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My community is composed of people who socialize outside of religious services - often times in local parks, trails and local bars and restaurants. We use I-15 and other highways to commute but largely downtown roads through the greater Salt Lake metropolitan area. Most have cars but a sizable number don't - and use public transportation (trax/buses), or walking (in the downtown area) or bike riding.
The largest common cultural identity is being 'not LDS' - what it means to be a progressive or liberal minority in a majority conservative state. There are many forms of it, but it is always the 'other' here.
My community is split between those in software/construction, who are largely doing well at the moment and getting by, and many in the service industries - retail or food service, for whom rent and housing are very, very real concerns. I know many people who have to work second or third jobs to make ends meet. All of us are concerned about climate change (see for example this year's horrible air quality due to the fires out west, as well as its record setting heat in June).
Doing more for the environment is a large long term concern. Addressing housing demand in the greater Salt Lake area is a major concern. The problems of violence downtown are a concern. The fear/uncertainty of how to help the homeless is a concern.Some of these are national concerns (e.g. climate change, potentially housing) for which my community feels completely unrepresented through Utah's current congressional delegation. The local concerns are largely addressed at the city/county level but often impeded by state level politics.
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