Salt Lake City Map - EXPLAINED

There is no other city that began the way Salt Lake City did. The map of Salt Lake City may look like a simple grid but there's actually way more to this famous Utah city map.
You may know it from the fear factor haunted house episode (featuring the famous Nightmare on 13th haunted house) or the real housewives of salt lake city but probably don't know the most interesting thing about Salt Lake City, its history.
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[@DanielsimsSteiner]

So fun making this about my home! Utah is so unique, I love it.

[@jrom2189]

This feels incomplete in the sense that I could have watched you talk about this for another hour

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

@@jrom2189 This is such a high compliment thank you so much 🙏

[@BrightTripTravel]

@@jrom2189 😂 Agreed!

[@matthewwebster3143]

Hello fellow Utahn! Lol

[@MicahAnimates]

Hi fellow utahns

[@rickosborne6521]

As an SLC transplant, I'll say this - the grid and naming system makes it so easy to find your way around and instantly know where a place is, based just on its address. Coming from Orlando - which was apparently laid out in homage to a spilled bowl of spaghetti, it was a nice change.

[@psychlover42]

You're description of Orlando roadways made me laugh so hard!!!! 🤣🤣🤣I served my LDS mission in Orlando. I had to ask may parents for a GPS, which I'd never needed before as a SLC native. Seriously, who designed those roads???

[@SeektheLordsface]

Only those who relinquish all claims to goodness and acknowledge they are ungodly are candidates for justification (Luke 5:32)

[@Acidlib]

Yeah, I’ve never been to slc, but I’ve visited Chicago many times and have always loved how easy it is to navigate their simple grid street layout, whereas the town I grew up in is a very small midwestern city along one of the smaller rivers that feeds in to The Mississippi and for some reason the layout just seems like they decided at random whether to align the city along the river, the railroads, a simple cardinal direction grid, or, as you mentioned, just a random mess of spaghetti noodles, because as you go between neighborhoods, the layout seems to just change back and forth for no reason (I also visited Orlando for the first time last year, and I was so glad once I checked out a map of the city that I wasn’t one of the authorized drivers on our rental agreement)

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

Lol that's why I love Chicago's adress system too

[@greg4795]

the naming of the 'jordan river' is interesting. a dead sea connecting a fresh water sea. like in the 'holy land' more interesting to me is that the mormons petitioned the government for the state of "deseret", it was the mormons preferred name for the region.. a name from the 'book of mormon' but it was rejected by the US government in favor of "utah" which was derived from the Ute Indian Language meaning people of the mountains.. but the navajo meaning of Utah was 'upper' or higher up' as they referenced the shoshone people. So in Isaiah 2:2 it says "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills" so in a way, the Us governments decision to name the region 'Utah' only reinforced(by accident) or validated what the mormons were trying to establish. It seemed to fulfill prophecy.

[@geoffgreen2105]

So in Salt Lake City, the streets are referred to by their number, starting as mentioned in the video at Temple Square. However, something that often confuses visitors is how the names are written as opposed to how they are spoken aloud. "300 West" on a map or street sign is "Third West" when spoken aloud. "2100 South" is "Twenty-First South." North, South, and West Temple are the streets that border Temple Square to the respective directions, and Main Street borders Temple Square on the east. "100 East" is actually "State Street," which leads up to the Capitol Building. So if you wanted to know where the Main Branch of the Salt Lake City Library is, I would tell you it's at "Fourth South and Second East," that is four blocks south and two blocks east of Temple Square.

[@briang70]

Likewise in Davis County a bit north, when you travel through different cities, the roads change names. SR 126 through Syracuse, Clearfield and Sunset changes names from State St. to Main St. and back a few times. I'm from L.A. and actually find it easier to navigate the streets there. Sure the streets (mostly residential) can stop and start but they are in a grid pattern so you know geographically where you are. But if you want to really get lost in L.A. go north to Santa Clarita and look at its street map! Looks like a bowl of spaghetti as the roads there follow the contour of the very hilly terrain.

[@gameface6091]

I'm a Salt Lake City native, grew up at 255 S 1135 W with I-80 at the end of my street on one side and the Jordan River cutting kitty-corner at the other end. Anyway, the way I've conceptualized the way we describe the streets I think of it as dollars and cents. Yeah, 4th S is technically 400 S but it is four full units (or blocks) south of Temple Square. The last two digits, like with U.S. currency is to specify fractions of a block. So if instead of being at exactly 4th S you were located at 410 South, you would be 1/10th of a block further south than 4th S. At 450 S you'd be a half block further away. Important to know that the size of a block is 1/8th of a mile. So 8 blocks, for instance 8th S is 1 mile away from the south side of Temple Square. It is relatively easy to measure distance in the valley by knowing this as it is consistent (relatively, some streets aren't exactly straight yet don't change number designation) throughout the valley.

