Hi Gordon,

To be entirely fair, I went back and checked, and guess what? Kiplinger had used the phrase "small cities and towns." In writing about the topic I called them just "small towns."

So Kiplinger didn't do Provo an injustice, after all. And I should have known better, because I've been to Provo multiple times and of course it is a small city -- and it has a lot going for it.

Actually that whole area from Salt Lake City to Provo/Orem has many high tech companies and a more varied industrial and commercial base than I ever expected-- ranging from tourism to mining to software development -- you name it. I used to spend a lot of time in Utah on business and was very impressed with the variety. Being from the old industrial areas in the East/Midwest, I hadn't realized just what Utah offered until I started spending time there.

Best,
Anita

Thanks for the clarification, Anita. Utah is a great place. I am not from there, but I spent my undergrad days at BYU, back when WordPerfect was just a little program written by a local professor. Too bad WordPerfect has almost returned to that status because I much prefer it to Word.