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Re:How Mormons built a startup ecosystem in Utah by seanmcdirmid on Saturday July 18, 2020 @11:55PM (#23886865)
It doesn’t help that gas are two levels octane lower than in other places (so standard gas is 85, not 87), Denver does the same thing.

I lived in SLC for a few years and it’s ok. In fact, I know of no other cities with 24 hour coffee shops, which is great when you want to code and write all night. But I have no feeling to return, it’s nice but kind of boring.

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Re:How Mormons built a startup ecosystem in Utah by jonnybgood on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:42AM (#23887278)
> It doesn’t help that gas are two levels octane lower than in other places (so standard gas is 85, not 87), Denver does the same thing.

That’s due to high elevation. There’s no need for higher octane. I’m at the same elevation as Denver and my car requires 93 but the highest I’ll find is 91 which is just fine.

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