[@JavierArveloCruzSantana]

Washington, DC does the same based from the Capitol Building. The grid is 0 on top of the Capitol building.

[@buddysautomotiveSD]

VERY good to know!!

[@ParkerTyler]

@@gameface6091 that is how I explained it to my wife when we moved here (She is an AZ native, I was raised in Utah.) I told her to imagine a decimal before the last two digits. 400 East becomes 4.00 East or 10600 South becomes 106.00 South. But I like your explanation of thinking about as currency!

[@lemueljr1496]

Utah folklorist here: the wide streets were more likely to contain fires more easily to city blocks rather than jumping streets and threatening the whole city. I believe it was Wilford Woodruff who clarified that in a letter.

[@jeffbybee5207]

The traditional story is the wide streets were so 6 horse and wagons could turn around with out swearing

[@lemueljr1496]

@@jeffbybee5207 Yes. That's the story I hear most often, and perhaps there's a subconcious reason why the story is disseminated more often than the fire preventative idea, I'm only pointing out that there are alternative narratives according to other sources and suggest that the wide roads of Utah have a significant impact on the cultural narrative of the state.

[@devenbs1993]

I always heard it was specifically for a full team of oxen to be able to turn around, because they used big ass teams of oxen and big ass wagons to move quarried stone to the temple site, and other construction needs, but the fire thing sounds very practical.

[@lemueljr1496]

@@devenbs1993 I think the fire thing makes more sense because the blocks aren't that big, so it shouldn't be too hard to just make another pass around the block. Also oxen are really hard to get to turn around. Come to think of it, I can't imagine why the plan would be to use oxen as a primary mode of transport once they settled into a city. For long journeys they're cheaper and have better fortitude than horses, but otherwise they were mostly used for heavy labor away from cities, right? It's just a guess. Both reasons could be practical, but I think fire prevention seems more sensible the longer I consider them.

[@devenbs1993]

@@lemueljr1496 I definitely believe you, but as a Utah native the oxen story is what I was told as a kid. As far as I know teams of oxen were used to transport heavy construction material and quarried stone.

[@redmesa2975]

4:50 Deseret is a Mormon term, meaning of the hive. They likened themselves to a colony of bees, building & producing. That is why Utah is called the beehive state. I wondered about this for decades, until I started trucking in Utah regularly. The road layout was explained to me by a local Utah driver. Gotta give those early settlers credit. They were very ingenious !

[@chrism6880]

Well, they may have gotten help from some magic golden tablets

[@kingkrisp1660]

@@chrism6880 Joseph Smith starting a new religion because some tablets told him to make a square citty

[@marquizzo]

Oh, that explains why their state highways have a beehive in the background! I've always wondered this on my road trips to Colorado.

[@siberianmckinney]

The beehive is also a Freemason symbol, and Joseph / Brigham borrowed heavily (read: stole) from Freemason tradition for the religion they invented.

[@redmesa2975]

@@siberianmckinney that’s interesting. I’ve read the book Under the Banner of Heaven. It was a really interesting look at their history and belief origins

[@jayc222]

Those obscenely wide streets have allowed for a lot of modern urban amenities to flourish in the city. For example, it has allowed for wide sidewalks that provide space for landscaping, benches, etc. It’s allowed for the easy construction of light rail lines right on busy streets. Bike lanes were easily implemented with so much space to work with. Angled street parking has been added to what has essentially become restaurant/night life district. State Street was even turned into a river during historic flooding in the 1980’s!

[@val42k]

The flood was 1983. I remember because I was out of Utah that year.

[@bigscarysteve]

And yet, when there were only two automobiles in the entire state of Utah, they managed to have a head-on collision in those wide streets of Salt Lake City.

[@SeektheLordsface]

Only those who relinquish all claims to goodness and acknowledge they are ungodly are candidates for justification (Luke 5:32)

[@reedanderson1480]

Not only is SLC gridded out in large squares, but practically every city and town in Utah has the same layout

[@daveg4236]

Oddly enough so is Minot ND. i was stationed there and town is broke up NW NE SW SE

[@TrendyStone]

@@daveg4236 You missed the point.

[@daveg4236]

@@TrendyStone no I didn't.

[@TrendyStone]

@@daveg4236 Your comment does.

[@daveg4236]

@@TrendyStone you missed everything

[@AstroMagi]

Worth mentioning is Samuel Newhouse, an early-20th century millionaire who financed many of the buildings in the Exchange Place Historic District (400 S/Main St). This area was intentionally built as a counter to the LDS-owned business areas centered around Temple Square. Even today, you can feel the difference between the northern side of downtown and the southern side on a Friday or Saturday night. City Creek and the areas around it close early while the Exchange Place has an active bar and restaurant scene late into the night.

