Iomega's CEO would like to blame his problems on Utah's drinking laws but the real problem is that Iomega is in Roy, Utah. Roy is a "suburb" of Ogden which barely tops out at 100,000 people. It's hard to attract people when you are trying to bring them to fast-paced Roy, Utah.
The liquor laws have nothing to do with it. If I had a big company and was trying to attract top engineers to the happening town of Pueblo, Colorado(also population 100,000), where you can buy a drink anytime, it would be just as tough. That's because small towns aren't exciting, glamorous places to live. People would be just as reticent to move to Pueblo or Roy. It's not the liquor laws it's the whole lifestyle issue that comes with living in a small town.
Most of the liquor law griping comes from anti-Mormon bigotry. People don't like living around Mormons so they vent on the liquor laws. To put that in perspective, who would like to come on Slashdot and gripe about living in New York because of all of the racial minorities there?
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Iomega's CEO would like to blame his problems on Utah's drinking laws but the real problem is that Iomega is in Roy, Utah. Roy is a "suburb" of Ogden which barely tops out at 100,000 people. It's hard to attract people when you are trying to bring them to fast-paced Roy, Utah.
The liquor laws have nothing to do with it. If I had a big company and was trying to attract top engineers to the happening town of Pueblo, Colorado(also population 100,000), where you can buy a drink anytime, it would be just as tough. That's because small towns aren't exciting, glamorous places to live. People would be just as reticent to move to Pueblo or Roy. It's not the liquor laws it's the whole lifestyle issue that comes with living in a small town.
Most of the liquor law griping comes from anti-Mormon bigotry. People don't like living around Mormons so they vent on the liquor laws. To put that in perspective, who would like to come on Slashdot and gripe about living in New York because of all of the racial minorities there?