Provo, Utah

Roasted May 13, 202669 views69 pts

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CULTURE

Byu: the party school that never showed up

Most people assume Provo has tons of bars and clubs because it's home to two universities. However, BYU students sign an Honor Code that bans alcohol, and the town is packed with people who think caffeine is a gateway drug, making Provo a not-so-ordinary college town. In fact, BYU students spend their weekends doing wholesome things like choir practice, FHE, and wandering the Creamery for ice cream. Nothing says 'college experience' like a Friday night spent debating whether the soda machine counts as rebellion.

GEOGRAPHY

Provo's mountain letter is a one-letter flex

The Y on the mountain stands for Young, as in Brigham Young University. It was built by students in 1906 and is a whopping 380 feet tall, which tells you everything about Provo's priorities: a giant letter on a mountain, just so everyone remembers whose school this is. Imagine being so proud of your school's first initial that you whitewash it every year for over a century. Peak Utah energy right there.

FOOD

Sensuous sandwiches with zero sensuality

Dine at restaurants with peculiar atmospheres, like Sensuous Sandwich where everything on the menu has a well, sensuous name (The Enticer, The Tantalizer, etc) and the walls are covered in cartoons and hilariously entertaining quotes. Nothing says 'seductive dining' like cartoon murals in a place where saying 'fudge' is considered edgy language.

PEOPLE

Provo: home of missionary chic

Provo's fashion sense is famously stuck at 'going to church in 1985,' with short-sleeved white shirts and wide ties as far as the eye can see. When the city's 115,000 residents all dress like they're about to knock on your door and ask about your eternal salvation, maybe it's time to diversify the wardrobe beyond missionary chic.

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Byu: the party school that never showed up

Provo's mountain letter is a one-letter flex

Sensuous sandwiches with zero sensuality

Provo: home of missionary chic