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Boise has always punched above it's size. There was a time when this small city had one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 headquarters in the nation. We still have an impressive number of these companies in Boise. The Simplot Headquarters downtown is one of the largest private companies in the world.
Aside from that, Mayor McLean has been doing a great job.
One wonders if that will be the case going into the future?
Although Boise itself is somewhat progressive, it's suburbs are not. On the whole, neither is the state of Idaho. Educated people are not going to want to relocate to a place where their rights are curtailed and their access to health care is minimized.
I just watched a news report of a woman in Boise who had to go to Portland for a medical procedure that she couldn't get in Boise due to Idaho law. Not a good look!
One wonders if that will be the case going into the future?
Although Boise itself is somewhat progressive, it's suburbs are not. On the whole, neither is the state of Idaho. Educated people are not going to want to relocate to a place where their rights are curtailed and their access to health care is minimized.
I just watched a news report of a woman in Boise who had to go to Portland for a medical procedure that she couldn't get in Boise due to Idaho law. Not a good look!
We'll be fine. Per Pew Research, 44% of grads are consistently or mostly liberal, vs. 29% consistently or mostly conservative. The rest (27%) are mixed.
Off-topic, but not off-title:
I hadn't known that Boise calls itself the "city of trees."
What a delightful nickname.... it makes me want to pay a visit...
although it's not the only place to claim that title:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Trees
Off-topic, but not off-title:
I hadn't known that Boise calls itself the "city of trees."
What a delightful nickname.... it makes me want to pay a visit...
although it's not the only place to claim that title:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Trees
Off-topic, but not off-title:
I hadn't known that Boise calls itself the "city of trees."
What a delightful nickname.... it makes me want to pay a visit...
although it's not the only place to claim that title:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Trees
"bois" is French for tree. "Boise" is the French plural expression for trees.
"Bois" is the French word for wood. In the article AnythingOutdoors posted it states that: Excitedly, they shouted “Les Bois, Les Bois!” which translates to “The woods, the woods!” The "Les" (as opposed to "le" or "la") makes the noun "bois" plural. "Boise'" is the French word for wooded.
The French word for tree is arbre and the plural is arbes.
One wonders if that will be the case going into the future?
Although Boise itself is somewhat progressive, it's suburbs are not. On the whole, neither is the state of Idaho. Educated people are not going to want to relocate to a place where their rights are curtailed and their access to health care is minimized.
I just watched a news report of a woman in Boise who had to go to Portland for a medical procedure that she couldn't get in Boise due to Idaho law. Not a good look!
I think you meant to say she had to travel to Portland to kill her baby, not receive a "medical procedure."
Boise is mentioned in the report as a magnet market, which are markets that are preferred by investors and builders. Those markets, according to the report, grow more quickly than the U.S. average in terms of population and jobs, holding the highest average “overall real estate prospect” ratings of any groups in the Emerging Trends survey, as well as 65% of the highest-rated markets.
I spent a week in Boise and one thing I noticed was that I did not come across a single part of town that felt unsafe. I've never seen that in any large city.
My understanding is that Hewlett Packard out of California, in the 1970s, selected Boise as the location of a major company expansion. That planted the seed for Boise's status today as an important location for computer-based companies.
I spent a week in Boise and one thing I noticed was that I did not come across a single part of town that felt unsafe. I've never seen that in any large city.
My understanding is that Hewlett Packard out of California, in the 1970s, selected Boise as the location of a major company expansion. That planted the seed for Boise's status today as an important location for computer-based companies.
For a big city I agree. When we were there in 2021 we did not feel unsafe. There was however too many scammy looking panhandlers for my liking.
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