[@terramater]

Yes, SLC is booming. But at a huge cost, unfortunately: As you mentioned, the Great Salt Lake is drying up, a phenomenon that's happening to many terminal lakes across the globe. We started researching for a new video about it and realized that the case for the GSL is unique and alarming: the exposed soil underneath its water could eventually make the city unliveable very soon. People need to be aware of that bc there are still viable measures to prevent such a scenario.

[@yodorob]

That's yet one more analogy with the Dead Sea, which is also shrinking at an incredibly fast rate.

[@PopcornNinjapwn]

I've waited so long for this! As a out of state and non-LDS student at the U, I've absolutely fallen in love with Salt Lake City and Utah. I'm so happy you did a breakdown on the map!

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Salt lake is such an amazing city

[@Therebesquare]

I love that the road system is determined by the meridian on temple square… it took me a minute as well but haha

[@dylantaft1867]

@@DanielsimsSteiner it’s alright

[@Fireneedsair]

As a geography geek, I dug this video. I love cultural geography and maps and historical info. SLC is one of my favorite cities. Always managed to stop off on my travels and explore. The wide streets, leafy east side neighborhoods and beautiful location always entranced me. Good work

[@Fireneedsair]

I do worry about the drying salt lake and air quality that will be affected

[@avacurtis2729]

​@@Fireneedsair As a Utahan same. We have some great organizations trying to save it though. Save our Great Salt Lake and friends of the great salt lake are doing great work

[@betweentheaisle]

Currently a student of Utah history right now and you did an incredible job summing up this period in 8-9 minutes. Great job!

[@jasontempest4233]

It's weird but I live in Australia, Cairns Australia to be exact and yet for some years now I've had a fascination with Salt Lake City and the LDS church, especially LDS Temple Architecture. I've been to the United States now twice and have visited the usual spots like LA, San Fran, NYC, Philly, DC, Chicago and of course Las Vegas. Las Vegas was the closest I got to Mormon Country and I do recall that LV was originally settled by LDSs. That said I found the country around LV more interesting than the City itself. I hope next time to perhaps drive from LA through LV and up into Utah and Salt Lake City and find out why this mountain city is in my thoughts and dreams so often. Great Video BTW.

[@shades24seven]

Absolutely! I suggest you continue North a little after SLC. Ogden, Brigham City, Logan, Bear Lake. Dude I promise it won't disappoint my friend

[@shades24seven]

One more note. I would suggest doing it in Spring or early summer when the air is clean. Air quality here gets bad due to inversions in winter and wildfire smoke late summer it makes the landscape virtually non-existent

[@E-4]

Utah resident here, currently planning a trip to Cairns! Utah is one of the most astoundingly beautiful places in the world, be sure to stop at Zion & Bryce Canyon national parks on your next road trip to the “City of Saints.” Moab in the eastern part of the state is also stunning.

[@stomperchomper]

Its a really cool place, the temple itself is currently under construction I believe but most everything else is fair game to go and see

[@dougberrett8094]

Growing up in Salt Lake Valley, the grid system was taken for granted. When I first studied Cartesian coordinates, I was pleasantly surprised that I already knew how they worked. Just like Salt Lake City’s street system.

[@JConnn]

Have lived in Salt Lake for 30 years and just learned more from this 9 minute video than I did from any Utah history class I ever took. 10/10 beehives.

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

🐝🐝

[@TylerAdamsStopRewind]

Same

[@sjames1012]

Great video! Interesting, respectful and informative. It's fun to see the city I live in be explained in such a way.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Thank you very much!

[@baseballbatbros]

Dude this is like, one of the most well-constructed, interesting, and quality KZbin videos that I've watched in a minute. Instant subscriber.

[@BrightTripTravel]

This means so much, thank you! And welcome!

[@joshuabusby551]

Wassup Will

[@williamwesemann8770]

I've lived in Utah and Israel, so the thumbnail caught my attention. Awesome video!

[@cumsquatch8057]

you mean palestine

[@gagegarlitz1962]

​@@cumsquatch8057 You mean Canaan, Isrealites and Philistinians stole that land from the Canaanites.

[@utahlife8610]

​@@cumsquatch8057no Israel. Screw Hamas

[@braunarete5044]

