Idaho News (Boise, Rexburg, Emmett: rankings, rain, working)

[BenBoosted]

Originally Posted by Syringaloid

SLC is peculiar and Boise is cool. .

I'm going to borrow that line!!!!

[dcisive]

Originally Posted by BenBoosted

I'm going to borrow that line!!!!

Not sure that applies. There was a time even Utah was somewhat cool. They are certainly NOT my type any further as Boise is as I said moving in that direction like it or not

[volosong]

70-year old Idahoan wins the 650 mile Mongolian horse race.

https://www.newser.com/story/279460/...ly-broken.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gsjg4-0yA

[Syringaloid]

http://www.idahostatesman.com%2Fnews...ar74gU9WmnQIt1
Boise Mayor David Bieter plans to present a resolution to the City Council on Tuesday asking the city to denounce white supremacy and white nationalism.

https://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/bo...t?oid=19393803

UPDATED: Boise City Council Approves Anti-White Supremacy Resolution

"The Northwest has become such a hotbed of white nationalism," said Adrienne Evans of United Vision for Idaho, which led the effort to bring the resolution before the council, on the need to directly address white supremacy.

The ordinance will be presented by Boise Mayor Dave Bieter, and its passage would commit the city to "work with community organizations to develop a training for all city staff to recognize and confront systemic discrimination[,] reaffirming our steadfast commitment to peace, respect, inclusivity and equity for all," as well as directing the city to pursue policies and direct resources to "ensure civil and human rights are afforded to all individuals."

RES-462-19 A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING AND DENOUNCING BIAS AND HATE IN ALL OF ITS FORMS, COMMITTING TO ENSURING CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE AFFORDED TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF BOISE, AND REAFFIRMING BOISE

WHEREAS, the City of Boise condemns xenophobia, racism, white supremacy, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, ableism, sexism, and all other forms of bigotry; proudly stands for individual dignity and security and in unity against all those who would seek to propagate hate, fear, intimidation and incite fear and violence targeting any human being; and



WHEREAS, the City of Boise celebrates and embraces the diversity of our community, which includes people of all races, national origins, immigration or refugee statuses, heritages, cultures, religions, sexes, gender identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, and economic statuses.



NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Boise denounces bias or hate in any form and is committed to continue, in collaboration with Boiseans, pursuing policies and directing resources of the city in the next year and beyond to ensure civil and human rights are afforded to all individuals.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the City of Boise is proud to stand as a shining example of cities committed to inclusion, dignity, and justice. To that end we deepen our resolve that the City of Boise will work with community organizations to develop a training for city staff to recognize and confront systemic discrimination reaffirming our steadfast commitment to peace, respect, inclusivity, and equity for all.

[Syringaloid]

Here is a well written article about the growth in Idaho and seems to hit the points without all of the hyperbole and yellow journalism that is prevalent with the LA Times and even The Idaho Statesman.

https://www.city-journal.org/california-migration-idaho

As public-sector problems go, Idaho has a good one: too many people want to live there. According to Census Bureau data, Idaho is now tied with Nevada as the fastest-growing state in the union, in percentage terms. From 2010 to 2018, the state’s population grew by nearly 12 percent. The growth was concentrated in the state’s capital and largest city, Boise, which saw an 18.5 percent population increase over that period.

Newcomers would do well to conduct themselves as converts rather than colonizers. It’s hard to welcome someone into a community that they seem intent on scrapping for parts. By the same token, locals have to concede that growth is inevitably accompanied by change. That can be uncomfortable—but much less so than the alternatives of stagnation or even decline.

[banjomike]

Well done, Syringaloid.
Really, all a transplant needs to do is watch the locals and do as they do.

The thing that will rile a native up is when a transplant would rather talk about how things were done there, the place they left, than here, the place they are now. Especially if the transplant is trying to make those things somehow superior to how it is here.

[dcisive]

Regarding any similarity to Salt Lake I think Boise should take a page out of witnessing what has befallen them. They are now a hub for the Seneloa Cartel and so much of the local news never let's locals become more aware of the severe Meth and Opioid debacle the cartel is feeding their population with significant record number of deaths due to the use of their drugs. The gangs and dealers are all proliferating but you'll never hear it on the news. I heard enough of it on my police scanner on a regular basis when I was there. Once again it lends us knowledge that the media is indeed NOT our friend.

[Syringaloid]

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2...merican-lands/

The Forgotten Treasure In These American Lands

In 2018, Edible Idaho reported that only 20 percent of all U.S. farmland has soil of the quality comparable to the Treasure Valley. This is, as the American Farmland Trust’s Julia Freegood put it, “the crème de la crème of agricultural land.”

This explosion of growth is much larger than Boise: it is part of a centuries-long transformation of farm towns and cities in the West. The boom originated in California in the last century, and these days it is transforming cities like Boise, Spokane, and Reno—places where developers reportedly can’t build homes and apartments fast enough. In 2017, an exurb of Boise called Meridian was the fifth-fastest-growing city in the United States, according to the Census Bureau. And among the top 10 states that grew from 2017 to 2018, the Census found that the top four are Western, arid states: Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Arizona.

One report warns that by the year 2100, Idaho’s Treasure Valley “could be completely unrecognizable to the people who live there today.”

[elousv]

https://www.cdapress.com/article/20200123/AP/301239939

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Syringaloid

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2...merican-lands/

The Forgotten Treasure In These American Lands

In 2018, Edible Idaho reported that only 20 percent of all U.S. farmland has soil of the quality comparable to the Treasure Valley. This is, as the American Farmland Trust’s Julia Freegood put it, “the crème de la crème of agricultural land.”

This explosion of growth is much larger than Boise: it is part of a centuries-long transformation of farm towns and cities in the West. The boom originated in California in the last century, and these days it is transforming cities like Boise, Spokane, and Reno—places where developers reportedly can’t build homes and apartments fast enough. In 2017, an exurb of Boise called Meridian was the fifth-fastest-growing city in the United States, according to the Census Bureau. And among the top 10 states that grew from 2017 to 2018, the Census found that the top four are Western, arid states: Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Arizona.

One report warns that by the year 2100, Idaho’s Treasure Valley “could be completely unrecognizable to the people who live there today.”

Once our best farmland is covered by pavement, its lost forever as a food supply.

Sprawl has really bothered me for a long time as I've watched once productive fields go to subdivisions and commerce.

Idaho does have some of the finest soil in North America. But that best soil is not everywhere, and most of our soil is not very good for growing crops; most forest soil is so acidic from the pine trees it won't grow food, and about 1/3 of the state's soil in our wilderness is more rocks than dirt.

All the places where the best soil exists are those that have been occupied the longest. All our large cities were once all farming communities first and foremost; the commercial development in them all was all originally done on ground that was unsuitable for farming. The good land was considered too precious to waste on building a big house on or a big factory. A big lawn looks nice, but it doesn't feed the family.

That's one reason why I like the idea of downsizing and concentrating our housing these days. Living close to farmland is good for city folks, and modern no-till farming is so non-intrusive now that farming doesn't have the old problems of dirt, dust, and other hassles to city dwellers it once had. The two can co-exist much better than they ever could before.