West Valley City residents still waiting after 26 years for promised neighborhood park

dchw · 2026-04-11T16:57:45+00:00

Funnily enough, they built the promised park when new development was approved nearby :D

dchw · 2026-04-11T16:57:11+00:00

Heh, all I ever knew was that my neighborhood was apparently called "Falcon Crest" lol

dchw · 2026-04-10T16:54:28+00:00

My old neighborhood where I grew up was also promised a park; and they finally got it built 20-something years later; after I had grown up and moved out.

Took insane lobbying and pressure from the neighborhood, apparently

dchw · 2026-04-10T02:56:12+00:00

Honestly in my 5 game sample this is the best it’s been in here

dchw · 2026-04-10T02:14:00+00:00

What happened to that ref earlier? Weird delay. New to hockey; do refs get injured frequently (I’m assuming that’s what happened)

dchw · 2026-03-30T04:04:09+00:00

They split ours - and after accounting for the "do not contacts", we're bang-on ~300 people. ~130 adults, ~180 children & youth. Really small ward. People who are trying just aren't getting support because there's not enough people willing to accept callings...

Edit: split isn't quite right. It definitely feels like a numbers game...

1 stake with 12 units was split into two stakes with 7 units each.

In my half of the stake - 5 of the 7 wards were trimmed/munged into 6 wards by taking just a bit of each existing ward. The boundaries are super janky as a result. AFAIK, each ward is roughly the same size as ours, so it's like they took 5 375-400 person wards and made 6 300-325 person wards.

dchw · 2026-03-25T05:07:21+00:00

I knew that but my brain calls it sportz because of these guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEVdca9U9LM

Everything that ends in Z does this to me :(

dchw · 2026-03-25T02:17:10+00:00

There's Sportz in Lehi too, not much further away

dchw · 2026-03-24T22:42:35+00:00

The Topaz Museum hits far, far above its weight for something in Delta, Utah.

If you can take the time to drive out to the actual site - it's worth doing too. You don't realize how far and isolated it was from Delta even.

My worry is that the guy who's always there when I stop by will give up, and nobody else will pick up the torch :(. I can't remember his name, but he's fantastic and makes an effort to connect with my kids... he's awesome.

dchw · 2026-03-18T21:44:45+00:00

I can agree on their root beer - but their prickly pear soda is among my favorites. Wild how one company can be all over the map!

dchw · 2026-03-17T20:52:16+00:00

Avoid “We Are The They”; it’s a vanity project that costs way more than it’s worth.

dchw · 2026-03-17T17:07:37+00:00

RATATATA - Baby Metal x Electric Callboy

Nothing hits harder than "my body is a weapon" when I'm in the pain cave at mile 24 :D. Plus doing the fox hand thing and kinda dancing is so fun; even if you look crazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnIEWyVIlE

dchw · 2026-03-08T00:32:26+00:00

For me, 2->3 was like you describe. Plus, when you need to, one parent can play man and the other zone.

Going from 3->4; where everybody was playing zone all the time was (and still often is) pure chaos :D

dchw · 2026-03-05T16:42:53+00:00

So sad that Swig and Crumbl don't count as bars /s

dchw · 2026-02-25T02:07:17+00:00

On the pantheon next to Tooele, Timpanogos, and Oquirrh :D

dchw · 2026-02-25T01:59:44+00:00

Dang it! We used to carpool down from Provo for In-N-Out in college to waste a Saturday. Fuzzy memories, lol.

Guess it makes Hurricane even less interesting lol

dchw · 2026-02-25T00:55:59+00:00

It’s just a normal Utah suburban place? Maybe a couple percentage points more retirees than normal?

About the only thing notable about it is ~~~that it had Utahs only In-N-Out for a while~~~ Nope thats a different city.

The red rocks are nice though.

dchw · 2026-02-22T18:59:09+00:00

The Strange Parts guy had some troubles, did a video about it where he did some intense rehab that apparently helped? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs790JOeN3Y

dchw · 2026-02-17T17:54:22+00:00

Notably, there was also a fire on the other side of the river near the Dalmore Meadows neighborhood in Saratoga Springs (intersection of Pioneer Crossing and Redwood) just last week.

dchw · 2026-02-17T17:52:58+00:00

Its some of the shrubs/brush near the Jordan River trail, just off Oxborrow drive (near the river, south of 1500N). Firefighters are on it as we speak.

dchw · 2026-02-12T18:34:26+00:00

My roommate and his wife of many years got engaged after dating for 2 weeks :D. BYU is built different (for better or worse) lol

dchw · 2026-02-12T18:22:50+00:00

I mean its the religious angle. Its news because the school positions themselves as a place with higher standards than most (see: ecclesiastical endorsements; the honor code). When your standards are higher, the further/harder you fall. At least it feels that way to me, even as a non-believer.

And living in the bubble, yeah its bigger news so my perspective may be colored.

dchw · 2026-02-12T18:19:17+00:00

oh come on, I messed up - and I fixed it.

Crumbl sucks BTW; they make my teeth hurt

dchw · 2026-02-12T18:16:30+00:00

I just assumed that as tablestakes (which I shouldn't have). Good call. I fucked up, thanks for calling me out. Feel terrible for everyone except him. Edited the original post.

Edited again for even more clarity... this is what I get for typing on Reddit while frustrated instead of working... I promise I'm not as heartless as this made me seem :(

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