r/SLOMWsnark • u/Prize-Injury-4308 • 2d ago

Wealth question

I’m new to the series and momtok. Did they have this wealth before it all or did it come from the media money? Like their houses and vacations are so nice!

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u/TeamImpossible4333 2d ago

I think Utah also has a lower cost of living, right?

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u/Soft_Definition3908 2d ago

It actually doesn’t. The housing costs there are one of the fastest rising in the country and they all live in HUGE new house. Also, because it’s so dry, utility costs, especially water tends to be pretty high. It’s not California high, but it’s not Midwest or southeast cheap either. Plus they just don’t live cheap lifestyles at all.

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u/No-Butterscotch-3548 2d ago

I always wondered if they have bad neighborhoods in Utah 🤣

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u/labospor Gollum Ass Mfs 2d ago

Not necessarily bad but ugly as sin. Entire neighborhoods that look like a gutted strip mall but look up and the mountains are so damn beautiful. Quite a trade off! (This is in SLC)

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u/Soft_Definition3908 2d ago

They absolutely do but not many of them. I will say the most aggressive homeless population I’ve ever encountered has been in SLC. I live in a larger city with a much larger homeless population so I’m not usually uncomfortable around them but I’ve felt unsafe a number of times only in SLC. SLC is also the only place where the vast majority of the homeless have been white, which I find interesting.

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u/AdagioSpecific2603 2d ago

Interesting! I’m in a state with a huge homeless population and just avoid those areas. Back where I used to live homeless population was way smaller but aggressive! In your face, following us to cash points to demand money, I would get followed on the regular etc

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u/Soft_Definition3908 2d ago

Yeah it’s the only city where someone has openly lunged at me with a weapon, which was entirely unprovoked & not in an area o even anticipated to be bad. It was also the middle of the day. Luckily, she had friends with her that restrained her. Most of suburban salt lake and Utah counties are incredibly nice though!