I don't get any of these comments complaining that he didn't cover most of SLC's history. It's a video about the formation of the SLC map not whyrubuttfrustrated about Mormons and that's coming from an atheist that grew up in SLC. Growing up here spoils you to a very easily navigated city, if you can understand a X,Y axis. The biggest mountains are on the east side so you always know which way is true north. As a kid there was a couple times I snuck out late to go to my gf's house in the middle of the night. I had to go down some dodgy streets to avoid patrolling cop cars and I became lost. That is until I hit the next street sign which I immediately knew which direction was true north. I really never knew how mentally grounding it is living here. When I lived in Portland for a year it was so discombobulating. My head always felt like a spinning compass because I could never just look about and know what my orientation to the planet was. You wouldn't think such a simple thing would make you feel more/less confident but it was really significant. Didn't help that the streets there are super super tiny compared to SLC and It took such a long ass time to cover any distance in Portland. Plenty of things that I don't like about Mormonism but I cannot deny the cities advantages when a mostly singular entity had control about the street design and expansion. Another funny thing about growing up here is I used to be like most people complaining and gripping about Utah's liquor laws, that you should be able to buy alcohol from any store/time etc. When I went on my first road trip to California right after joining my fraternity. I was actually really bothered that almost every single store, outlet, grocery, gas etc. was selling more alcohol than whatever store they purported to be. It really opened my eyes to how normalized alcoholism is in the USA. It just felt grimy and trashy that alcohol was plastered everywhere. I stopped drinking about a decade ago and I can't imagine how much worse and obnoxious it would be living somewhere that I'd just be staring at liquor bottles any time I went out. Grew up resenting it, now I'm actually grateful for it. It's actually kind of surprising that I've never heard of AA promoting moving to places like SLC where the temptation would be night and day for any recovering alcoholic.

[@morganaldous897]

The local legend is that Brigham Young wanted the streets wide enough that an 8-oxen team could pull a U-turn so easily that the ladies in the shops on either side wouldn't have to hear the drivers resort to profanity.

[@juliomedrano6817]

Makes sense why neighborhoods like rose park has huge streets

[@jk484]

Please do Savannah, it has a very unique map/city design that unfortunately very few places in the US have followed

[@Zackfed96]

Savannah has definitely got a lot to explain and dive into! That would be an interesting video!

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Oooh I love this idea

[@Zackfed96]

You should do a whole bunch of cities like this. I watch your videos before visiting a city!

[@tasyabintang]

Random fact: I took an SLC walking tour couple months ago and the guide told me that Fort Douglas is the only US Fort that is facing "inward" (towards the city) because the mormons were the sole thread!

[@BrightTripTravel]

Ohhh a walking tour in SLC sounds amazing

[@daveg4236]

Your guide is wrong

[@ericlee8599]

Finally! We’ve been waiting for new map explained!

[@lazlobean]

The Avenues were housing for miners and people who were not Mormon. It has always been the home for artists, students,university professors, etc.

[@chrisbarney1609]

It's a cool neighborhood but not sure that's actually true

[@lazlobean]

@@chrisbarney1609 Here is a write up about it. Growing up, I was always told that it was miners and workers and not Mormon settlers who lived in the area. That may be anecdotal, however. “Salt Lake City was founded in 1847. By the 1850s, rapid growth in industry, crafts, trades, and manufacturing occurred, and with this expansion Salt Lake City shifted from a village to a metropolis. During this transitional stage, the Avenues district of Salt Lake City was established, primarily for artisans, tradesmen, common laborers, and others who desired to live in close proximity to the urban city center. The Avenues, laid out as Plat D of Salt Lake City, was the first section of the municipality to deviate from the original city plan of 10-acre blocks patterned after the “Plat of the City Zion” provided by Joseph Smith, the founder and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.”

[@stewpear]

I think they are still called the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. Isn’t that name on all their buildings?

[@lavenderbee423]

Yes, and that has always been the name. For quite a while though people knew the church better through the nickname Mormon, which has a weird history of being like, a reclaimed slur just from what I remember of LDS church history. But recently the Prophet of the Church has asked people to use the full name of the church rather than its nicknames. All us Utahns still slip up though, so I don't blame others who don't quite understand it all and still call us the nicknames.

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Yeah, same in German: "Die Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage", short: HLT. But they build "normal churches" (looks like a christian church) as a temple here in Germany. Interesting that they self named as "christian" but they be not a part of The Highest Christian Church Council. Funny that they try to make an own country but the troops of the U.S.A. are stronger after they not can be soldier same all other hard religious group (except muslims of course)!

[@alexross4062]

Let me say, living in the Salt Lake Valley, this layout is great! A lot of the time you can spit out an XXXXX S and XXXXX W/E and be able to instantly know where to go without maps, all within the greater salt lake area.

[@craiggersify]

Yes! The map explained videos are what gives Bright Trip an edge over other youtube travel/edu content! And it’s cool you talked with a local expert for this one - the kind of resource that might be an institution in a town but unknown to everyone else.

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Yess I want to do more interview's like this! Steve is awesome

[@MicahAnimates]

Totally

[@hamergoolsby7527]

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints and someone who just moved to Utah I found this super cool! Its not very often you get to learn so much about why where you live is the way it is! Also I really appreciated the respect he used when talking about the church and the name of the church!

[@tthomascreatives]

Great video! A lot of surprising history in SLC and this makes for a great introduction to it!

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

I thought of giving a nickname to the Great Salt Lake. It's the "Dead Sea of Utah." But, the offical nickname is "America's Dead Sea."

