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Follow i am from south central Idaho, i don't think the church is as regional as you think it is. i have been to many services. including MANY in utah, my old sister and brother both went to BYU and currently live in Utah, i also have an aunt and uncle who have lived in Utah for the past 12 years, both of my grandparents from my maternal side were born and raised in Utah, my mother lived in Utah for several years, i have been to several general conferences in Utah, trust me, southern idaho (i was like 4 hours from Salt Lake) is no different than utah. i mean salt lake is a bit different just by virtue of the place being so urban relative to southern idaho but thats about it. and there really isn't much of a cultural difference.

i even have a couple of relatives who came to Utah with the handcart companies that first made the trek to settle the salt lake area.

my father was a convert, though there are LDS patches throughout his family tree, and there are some non LDS patches on my maternal side as well, but for the most part i am about as entrenched as they come.



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Idaho was on my list, especially Southern. How is it that you weren't around many Mormons growing up if you were in Southern Idaho?




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[/ QUOTE ]I knew virtually every mormon kid in town but wasn't good friends with any mormons until my senior year of high school. i was always kind of the black sheep. i was accepted by the mormons, but didn't really hang out with them. sometimes i would get invited to mormon parties though, but usually because its the polite thing to do when they are already inviting my older brother.


i was kind of the "worldly" bishop's son, the one that you might have to worry a bit about. at least thats my perception of where i fit in.