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My mother would be moving to Boise too. She is independent, 80s, drives, and wonder if I could get an idea of the best area for an older person....just your opinions
You might get a better response reposting this in its own, new thread.
Just my opinion from our explorations, I would say The Bench area. There are lots of smaller homes on tree lined and sidewalked streets. Reminded me of "smalltown" USA. It wouldn't take long to get to know the local shops and she wouldn't really need to venture out of her zone if she didn't want to. Don't know the demographic there, though.
Just wondered, why is she relocating now? :~) D
Can you describe where is the "bench" you are talking about. I have a map. I am considering a move and mom would come too
Thanks
If you go to maps.google.com and type in Boise ID you'll see that where 184 and 84 create a Y it says, "Central Bench". I don't know why it's called that. shrug. In our looking at real estate listings it's often referred to as just "The Bench." :~) D
It's not a good city for dogs in my opinion. There are a few off leash areas but only one dog park and it's a dive.
Come on over to the dog park at Roosevelt & Alpine on the Boise Bench. You'll enjoy gorgeous views of the foothills, a nice fenced area for dogs, and lots of friendly folks. It's a fairly new park with water for dogs and people, covered tables & benches, plus an awesome new playground and walking paths outside the dog area.
My mother would be moving to Boise too. She is independent, 80s, drives, and wonder if I could get an idea of the best area for an older person....just your opinions
I agree that the bench could be a great fit. You might like the area of the west bench bound by Northview, Cole, Ustick & Curtis. Great neighborhood with it's own very affordable water district (Capital Water--flat rate of $15.00 in the winter/$29.00 in the summer). Nice, intergenerational mix of people with a great park, new grade school, city community center and library near by (at Cole & Northview and Cole & Ustick), shopping, and close to a major hospital (St. Alphonsus) and all of the medical offices/services related to that.
For new construction, there is a over-55 community in the same general area that has really nice single family patio homes that are well built and generously sized.
This is a great forum here is one more conservative californian looking to re-locate. we are coming up for a week long visit this month to get a feel for the area.
I'm not sure how many times it has been stated on here but Boise itself really isn't that conservative. There are plenty of California communities far more conservative. Boise's mayor is a Democrat and I believe many of the other government positions related to Boise are as well...could be wrong after the most recent election. However, the State and Boise's surrounding communities are pretty "red".
I am finding it hard to locate any online forum, purely or largely political, centred on Boise.
Anyway I welcome the opportunity to say the following:
Ada County property tax is outrageous.
Sales tax on food is ourtageous.
Could you elaborate on this. I am looking to move to get away from the filth here and tired of constant robbing of our dollars for fees and taxes. I wouldn't think that your tax would be worse than ours. Our sales tax alone is 8.975% not to mention that we pay $.54 per gallon of gas for state and federal taxes.
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It's a fairly new park with water for dogs and people, covered tables & benches, plus an awesome new playground and walking paths outside the dog area.
