nampa, which was 25k in 1990. Now its sitting close to 90k.

vallivue19

7/23/17 1:27pm

I just noticed it up north too. The Coeur d' Alene area

Lip Gallagher

7/23/17 8:21pm

Or Juab and Sanpete Counties

Revolution

7/24/17 9:47am

It's an interesting dynamic, because people "vote with their feet" & fill up the

BamaCoug

7/23/17 6:21am

For practical reasons

buffgato

7/23/17 6:38am

Yep... and the jobs are coming in droves to Utah. Gear up locals!

BamaCoug

7/23/17 9:12am

Heber City will soon be the new Park City

Y4LYFE

7/23/17 7:17am

No ski resorts or history. Try again

covfefe

7/23/17 7:37am

Y4Life is partially right....

Chris Bailey

7/23/17 7:52am

The Ogden valley by Pineview will be the new park city.. its already underway

SL12

7/23/17 7:53am

Yep Snowbasin will be the largest ski resort in the USA

DJROSS

7/24/17 10:50am

People need to stop procreating. 😉

Blue Golfer

7/23/17 11:15am

Yeah, that's worked great for Japan and Europe, eh? 🤔

BamaCoug

7/23/17 2:26pm

UT complaining about overcrowding lol

californiacoug1920

7/23/17 7:42pm

So many other things can and will change in the next 50 years

macdizzle

7/23/17 6:33am

No need to increase enrollment, all they have to do

Bert609

7/23/17 6:42am

Let's also throw in BYU-Moroni

bluegato

7/23/17 7:32am

Gotta get BYU - Moroni

Q-grr

7/23/17 4:17pm

BYU-Modesto will probably happen first. Get Californians out of the state.

Breaded Hamster

7/23/17 9:59pm

Seems so sexist. What about BYU-Sariah?

teancum

7/24/17 2:20pm

I don't think there's any indication that most of the growth will be among LDS.

SWP

7/23/17 8:07am

Those companies really aren't relocating.

VenetianCougar

7/23/17 8:15am

Probably some of them are, but not big ones

buffgato

7/23/17 8:19am

Not big ones?

VenetianCougar

7/23/17 5:47pm

So you're agreeing with me?

buffgato

7/23/17 7:41pm

I guess so! Lol thought you were saying the converse

VenetianCougar

7/23/17 8:57pm

Yeah, I meant small companies are relocating but not big companies

buffgato

7/23/17 9:45pm

I'm sure that's true for some, but certainly not true of all.

SWP

7/23/17 8:50am

Curious which companies did big relocations

VenetianCougar

7/23/17 5:48pm

Incidentally...I hope your perception is more correct than mine

SWP

7/23/17 8:52am

If you read the data at the links, 75% of the growth in Utah Co. is from births,

BamaCoug

7/23/17 9:15am

UT co leads the nation in people per household and in the youngest average age

BamaCoug

7/23/17 9:17am

Yep- the difference in the past was UT County types like me had to leave to get

BeyondTheMark

7/23/17 9:43am

This is definitely the case. My company has an office in SL Cty, head quarters is in Southern Ca. And Non

ocmyhome

7/23/17 11:02am

The most important factor for increasing enrollment

CocaColaRecovery

7/23/17 9:53am

I agree completely. Great post.

BamaCoug

7/23/17 10:01am

It appears that the spend is going to BYUI and most likely won't go to BYU

Acorn

7/23/17 10:12am

BYUI has a lot of ridiculous policies that need to be done away with

therock

7/23/17 3:22pm

Went there back when it was Ricks. They lost me when they dropped athletics.

Q-grr

7/23/17 4:20pm

Now I wonder if I truly want to retire there.

pittsburghcoug

7/23/17 10:00am

If enrollment increase, it will have nothing to do with fans.

mudpupper

7/23/17 10:21am

Winning will make more fans than larger enrollment.

Acorn

7/23/17 10:36am

^^BINGO^^ Have you ever been to a Pitt game

zerome4sooners

7/23/17 10:58am

Winning is absolutely key to maintain/grow fanbase, but over 1 million LDS in...

BamaCoug

7/23/17 11:06am

Valid point

zerome4sooners

7/23/17 8:10pm

Because of LDS ties, enrollment is significantly less important to BYU sports than at other schools. As millionaires are

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 11:33am

Oh brother, you got yours, now you want to slam the door on the up and comers.

Diablo and Doc

7/23/17 2:45pm

"Slam the door" ??? The acceptance rate is 50%. There are 30k seats at the school. And for so many of the best students

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 3:01pm

Is 50% acceptance a bad thing for a non-Ivy? It's a massive university with

Diablo and Doc

7/23/17 4:36pm

your outline of what BYU is in paragraph two of your post should be the purpose of BYUI. I'm hopefully that the goal of

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 4:56pm

and I'll add that the strides BYU has made over the last 50 years are nothing short of miraculous. They are the result

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 5:04pm

I disagree. BYU and the church benefit from having many & various types of grads

BamaCoug

7/23/17 5:22pm

I'm not sure I agree that the amount of people is that high who could

Harrison0Yfan

7/23/17 7:16pm

Acceptance rate can't be compared to non-LDS schools since our applicant pool is

BamaCoug

7/23/17 5:11pm

Gonna be fun to watch the power struggle between SLC and

hansel

7/23/17 2:40pm

Some northern and southern kingdoms OT parallels

Scooter

7/23/17 3:44pm

Read just about any business related publication recently and they all rank...

COACHdrn

7/23/17 3:39pm

These lists are exciting for BYU and the church. Fortunately, there is a direct correlation with these lists and

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 3:48pm

Maybe Provo will finally move beyond being a college town

qom

7/23/17 5:47pm

Slum lords? A bit of an exaggeration maybe?

Adrielle

7/23/17 7:23pm

Not really. The Provo landlords routinely put kids on the street

qom

7/23/17 11:05pm

Wow... Ok

Adrielle

7/24/17 10:57am

I guess you haven't had to live in that reality, huh?

qom

7/24/17 2:53pm

Your last line is a bit of wag the dog as if their decision to increase

SoutheastIdaCoug

7/23/17 8:10pm

No doubt. Enrollment expansions wouldn't be done to increase fans/fill stands,

BamaCoug

7/24/17 8:19am

I was talking to a Utah County planner 10 years ago and he said Eagle Mountain

Bullrider

7/23/17 8:24pm

That's like someone in L.A. saying that Palmdale would be the biggest city.

COACHdrn

7/23/17 10:21pm

I'll let the population growth planner know you disagree.

Bullrider

7/24/17 2:05pm

They don't need more people in order to fill it.

Lip Gallagher

7/23/17 8:34pm

Lavell regulary filled it with half the population.

Rhino84

7/23/17 8:42pm

He also had less competition

buffgato

7/23/17 9:47pm

Unfortunately, I'll be dead in 50 years Hard to get excited about that!

BYU28_Miami21

7/23/17 9:02pm

If this is true, it's only a matter of time before Utah Co. becomes more "urban"

chilango

7/24/17 9:09am

Water?

DoseOfReality

7/24/17 1:46pm

The church may not want to subsidize 2 or 3x the number of students they are

Big Daddy D

7/24/17 1:57pm

As the LDS population gross, I do think they should increase enrollment..

Adrielle

7/24/17 2:15pm

I bet they'll buy SVU before they increase enrollment

buffgato

7/24/17 3:21pm

They need a BYU East and a BYU California

Big Daddy D

7/24/17 3:24pm

While growth in Utah County will help build the BYU fanbase, there are other

Oatmeal

7/24/17 3:38pm

I don't think BYU football will exist in 50 years.

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