Baby Capital USA

Two weeks ago, I was in Salt Lake City for a Digital Marketing Summit; my first time visiting this beautiful city nestled between two mountain ranges. The only thing I knew about Salt Lake City was that it was the home of the Mormon church, which I only know a fair bit about. Let's just say I watched Big Love but I'm smart enough to know that it's not a fair view of the religion.

After two very full days of conferences, I had some downtime on Friday before my flight home to bum around the city and check things out. I was traveling with my work buddy (who also happens to be pregnant!) so it was even better to have someone else to explore a city with...and fully understand the need for hourly potty breaks! We checked out the Mormon Tabernacle and discovered they have the largest and free library for genealogy. If only I had the time to work on my ancestry, but it was still fun to go as far back as my great grandparents. With a whole afternoon left, we decided to check out the new shopping area that opened up downtown. A perfect way to spend the rest of our time in the city. Not only did we have our first Chick-Fil-A (which was delicious!), we also discovered that Salt Lake City is truly Baby Capital USA.

After seeing handfuls of young, fit mothers pushing a stroller with an infant, having two toddlers in tow, all while being pregnant, we decided we needed to keep track of how many we'd actually see. Let's just say we used up all our hands and lost count. One thing I know was proved, Salt Lake City is ALL about babies! And no lie, these mothers are young and fit...a tad jealous. It was almost humorous after seeing them all. At first I thought it was only because we were pregnant and we noticed them more, but after seeing SO many of them, we realized that wasn't it at all. So what do two internet marketing people do? Yep, Google it.

Turns out the median family size in the US is 2.6, while the median in Salt Lake City is 3.24. So it's proven, Baby Capital USA. Could it be because alot of Mormons live there and they typically have bigger families? Could be. Or could be they just are happy people and enjoy their families. Either way, it was a fun place to be...especially pregnant.