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You can find out if someone is a liberal progressive by just how they answer one question.....
Q: Do you support the Second Amendment, yes or no?
A: Yes.
A: Yes.....but......
Pretty obvious when you hear their answer.
And those honorable anti mask 'Muricans who like to show off their guns and who like driving around in diesel fume belching pick up trucks from the small towns, with tRump flags flapping and usually disrespecting the United States flag because it's tattered, are the people we should all look up to and respect
And those honorable anti mask 'Muricans who like to show off their guns and who like driving around in diesel fume belching pick up trucks from the small towns, with tRump flags flapping and usually disrespecting the United States flag because it's tattered, are the people we should all look up to and respect
I think this comment is a bit uncalled for, but it certainly goes to show the attitude that people have in North End Boise. The neighborhood may be nice, but the people certainly look down on Republicans, that's for sure
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I just spent a week visiting Boise. We stayed in the North End and made of point of looking around.
The good:
The North End is very walkable. It is close to downtown Boise, which is fantastic these days. Great restaurants and a clean friendly vibe. The 13th street area in the North End has some good restaurants and cute shops too. There are many nicely re-done homes and cottages in the north end, and the trees are fantastic.
Not so good:
Real estate in the north end is very expensive. Perhaps not San Francisco expensive, but by almost any other measure, it is pricey. There are still many properties that have not been renovated, and are not particularly well kept. There are also many multi-family units and converted older homes that appear to likely have high turnover of renters, and certainly have many cars associated with them. We also drove up and down some alleys and saw a fair amount of trashy scenes. (dumped old furniture sitting out in the rain/snow and assorted other junk, rotted fencing, and plenty of "project" vehicles sitting around.) I suspect there is a lot of unpermitted conversions in the north end too. It made us wonder whether there is any code compliance done by the city. In many instances it was well beyond just the quirky nature of the area. Boise city could do a better job on this, I think.
Regarding politics, we never had a negative interaction of any kind, with anyone, anywhere, in Boise. The north end does have a very noticeable leftward tilt. There was a lot of virtue signaling in the form of cardboard yard signs proclaiming "no human is illegal", and many rainbow flags on homes. On some streets, the rainbow flags clearly outnumbered the American flags. The customers in the Co-op in the north end were noticeably more 'hippy' than say the customers at the Whole Food on the east side of downtown or other stores. But we had good shopping experiences at both stores.
All in all, I could enjoy living in the North End (or east side) due to its walkability and proximity to downtown (we are over the suburb scene -- although Eagle is nice for that), but I would have to closely examine the street/neighbors. It'd truly be a street by street decision. Many of the homes have also not been renovated, or have been p0orly renovated over the years, so it is a given that a good inspection would be very important.
When looking at a place to buy, it wouldn't be about who my neighbors are, it's about what the public schools are teaching 3rd graders about sexuality and gender identity.
I liked JJGittes65's response. I tell people to go to the neighborhood grocery stores and look at the types of people shopping there, look at the types of cars in the parking lot, read the bumper stickers. That gives you a fairly accurate unopinionated answer. Do not go to the magnet mega stores like Costco as they collect people from miles in each direction.
I just spent a week visiting Boise. We stayed in the North End and made of point of looking around.
The good:
The North End is very walkable. It is close to downtown Boise, which is fantastic these days. Great restaurants and a clean friendly vibe. The 13th street area in the North End has some good restaurants and cute shops too. There are many nicely re-done homes and cottages in the north end, and the trees are fantastic.
Not so good:
Real estate in the north end is very expensive. Perhaps not San Francisco expensive, but by almost any other measure, it is pricey. There are still many properties that have not been renovated, and are not particularly well kept. There are also many multi-family units and converted older homes that appear to likely have high turnover of renters, and certainly have many cars associated with them. We also drove up and down some alleys and saw a fair amount of trashy scenes. (dumped old furniture sitting out in the rain/snow and assorted other junk, rotted fencing, and plenty of "project" vehicles sitting around.) I suspect there is a lot of unpermitted conversions in the north end too. It made us wonder whether there is any code compliance done by the city. In many instances it was well beyond just the quirky nature of the area. Boise city could do a better job on this, I think.
Regarding politics, we never had a negative interaction of any kind, with anyone, anywhere, in Boise. The north end does have a very noticeable leftward tilt. There was a lot of virtue signaling in the form of cardboard yard signs proclaiming "no human is illegal", and many rainbow flags on homes. On some streets, the rainbow flags clearly outnumbered the American flags. The customers in the Co-op in the north end were noticeably more 'hippy' than say the customers at the Whole Food on the east side of downtown or other stores. But we had good shopping experiences at both stores.
All in all, I could enjoy living in the North End (or east side) due to its walkability and proximity to downtown (we are over the suburb scene -- although Eagle is nice for that), but I would have to closely examine the street/neighbors. It'd truly be a street by street decision. Many of the homes have also not been renovated, or have been p0orly renovated over the years, so it is a given that a good inspection would be very important.
My 2 cents. Good luck.
Boise has a strict code enforcement and it is ok to leave old furniture in the alleys to be picked up by the trash company. The pickup of large trash items is behind because of Covid.
Regarding the bolded above, most of Boise has a liberal slant and it's common to see more pride flags than American flags in various neighborhoods as well as those yard signs you mentioned.
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