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I read about that yesterday also, all over the news.
Crazy that the state of Idaho has had a 200k increase in population since 2010, while the state of Texas had a 400k increase in population last year! Wow.
Here are some additional stats, including state populations and population increases by numbers of people.
You might want to hope that Idaho loses that title. Otherwise eventually overcrowding, congestion etc etc takes over. Just take a trip to Fla, and see what decades of fastest growing can do to a state.
You might want to hope that Idaho loses that title. Otherwise eventually overcrowding, congestion etc etc takes over. Just take a trip to Fla, and see what decades of fastest growing can do to a state.
I think vxflyboy was just posting data. I doubt that many (real estate agents not included) want Idaho to have that title.
You might want to hope that Idaho loses that title. Otherwise eventually overcrowding, congestion etc etc takes over. Just take a trip to Fla, and see what decades of fastest growing can do to a state.
the way I look at it you are either growing or dying
Let's hope the economy is not going to be booming here....it's all about economy growth. As for my husband, he is in appraisal business. No matter what state we are in, there is always jobs for appraisers
... I doubt that many (real estate agents not included) want Idaho to have that title.
Actually, I am a real estate agent and I don't like to see growth faster than we can handle it! I realize the population nationwide is growing and the appeal for Boise, but we have to be smart about our growth or we will loose what we love about Boise!
We need to continue working on our Master Plans for each city and do a better job of tying them together with resources. We need to do a better job planning for the expected growth. We need to be considering technology changes like the potential for driverless cars and their requirements for drop off / pick up lanes. We need to realize that traffic is no longer based on driving into downtown at dawn and an exodus at dusk. Our traffic now crosses each community north/south as well as east/west and it is no longer 8-5 for commutes.
We need to amend our zoning to allow for more home based businesses and maybe have a spot at the entry of a subdivision for large parcels to be dropped off instead of Fed Ex, UPS, DHL, etc., trucks going in and out of subdivisions constantly.
I don't like seeing our farmland growing houses instead of crops. I don't like seeing urban spawl while we still have vacant land that could be developed closer into towns.
I don't like our government giving density credits to do infill projects while simultaneously giving credits to build out in rural areas. Which do they want?
I love the business I am getting due to growth, but I have to ask why "when we can't keep up with what what we have, why keep trying to grow any faster"?
"I don't like seeing our farmland growing houses instead of crops. "
While I understand this sentiment, Idaho housing is so cheap because you can actually build here unlike the urban East Coast, etc. We have a growing population in the US and need more housing. You are spoiled with new housing here and I don't thInk you'd like the opposite like Boston where they protest over building in a vacant lot.
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