West to East: Varrying Peoples

As much of the other regions of the US, New York is so very different. It stands especially true in the empty interior. This region has so much empty space and many national parks and features of the sort. New York City fills every space possible with buildings and people that there is no room to preserve any national parks.

Every post thus far has talked about what can be found in New York compared to other states and regions. Things found and written about included buildings, products, and physical features. This time I would like to discuss the people found in New York compared to a big state in the Empty Interior, Utah.

Now I am also doing my term paper on this state and discussing its physical features and geographical attributes however the text talks a lot about the Mormon culture in Utah. This culture can be seen in other states and parts of the world but is seen differently.

There is such a strong presence of Mormon people, 70 percent of the population, in Utah that there is almost no presence of non Mormons here. Mormons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Ironically, this church was founded in New York in 1830. they were not accepted here and moved further and further west until they found present day Salt Lake City, Utah.

There is a show on TLC called sister wives where there is a man who is married to four woman at the same time and they all live together one big but separate life. They are all Mormon and live in Utah. This man has 16 kids. This is not how all Mormons live. many just have one spouse but they do still have a lot of kids because that is their belief system.

New York's Mormon population is 4% that of Utah's. Instead the more common type of people found in New York: Jewish and Italian cultures. In terms of our country however New York has the biggest African American poplulation and about 12% of New York claims to be jewish but NYC is the largest jewish congregation outside of Israel. New York's Italian culture is the largest in the US. These cultures are extreamly different from mormonism and extreamly different from each other as well.