[@jjmachado5]

This was cool! It was like watching a Johnny Harris video but without the orange jacket. The music, the maps, the way you apologize for stuff, the story telling... just like him. He would be proud

[@tgautam03]

Come on!!! A longer version of this video please!!!!

[@TheRandompaint]

Correction, after the holy land of ISRAEL 🇮🇱

[@tylermcarthur]

Thanks for treating the LDS church fairly. Great video. Subscribed.

[@MicahAnimates]

It’s just really fun to see videos about my state, it feels like no one talks about it

[@feliPEDOS81]

What did the natives call “the Jordan river” before the settlers?????🤔🤔

[@LucasTenney0]

Hometown!

[@corbananderson7060]

The LDS church split into about 7 different groups after Joseph Smith died. Brigham's group was just one of these and the rest stayed in the same area. The reason they came to the Salt Lake City area was because it was part of Mexico and Brigham Young wanted to create his own nation called Deseret which would have been Utah, Nevada, Southern California, parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. This was undone by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which made all this area US territory. Utah kept getting shrunk down to its current size because of the gold rush in California and the silver rush in Nevada. Also, Salt Lake City wasn't the original capitol of Utah. It was Fillmore which is smack dab in the middle of Utah. But, yeah, this is why SLC is on the grid system that we still have today. You just gotta get used to locals calling streets like 3300 south "33rd south" which we do for all of them

[@BrightTripTravel]

Thanks for the additional details! The Capitol being in the center of the state is so fascinating

[@viviangunsettcecco]

Thank you for sharing map explainers + history like this! So useful!

[@cameronmckinnon4891]

Fellow Utahn here that loves our unique and quirky state (and its history). Please make this a continuing series!

[@BrightTripTravel]

🤝 deal

[@LivingInSaltLakeCity]

As somebody who also makes tons of videos about Utah, this was a great video. Very well made and well produced. Thanks for sharing our city!

[@chrism6880]

It's actually pretty neat. No other cult built a city that has lasted 150 years.

[@weirdlanguageguy]

Which definition of cult are you using here?

[@saadr1an]

Honestly such a beautiful city

[@BoWSkittlez]

I think you forgot to talk about the how the street names are named how they are! You briefly mentioned the names but I feel like that’s an important part you missed about the history. Why are they sized the way they are (hint: why are they 100 E or 1200 S and not named Main Ave or something?

[@BrightTripTravel]

Very true! So hard to cover everything. Maybe for another video

[@BoWSkittlez]

@@BrightTripTravel Okay perfect

[@burntthetoast]

Originally from Philadelphia, I've lived here in Salt Lake City for more than a decade. The roads are fantastic with how large they are, allow for a lot of two-lane thoroughfares in the middle of the city, and give it more a spacious look; i've never seen a city that was built around the mountains with such beauty and design. Thank you for noting the dwindling water supply in the area. The pollution out here is getting out of hand. This place is the perfect geological situation for pollution to linger. They are already enlarging I-15 and I-80 for the expected people moving out of Caledonia; learn from your lessons and don't consume all the water!!! Salt Lake is probably one of the most uniquely beautiful places in the U.S., and it seems people have figured that out recently, something I wish was still a secret. Great video.

[@KennethAI]

Now out of a drought and pollution is the lowest rate :))

[@burntthetoast]

@@KennethAI for now bud. For nowz

[@queijoduke]

As a Utah native, I didn't realize this wasn't normal in other states lol

[@avacurtis2729]

Same haha. Took me a while to realize just how good we have it

[@didim4980]

As a Non-Mormon resident of SLC since I was born this showed me a bunch of cool facts I didn’t know about. The separation of church and quite frankly ANYTHING else here is very very thin. Lots of places close on Sunday’s (including City Creek) and there’s and LDS church by almost every elementary school that I can think of. They even offer a Seminary (LDS) class that you earn 0 Credits for in High School that a lot of Mormon’s do end up taking 😂 Cool video!

[@nargly8208]

That seminary class they offer in highschool was called nap period for me and I don't think I'd of made it through highschool without it!

[@jacobjonesofmagna]

Non-Mormon Utah resident pride Love being regarded as a second-class citizen because I'm not pretending to be happy constantly

[@gagegarlitz1962]

@@jacobjonesofmagna I'm a non-mormon living in Utah and I don't feel that way at all. Sure you can say that a lot of people here seem fake, but this is an amazing state and I've never felt like a second class citizen or that I have to pretend to be happy.

[@jacobjonesofmagna]

@@gagegarlitz1962 Since getting out of majority Mormon communities in the Salt Lake Valley, I can feel a lot more content and a lot less frankly prejudiced against Mormon *people* as well. But my mom and I were poor getting patronized by missionaries and local Mormons. They can be pushy, and frankly mean, when they're looking down on you. So I developed a bad bias very young. I understand how I come across but I would like to express that I love Utah and the Oquirrh Mountain areas specifically will always feel like home.

