Ogden is kind of a shithole.
Not the worst, not the best...just kind of.
Years ago a few of my coworkers and I were talking about our travels and I decided that there should be a unit that describes how shitty, or not shitty, a city or town is. That unit is the Ogden.
It's subjective, but it works. Ogden is 5 Ogdens. The nicest place you could live would be -10 Ogdens. The worst place: 10 Ogdens.
So: Detroit is like 9 Ogdens. Baghdad is 10 Ogdens. Compton is maybe 7 Ogdens.
Provo: -5 Ogdens.
Salt Lake: -2 Ogdens.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share. Once that caught on, it really made talking about places we'd been a lot easier. You know...it would be like "We were stuck in El Paso for a week getting that part for the helicopter, I'd say that place is about 5 or 6 Ogdens...maybe more at night"
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