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With a POD after the foundation of the Latter Day Saints church, is there any way to have Joseph Smith's plans for a New Jerusalem in Missouri realized? He apparently had a relatively clear vision for the city with a preliminary street-grid layout and proposals for the foundation of separate nearby communities once the population reached certain numbers.

In OTL, this endeavor failed due to opposition from locals who were wary of LDS, plural marriage, etc. Is there any way to prevent an escalation of their hostility into actual violence?
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