[@cbligerman]

Awesome video! Utah and SLC are some of the best kept secrets on the planet for their natural beauty hope we can save the GSL.

[@sherise_2020]

Enjoyed your video.. Love my state that’s being taken over by people who have no respect for our state

[@jameslongstaff2762]

It's not formerly known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is currently known as the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Daniel says “formally” but I’m glad you said this cause it totally sounds like he says “formerly”. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

If you were paying attention they changed it to just "the church of jesus christ" lds and Mormon aren't accurate anymore though it is still part of their identity

[@sebastian3004]

@@Whitehorse_crimefighter WHAT???? They are not LDS anymore????? Are they christian now? jesus christ. I left utah while ago but....

[@wm3293]

I was just at Niagara Falls and got to talk to someone from salt lake city he couldn't believe the amount of freshwater that flows over Niagara Falls each Second I live by Lake Erie in Ohio Lake Erie water levels have been high for 4 years now I was at Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario thus summer as well definitely no lack of low water still higher than normal.

[@nargly8208]

I remember flying to Chicago once and I fell asleep on the plane. When I woke up we were about to land and we were turning around over that thing you guys call a lake. I spent about 3 minutes in my head arguing with myself about how we could've gotten so far off track to be turning around somewhere way off the east coast that all I could see was the 'Atlantic Ocean'.

[@wm3293]

@@nargly8208 Great Lakes will do that definitely not the average Lakes especially Lake Michigan it feels like the Atlantic Ocean other Great Lakes I don't get that same feeling

[@de4ndre3dwards]

hey man you should do Portland OR! It seems to be super interesting

[@brunhildevalkyrie]

The mormon cult is horrifyingly interesting

[@petercozzaglio6070]

I actually found this quite interesting. I would really enjoy a whole series on how certain cities were planned and laid out.

[@BrightTripTravel]

In the works as we speak... 🤫

[@TrendyStone]

Love living in Utah. Fantastic place. Takes me 20 minutes to get to my favorite ski resort. I'm there with the fam every winter weekend.

[@jayandree4361]

Giving me Johnny Harris vibes, loves it

[@BrightTripTravel]

Johnny's one of Bright Trip's founders!

[@jayandree4361]

@@BrightTripTravel makes sense. Since I like his vids n these vids. And this guy

[@chrisford6018]

As an SLC native I loved this. Fascinating. I felt like it was finished though! I wanted more.. haha

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Thank you.. Liked and Subbed. I find these videos very interesting. I did visit SLC once and was a little surprised to see all of the large buildings north of Temple Square. I kind of expected Temple Square to be the “core” of the city with tall buildings surrounding it. You also kind of explained why Promontory Point is so far north of SLC.

[@BrightTripTravel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@susansmart8086]

Picky comment. The transcontinental railroad was joined at Promontory SUMMIT not Promontory Point. 30+ mile difference.

[@Idahoguy10157]

During the civil war the Union needed Utah. California gold and Nevada silver paid for the civil war. The telegraph went thru Salt Lake City. So an army garrison was just outside of SLC

[@scottdsteele]

This is my first time ever seeing one of your videos and was curious when i saw your thumbnail on this video because i am from and still live in Salt Lake City. Your video was so well done (akin to Johnny Harris videos) and this is the first time I've subscribed to someone's channel after just one video. I'm excited to watch many more of your videos too. Great job!

[@sunnyship3172]

1:31 Free Palestine

[@iguanaamphibioustruck7352]

When I was born in 1935, my dad was a Forest Ranger, on the Humboldt Forest in Northern Nevada. My Mom had been the head waitress at the lodge on the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon. When they met,We my dad was working for the Forest Service. When my dad got his appointment as Ranger they married in the Manti Mormon Temple and moved to Jargridge, Nevada. We moved from Jarbidge to Mt.City then, to Ely, Austin and in 48 we moved to Moab, Utah. So, after 12 years of having Sundays free, I was required to go to church. It did not work. Often I would go to church, then class and crawl out to window in the bathroom, change clothes, (we were a block away,) and go with my buddy to set and check our trap line. The Mormon Church is a good religion, better than most. My first wife was raised in a Catholic Orphanage. But, the Mormon Church has a prescribed way to live your life, like AI. No one tells me how to live! That is my god given right. I am happy, successful and cannot wait for tomorrow. I love life. GET SMART, GET TRUMP. Iguana

[@high5flyer]

2:03 The US of A defeated the US of M in the Mexican-American War. USA earned the rights to the land, as that is how war works. Nobody stole anything from anybody. In fact, the USA paid USM for the land after the war, when they could have just seized it & been done with it. What other countries have paid for the land they Rightfully conquered? Who does that? God Bless America!

[@side483]

@2:59 "settlements had for some reason or another failed". They were murdered, raped, and robbed until they were forced to leave. Missouri had a Mormon extermination order. It was legal to kill a Mormon. The important part was missed right there.

