It's all good if you aren't looking for much!
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3/10/2008
I have lived in the town of Tooele for over 10 years now. And the population has grown so little - 9000 people - that we do not even warrant a whole food market or formly Wild Oats market, who say they must have a population of 200,000 in order to consider having a store. Most our population is over 55 not under. We do not have the quality of life I was expecting when we built our home and was promised - well - sunshine and roses. Now, we have urban spread but no business to back it up. Thank god for AppleBee's - they are the only one brave enough to come out here and have seen their business boom. I can't even convince most people here to use recycle bags let alone carry their own bags to the store. I have to drive 65 + miles in order to get a bakery quality loaf of bread or baked good other than Walmart or Albertsons or our other Utah based Associated Foods store. (which if you do not live in Utah Macey's means clothes and high end department store not groceries!) We have just now a small catholic private school who cannot get community support enough to build a school, but instead have to hold it in the basement of the local (one and only) catholic church. There is three chinese resturants, three mexican and Denny's and a place called Jim's which is like Denny's but with a slight twist. Our town considers the Mormon Pioneer Day July 24th more important than 4th of July! YEP! It is a state holiday which closes down everything from A to Z. And our only store in town is WALMART! Who bought up the other large property in town (the old Albertson's) so that no one could buy it and move in. We are truly lacking in the quality of life.
Deborah | Tooele, UT