POLL: Utah County’s reputation for being cheap/frugal/tightwads is based on fact.

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May 21, 2022
11:08:51am

TheLost All-American

In my personal experience... I think it's True 🙂

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POLL: Utah County’s reputation for being cheap/frugal/tightwads is based on fact.

TheLost

5/21/22 11:08am

Not around BYU

2FarGone

5/21/22 11:10am

Also, many like to approach life like their running a business and debt finance everything to maximize

2FarGone

5/21/22 11:21am

If you’ve been to D-land with the fam, own any motorized toy over $5k, etc., you

BlackBart

5/21/22 12:21pm

Its been a culture of large families and stay-at-home mom's. Most people have

STL

5/21/22 11:17am

Yes and no. Certainly not if it involves something like houses and cars that

BYUtka

5/21/22 11:21am

Have you ever seen the type of lines that form when something as simple as a

CougarTailDevourer

5/21/22 11:23am

Opportunistic =/ frugality IMO

BlackBart

5/21/22 12:28pm

True but people still spend a ton of $$$ in Utah County. Look at all the nice

BlooCoog

5/21/22 11:30am

The Orem Audi/Porsche dealer moved to Lehi... Mercedes Benz went to Draper..

TheLost

5/21/22 12:14pm

For sure high performance cars won’t do as well in UT County. But medium to low

BlooCoog

5/21/22 12:20pm

That’s one of the drawbacks to owning a Ferrari in Utah County. I have to take

WDaddy

5/21/22 1:20pm

Not many places I can take the ol' Lamborghini out for a nice run, either.

Les IsMore

5/21/22 1:36pm

True but for good reason. We have lots of kids and probably lead the country in

Hypnotoad

5/21/22 11:43am

It's an accurate older stereotype becoming less true as the area gets richer

novacoug1

5/21/22 12:01pm

False. How many have been at Dland within the past five years?

BlackBart

5/21/22 12:16pm

Nordstrom moved out of Utah County

conflictedcoug

5/21/22 12:39pm

People in Utah (especially LDS) underestimate how much $$$ is spent on alcohol

krindorr

5/21/22 12:59pm

When I first moved to UTCounty everyone was cheap. 20 years later they were

Nat Gas Man

5/21/22 1:25pm

Idk. But I routinely two seemingly contrasting stereotypes on the board

JuicyJam

5/21/22 1:44pm

I think they are different groups of people two different subsets of a superset

novacoug1

5/21/22 1:59pm

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