[@zionmama150]

8:30 the horse and carriage thing is true, and Brigham Young expected it of all the cities, even Lehi. In fact, it is in the histories that he told David Evans (my great great grandfather) that Lehi (who had already built their business streets close together) was to push their businesses back. They refused to do this thing, and that’s why Pioneer Crossing eventually had to be built.

[@LukeLamoreaux-eg7cy]

actually the capitol building was originally built downtown but in 1960 thousands of people gathered together to haul it brick by brick up to capitol hill. I can't remember where I read that

[@Josh1888USU]

The Great Salt Lake has two major tributaries, the Jordan River coming in from the south and the Bear River coming in from the north. That dude at the first got that wrong.

[@Nolan.Grimes]

I learned about the Mormon Grid and Plat of Zion of when I traveled in Utah a few years ago, but I never learned all this. Fascinating and well done video!!

[@ericpeterson7250]

2:18 technically it is still known and has always been known as the church of Jesus christ of latter day saints. It gets confusing tho but that technically has always been the name of the church.

[@jeffkarren]

All my favorite things: maps, Salt Lake City, and black cherry Fresca. Thanks for an awesome video!

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

You have very good taste, my friend. I just discovered black cherry Fresca and I’m addicted. It’s incredible.

[@jj6282]

You don't need to apologize or explain that you're going to get to something...you always have a well thought out presentation in your map vids. Ignore any negative or overly critical comments unless they are genuinely constructive. Please continue making them...a few of my friends and I are hooked!

[@justinbosley692]

Sorry, I have to correct you on something, the church isn't "formally known" as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That is the current name of the church as it has been since 1838. We were called Mormons by non-members because of The Book of Mormon, a book of scripture that Joseph Smith translated. The name "Mormons" or "Mormon church" has only stuck because it was easier to say than the full name. LDS is just an acronym for Latter-day Saints.

[@koltoncrane3099]

That’s a good video. And you’re right. Ya gotta talk about politics as it influenced everything. Ya could even do a video on polygamy today and few cities that are known for that. I think it’s interesting gay marriage is legal but polygamy is still not legal. It’s quite the quandary. Ya could look at pbs I believe. They did a video on Mormons helping the railroad. And the railroad went bankrupt so to pay the Mormons or Brigham they gave em a train and they used that train to transport stone for the temple. Haha they won’t even allow a gravel pit up the canyon by salt lake today. Thank god they did so much back then cause it’d be impossible today. Look at photos of beaches in Cali. They used to have oil wells on the beach. Luckily they did that back then cause it certainly wouldn’t have been approved today. You could do a video on fort something. It’s west of Utah lake and north of eureka I believe. There’s not a lot of documentaries about older Utah history. Even the public system is horrible. They celebrate black history month which is needed but extremely hypocritical considering there were 50 Black slaves in Utah maybe but tens of thousands of Native American slaves. Utes used tk be slaves of the Spanish but rebelled and then was selling slaves to the Spanish and later onto the pioneers. You could do a video on brigham young not buying a boy and a new a Native American killed him. Then he bought a girl rather then watch her be killed and that girl married chief kanosh which is why that band of Utes never fought in the Indian wars. They stayed in kanosh however they did fight and kill a bunch of Spanish miners still. The Spanish stayed in Utah mining in some places in the late 1800s even. But academia teaches the Spanish only had mines in Latin America and zero in Utah. It’s just right out deceitful what history the government teaches and or excludes.

[@grae7955]

I was born and raised in SLC, and I haven't travelled either, and as much as I love this video, I'm SO confused. Is this not how other places are?? How are other states organized?? I'm so confused and curious

[@levoGAMES]

1:37 I thoroughly dislike when people do that. You are here to talk about the city layout of SLC, are you not? Here it sounds like you are making an excuse for incorporating a little history lesson into your presentation. Why the excuse, are you ashamed of your work of art - can it not stand by itself? Or is the presumption here that the "viewer type" is an ADHD ridden zoomer who bores at the slightest mention of "difficult" subjects like history and math? As a viewer myself I take it as an insult if it was meant this way. I know my opinion doesn't matter. Unfortunately though we live in a time where everyone thinks their opinion is worth saying or typing. So I might as well leave it here in hopes you can improve your presentations if you care. Subtly declaring your viewers idiots is not very kind.

[@GilmerJohn]

I'm surprised about how quickly you skip over Mountain Meadows and the Federal threats on the settlement.

[@Ivory_GT]

I'd suggest having someone proof watch these videos beforehand. Noticed a few mistakes. Great video otherwise.

[@ginatriana1523]

....makes for easy navigation, and, very telling for the Mormon religion and their ambitions.

[@Ed3540]

The church is still name The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints it has never been nore will ever be changed

[@6255445]

Great video. The temple square and the Utah Capitol are les than a mile away. May be in old times, they thought it was far enough.

