I was born, raised and taught RT "Cemetary" in the Tri Cities, and there was never more than 7 percent of the population who were Mormon. In 1978 when the church was battling the community over the right to build a release-time seminary building and hold RT seminary, it was pretty obvious that Mormons were a loud minority, but a small minority.
I still have lots of relatives who live there. Do you have reliable data that lists what percent of the population of the Tri Cities is LDS?
it's being watered down by non-member newcomers. I remember the seminary controversy in 1978. Of course, as members, we were thrilled when Richland H.S. got a 'cemetery' building. Richland got a temple, too in the '90s. Yes, a very vocal group, we were. We had a very large presence against the ERA, too, of which I played a part, unfortunately. The Morg owns a huge acreage of farmland in Pasco, too, so the power and influence isn't so obvious, but still there. At least the Tri-City Herald is not so pro Mo anymore.
My brother lives in Spokane, and they are more of a minority than the Tri-Cities, but are stillvery staunch. His former mother-in-law and ex wife are Nazi Mos, from old pioneer stock in Idaho. So, I guess including those cities in the morridor is a matter of opinion.
I noticed that one map did include the Moses lake area.
I'd classify Moses Lake and one or two places in Easter Oregon as exclaves of the Morridor. I live in Yakima, and every time I go to the Tri-Cities to shop, it's Mormons everywhere. Possibly it's because there's a temple there, and maybe someone actually uses it.
I would argue it does not include other enclaves of historical Mormon influence because these places (Alberta, Las Vegas, Arizona, Mexico, San Diego) are defined by their isolation from the Morridor and greater-vicinity non-Mormon majority in the first place.
I agree with this one because Morridor, is Mormon Corridor, which suggests it's contiguous. Also, I have lived in a lot of those other place, and just moved to Provo about a year ago. A vocal Mormon minority, even a Mormon majority isn't the same as a Mormon Majority that thinks that this is their homeland, and nothing else.
"Mormon Corridor" which is also amusingly similar to the word "Mordor" from the "Lord of the Rings" book series. Mordor was the evil land "where the Shadows lie."