Sound familiar? Working class may have to live in tents. (Ketchum: apartments, houses)

[rkcarguy]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/real...cid=entnewsntp

Being this town is only 2,800 people, I hope ALL the workers that are priced out of housing go on strike. No groceries, no hospital, no coffee, no fast food, no teachers.

[jerzdevil]

The working class could easily drop the property values by going on strike. But in the long run it's an up hill battle. Long time natives should buy in other parts of Idaho, maybe nearby, to take advantage of the growth since Idaho is being discovered. The part time natives are really annoying. They disappear during the winter (life becomes nice and quiet), then pop back in when the weather's nice. They drive up prices but work far away.

[Ruth4Truth]

That's a typical situation in resort towns. People who work in Telluride, CO, have to drive in from far away; they got priced out decades ago. That's just how resort towns work. Telluride's latest solution is to build boarding houses for the workers.
https://coloradosun.com/2019/03/18/t...ado-solutions/

[TohobitPeak]

Tents are not an option anymore.

Ketchum as well as Sun Valley have always been expensive.
Tom Hanks has a huge mansion in North Ketchum.

https://www.ktvb.com/mobile/article/...b-e82099a656e1

[Mister Torgue]

The sad thing is the more this persists the further and quicker ID changes politically. And that’s true with any of the Rocky Mountain states. These areas are slowly turning in to San Francisco. And that’s a horrendously bad and devastating thought.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

That's a typical situation in resort towns. People who work in Telluride, CO, have to drive in from far away; they got priced out decades ago. That's just how resort towns work. Telluride's latest solution is to build boarding houses for the workers.
https://coloradosun.com/2019/03/18/t...ado-solutions/

Yup.
Apartments and boarding houses are the attempted solution in Jackson Hole, Vail, and many other resort towns.

Using the Rotary Club park as a temp tent city spot isn't a bad idea at all. Canadians have such parks in cities all over B.C. that become packed by tourists and temp workers in the summer, and it always benefits a town to have such a park in several different ways.

Having nearby toilets, showers, and even some laundry cleaning setup is a must with them, but if everything is there, those parks can control and/or eliminate most of the problems of homelessness for the seasonal workers.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Mister Torgue

The sad thing is the more this persists the further and quicker ID changes politically. And that’s true with any of the Rocky Mountain states. These areas are slowly turning in to San Francisco. And that’s a horrendously bad and devastating thought.

Not to worry.
Ketchum can't ever become another San Francisco. The Wood River Valley is too narrow and the canyon too steep to ever build lots more housing on. Ketchum would have to build everything up, not out, if it ever hoped to reach 5,000 population, and the city would be very, very cramped at that number.

[Mister Torgue]

Originally Posted by banjomike

Not to worry.
Ketchum can't ever become another San Francisco. The Wood River Valley is too narrow and the canyon too steep to ever build lots more housing on. Ketchum would have to build everything up, not out, if it ever hoped to reach 5,000 population, and the city would be very, very cramped at that number.

Good point. However, it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried!! Haha.

[TohobitPeak]

Gucci tents ⛺

[TohobitPeak]

Comparing Ketchum to SF is a bit extreme, although the Wood River Valley is one of, if not the most liberal areas of the state and Northwest. There are outstanding Idahoans in that beautiful valley. #Hollywood North.

You need to know the SV area to accurately assume what you *think* may happen to that area.

This thread is already old news. The City of Ketchum is not allowing tents and will focus on affordable housing.

I miss the days I lived in Sun Valley.