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Oct 29, 2024
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fattycoug
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Because you wanted to live where you grew up?
Isn't that the same thing as the Utah girls?
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Is non-Utah BYU students looking down on BYU students from Utah really a thing?
CapitalCougar
Oct 29, 5:05pm
It’s the same as the anti-Utah culture within the church you find elsewhere
puntersarepeople
Oct 29, 5:08pm
I wouldn’t make that generalization.
Yiowa
Oct 29, 5:09pm
Don’t know- my kids are cool & from Texas. As long as they don’t hang out with
SBB
Oct 29, 5:10pm
Of course.
TCuz
Oct 29, 5:10pm
My friend group at BYU was almost exclusively with those from out of state.
VACOUGFAN
Oct 29, 5:12pm
That's an interesting point. I remember the same thing now that you mention it.
CapitalCougar
Oct 29, 5:22pm
The Utah kids in my freshmen wards were pretty much less-active in those wards
BaseCoug
Oct 29, 5:24pm
100% same reason some out of UT/ID members of the church think they are better than utah/idaho members
Crazy Joe Davola
Oct 29, 5:12pm
The mission field has produced some really proud members outside Utah and Idaho.
MarylandFan
Oct 29, 5:14pm
Lol I remember as a freshman a Utah kid asked "how is it living in the mission
MaximusMeridius
Oct 29, 5:29pm
I have to admit I only heard it directly said to me one time in the MTC
MarylandFan
Oct 29, 5:42pm
First time i heard the phrase was from a member in Texas, referring to themselves and why they were stronger.
Crazy Joe Davola
Oct 29, 5:44pm
Don't lump me in with Idaho members.
Niiineteeen84
Oct 29, 5:19pm
That wasn't my experience, but there are certain kids that are stereotypical
MaximusMeridius
Oct 29, 5:13pm
Confirmation bias
Crazy Joe Davola
Oct 29, 5:38pm
Relax I just shared my experience, not asking anyone to agree/disagree
MaximusMeridius
Oct 29, 7:48pm
I've heard several non-Utah members disparage Utahns. Those people are idiots
vagabonder
Oct 29, 5:14pm
I met many of my BYU friends at the dorms, and there weren't many Utah kids at
Japan Coug
Oct 29, 5:20pm
When I was there I didn’t pay attention bc I didn’t care
karatekid
Oct 29, 5:20pm
No more than regular members look down on Utah members.
runnincoug
Oct 29, 5:21pm
Cliques in the Church? Never happen.
KCFan85
Oct 29, 5:22pm
I have nothing against people from Utah in general but in the dorms they mostly
BaseCoug
Oct 29, 5:23pm
Where have you been? I was on a date with a guy who told me that I didn't know what it was like to
Black Diamond Bay
Oct 29, 5:25pm
As an out of state Mormon I was insanely jealous that you guys didn't have to
VACOUGFAN
Oct 29, 5:32pm
I think if you’d sacrificed more for gospel living elsewhere you could’ve
Nittany Cougar
Oct 29, 6:04pm
For the record he was a RM, and if he had subbed out mission for early morning seminary the argument might have
Black Diamond Bay
Oct 29, 6:16pm
He definitely sounded obnoxious about it with how he approached it
MarylandFan
Oct 29, 6:38pm
There's a perception that Utah girls will not want to leave mommy and daddy
whirl
Oct 29, 5:27pm
This isn’t just a perception, there is hard evidence to support this.
BaseCoug
Oct 29, 5:29pm
I've heard of employers without significant operations in Utah adjusting
russkiejedi
Oct 29, 5:52pm
Yeah it’s actually been a big issue in the Marriott school (where I am) with
BaseCoug
Oct 29, 6:01pm
It does suck as an employer when you're up front about the impossibility of
russkiejedi
Oct 29, 6:10pm
I’ve had several BYU guys apply for positions on my team recently. I ask them if there’s a move back to Utah eventually
WDaddy
Oct 29, 6:33pm
Is it significantly different than other states? I lived all over. Almoat
fattycoug
Oct 29, 9:45pm
My wife grew up as a Marine Brat so she lived all over. I grew up in RI
VACOUGFAN
Oct 29, 11:17pm
Yes it’s a thing, but only to a degree. Mostly my two boys complain that the
JWin
Oct 29, 5:28pm
I'd say it existed to a degree, and maps to familiarity bias which all humans
wisconsincougs
Oct 29, 5:28pm
Yeah, it was a thing when I was there. I might have started the trend
Bob Vance
Oct 29, 5:33pm
I was always advised to not date Utah girls unless you want to live in Utah
IceCreamButt
Oct 29, 5:34pm
I personally seeked out out of state girls for this reason.
VACOUGFAN
Oct 29, 5:37pm
RE: I personally seeked out out of state girls for this reason.
LaserCoug
Oct 29, 6:43pm
RE: I personally seeked out out of state girls for this reason.
cugrz84
Oct 29, 6:52pm
Because you wanted to live where you grew up?
fattycoug
Oct 29, 9:47pm
Neither of us lives where we grew up. My wife grew up in GA, NC, CA, NJ, & HI.
VACOUGFAN
Oct 29, 11:19pm
I heard the same thing when I was at BYU.
Japan Coug
Oct 29, 5:45pm
So basically a variation of young women being tough on other young women?
BlackBart
Oct 29, 6:09pm
just asked my son. He's seen no evidence of this being a thing.
qwerew
Oct 29, 6:22pm
My perception is that Utah and Idaho Mormons tend to be soft & sensitive, fwiw
Odysseus
Oct 29, 6:27pm
My perception is that the opposite is true as well
puntersarepeople
Oct 29, 6:30pm
No it’s not
Odysseus
Oct 29, 6:54pm
Oh it most definitely is
puntersarepeople
Oct 29, 7:12pm
RE: Oh it most definitely is
Odysseus
Oct 29, 10:42pm
It's perfect. People get to be jerks about us, and if we complain that just
quantum valeat
Oct 29, 7:24pm
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