The Avenues, Salt Lake City

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40°46′30″N 111°52′30″W / 40.77500°N 111.87500°W / 40.77500; -111.87500 The Avenues is an affluent neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is named after the perfectly gridlike, closely laid out roads called Avenues (numbers, 1st - 18th) and Streets (letters, A - V). ^{[citation needed]} First surveyed in the 1850s, the Avenues became Salt Lake City's first neighborhood. Today, the Avenues neighborhood is generally considered younger, more progressive, and somewhat "artsy" when compared to other neighborhoods.^{[citation needed]} Many young professionals choose to live there due to the culture and easy commute to downtown.^{[citation needed]}. It is also one of the most important strongholds of the Utah Democratic Party.^{[citation needed]}