u/Miss-Ex

I've lived a lot of places in my life and have been in Utah for 25 years. There seems to be a competition among the Mormons to see who can show the biggest display of wealth by having the biggest/newest/home. Their whole identity is based on their home. One of my neighbors just tore down their $2,000,000 perfectly inhabitable home because it was built in the 1990's and that was not "new enough" anymore. Can anyone explain why they're like this here?