[@Jhawk_2k]

Someone's been studying their Johnny Harris videos 😉

[@uchennanwogu2142]

yeah a little too on the nose

[@BrightTripTravel]

These are Johnny Harris' videos. He's one of Bright Trip's founders!

[@jasongotcello]

Salk Lake City is such a beautiful city. It may be a small city, but it's very influential for its size

[@karrin2261]

It’s funny that Utah lake is analogous to the Dead Sea because the Utah lake is filled with the dead 💀

[@damemaes5167]

should have talked about more history. sure, the map is interesting, but don't limit the content like that

[@paulgaskins7713]

You apologize a lot which begs the question. who likes maps this much without liking history

[@spacecase6825]

i noticed we never mention how the early mormon pioneers butchered entire families just to steal their land .

[@fredfuchs3573]

I hate downtown I avoid at all cost it's pretty to look at from the west bench though

[@harmonslytherin]

at around 2:20 in the video, he mentions that the LDS Church is "formerly known" as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The wording here should be: "Properly known as"

[@BrightTripTravel]

Thank you for pointing this out! He says ‘formally’ but it definitely sounds very close to ‘formerly’.

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

A while ago it was shortened to just "the church of jesus christ" omitting of latter day saints

[@harmonslytherin]

@@Whitehorse_crimefighter I'm a member of the church. I think I know my own name

[@egyptian_salads2871]

@@BrightTripTravel I heard the word formerly too. Thanks for the clarification 👍

[@chrisskiingpowpow]

Visited SLC for the first time last winter season. The skiing here is absolutely amazing and I’m mad at myself for not discovering it sooner 😅

[@stenbak88]

Forever? Indigenous people haven’t been anywhere forever

[@Kahless_the_Unforgettable]

Wow dude, watch the bass. Are you trying to destroy our speakers?

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

We call the naming and numbering of streets zero point.

[@KuwareKuwari]

I feel like I’m in a johnny harris video with all these maps

[@Metawen]

"..in Palestine." 🥰🥰🥰

[@henrystoes6508]

palestine and israel are both names for that region, yes.

[@Metawen]

@@henrystoes6508 no. Palestine is the game of the land, israel is the name of a settler state..

[@gagegarlitz1962]

Prior to millennia of foreign conquest, the land of Caanan was home to the Philistine Pentapolis as well as the kingdoms of Isreal and Judah before the former group was exiled by the Assyrians. Eventually under Greek rule the whole region was known as Phoenicia, but after the Romans wiped out the Phoenicians and gained full control of the Levant, they created Syria in the north and adopted the name Judaea in the southern province after the more ancient kingdom of Judah. Following a wave of failed uprisings and oppression of Jews in Judaea, emperor Hadrian renamed Judaea to Syria Palaestina after the more ancient Philistine civilization that had lived in the region. There were a number of administrative changes after that with the fall of Rome, Crusades, Rise of Islam etc. but in that time the term Palestine stuck as a common name for the southern Levant. In that time the term Israel was still relevant, it had just become more generally associated with the Jewish diaspora and descendants of the tribe as a whole rather than the ancient Levantine kingdom where many of their ancestors once lived, that is up until after WW2 when Britain granted Jews territory in the former homeland of the Tribes and kingdom of Israel. Whether or not you like what they did with it, Britain had just as much right to administrate over the region as Rome and all the other powers that had remapped and renamed it beforehand. Salt Lake City was founded while the region was primarily known as Palestine under Ottoman Rule so it's historically accurate for him to say that, most KZbinrs I've seen use the term "Isreal and Palestine" to refer to the region if they're talking about modern politics. Isreal and Palastine both existed in the same region historically and they both exist in the same region today, they're both valid names. There's really not much point in arguing that it only has a single valid name unless you're like emperor Hadrian and purposefully trying to erode, downplay and undermine one side of the history, diversity and culture of the region and its people.

[@henrystoes6508]

@@Metawen romans stole jews from their land it renamed it syria palaestina, which gave the future palestinians their name. jews lived there first and palestine is a roman imperialist term to get rid of jewish control of influence from the region. point blank period. history already happened, so i don't care if you support palestine, but you can't change the fact that israelites were there first as a self-ruling ethnoreligious kingdom before the arabs conquered and used jerusalem as a pawn in their colonial game.

[@Kuricang31]

@@gagegarlitz1962 Yes and no. When Romans came and named the region as 'Palestine', 'the term 'Israel' was used for a whole different meaning as the term was used to describe a group of people that were formed by the Twelve Tribes. The term 'Israel' being used to describe the current region was only used recently in modern era

[@kayleeholt0712]

This is so cool. I'm a native utahn and love history

[@jamesorlando8178]

This was so interesting! So glad I found your channel, keep up the good work!

[@jakem.8608]

Salt Lake is actually a pretty cool city these days