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Wouldn't it even be better to have titled it "Utah Mormonism and Multilevel Marketing Companies" then?

As a Washingtonian Mormon, the social system is different out of Utah than in. And again a change as you move out of the northwest to areas where there are less adherents again.

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The cultural aspects of Mormonism are muted out of state, but even out-of-state Mormons are inextricably tied to the Utah (University, relatives, friends who moved from or to Utah).

I've hit all four quadrants of the Mormon/Non-Mormon, Utahn/Non-Utahn matrix and from my perspective, we still shared much of the Utah culture (though I never would have admitted it at the time) when I grew up in another state.

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