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What would bugs have to do with it? Porches are more of a gathering spot. Some on the front and some on the back. It's a place to keep the sun off of you while outside. At my Mom's house it was the front porch where everyone gathers. A swing and some big ole rockers. Even ceiling fans on the porches.
The back porch or patio issue may be more common in the residential developments west of Boise. I live in the Northend and they are pretty common and so are front porches.
As a home inspector, I always find so much water in crawl space during this time of year as people take this "free water" for granted and over irrigate their yards. They strive to have the greenest yard on the block but end up causing serious damage under their home that they never realize until it's too late.
Noticed this on one of the houses I wanted to put an offer on a few years ago. The house had been sitting on a flood irrigated lot for almost 50 years. Great looking house in a nice neighborhood, but you could take a golf ball and watch it roll downhill from one end of the house to the other. To say the house tilted a little was an understatement.
The back porch or patio issue may be more common in the residential developments west of Boise. I live in the Northend and they are pretty common and so are front porches.
I love my back covered patio.
Yeah, I agree. It must be the neighborhood - I think pretty much every house on my street in the NE has some sort of covered outdoor area.
On the two original questions, I guess there may be fewer covered porches here because rain is pretty minimal. Although I have to admit I'm not quite sure there really are fewer covered porches here.
As far as the water goes, just under 90% of the state drains into the Snake River Basin. The small amount that doesn't is in the southeast (Bear Lake) or panhandle (Spokane River). Do a google image search for Snake River Basin and you'll see how large it is and where Boise sits in it. Boise itself gets little precipitation, which is great for those of us who like sunshine, but the mountains in Idaho catch a temendous amount of snow every winter. That snow melts into the Snake River and (more importantly) the Snake River Aquifer. There's a lot of water taken out of the aquifer, mostly for irrigation, but there's also a lot of water that goes into the aquifer every year so it's actually quite sustainable. Unlike, say, southern California, Vegas or Phoenix.
There is year to year fluctuation in the irrigation water that's delivered in the canals each summer, but that's obviously much more variable than groundwater.
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