There have been so many posts about soaking and BYU lately that I thought you might have questions. Burner account to not dox myself

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Why do y’all live in the desert? Like, what do you do for a living in a fucking desert? The Salt lake is probably salty so where do you get your freshwater?

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Early Mormons were chased out of the US for being polygamists/pedophiles. They kept fleeing west until they reached the Salt Lake Valley (which was then part of Mexico), which is relatively habitable (even though it’s in the desert) because snowmelt from the nearby mountains provides enough water via irrigation for drinking and agriculture.

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Aah there it is, I don’t know why I thought it was mostly desertic plains.

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Why do y’all live in the desert? Like, what do you do for a living in a fucking desert?

Los Angeles: :side-eye-1:

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I guess California used to have snowmelt rivers, right? that’s why all the wineries and stuff. But Utah doesn’t have such snowy mountain ranges, right?

Oh wait apparently they do have mountains and rivers, nevermind.

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The Rocky Mountains extend through Utah. The Wasatch and Uinta ranges are the most prominent, and lots of water comes from their snowmelt. Although that will likely change with climate change. :agony-consuming:

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Los Angeles is built on what was literally a desert, check out the LA river

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