Metro-SLC is pretty liberal and tolerant. The further out you go, the more ignorance you'll encounter.
My bigger issue is the beer. 2.5% whatttttt?
One counter-point: not sure if this is still the case, but a few years ago Provo, Utah (just south of SLC) used to have the highest per capita usage of anti-depressants. Interpret that how you will :P
> Utah is becoming quite diverse
Was curious about this, as it didn't seem to fit my limited observation from my last few trips to Utah (which is again, a lovely place). The Census bureau government says Utah is >91% "white only":
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/49
Which is likely more diverse than Utah was in the past, but could not be fairly compared to California as "quite diverse" given the same number for California is 73%: