Yeah it seems that way. Oregon is beautiful though! Besides the politics and people in Portland itself. Other than that the gorge, Tigard tualatin sherwood Oregon city Wilsonville newberg Bend, the coast and so much more is awesome
There are a LOT of people who don't know why anyone would live in the Left-Wing toilets of Portland, Seattle, or Vancouver Canada these days, and everything those cities represent, not to mention their non-stop rain, grey skies and depressed people. Seattle always had a good culture and may still have hope. I am from Canada north of Idaho and travelled through this great state to see the Great Eclipse of 2017. The whole region from the crest of the Cascade Mountains to the Great Lakes on both sides of the border have a lot of good things in common, well shown in this video. Those who want to change it cuz their current hometowns have been made dysfunctional by others like them............ well, I like Boise's attitude and that animal you showed is a wolverine, the largest member of the weasel family and legendary for their wild fierceness, although a few animal experts have tamed them from birth, and if treated well, they can be peaceable but EXTREMELY rambunctious pets. By the way those birds at 29:00 are called "Canada Geese" on both sides of the border, and are found throughout the N.W. USA and S.W. Canada...........
Thank you for this video. I've been disabled since 2020 and I rarely leave the house. Seeing some of the sights I used to be able to go to brought tears to my eyes.
As a visitor to Boise , I was taken aback at just how nasty a place that city is , What's up with a city with almost no litter? No syringes on the ground., I think the poop on saw on a lawn was actually a dog's and not human feces....How can they even call themselves a real city?.
In the 60's and 70's if their was sewage spoiling the yards I sure didn't see it. Their are times I know that a crisis can happen but don't think in general. I know Garden City had issues but now it sounds like things got much better.. I appreciate Idaho, A great state. I went to school with Brad Little in Emmett for awhile and very proud of you Brad!!
Bro quit. Let the rabid badgers deal with the Californian problem. Idaho is terrible just terrible. Nothing like the wonderous states of Texas and Colorado.
Have been living in Idaho for over 45 yrs. Encountered a badger and a coon once but no more. Boise is clean, low crime rate, hardly has no homeless on the streets. Yes, Housing situation has become a big problem. My property tax is increasing every year and scary. My friend's old house was bought around 65K 20 years ago and now it can be sold at over quarter million. Young family can never purchase a house at that price. And it's a 65 year old little house. Rent? forget it! Californians are okay if only they don't bring their attitude and problem.
The neighborhood you drove through that you considered low income, was actually considered part of the North end. The houses are small but expensive. Used to live in one of the houses. Sold it in the mid' 80's for approximately $100,000. That same house probably sells for $750,000 now. So the housing prices plus the fact that the wages haven't kept up with the rising costs of both mortgage and renting are the reasons the natives aren't happy with others moving to Boise.
But why the crime then? I live in California and I’m not democrat! I hate what they are doing to our country! I’ve hunted there with my dad years ago! I hear the gun laws are relaxed! I’m scared to live in Los Angeles anymore! We just can’t get a break! The immigration is horrible, traffic, people! Just sucks! This country is turning into sodom and Gamora! Horrible! The elects have destroyed American life as I use to know it ! I feel like I’m in a 3rd world country now!
Doubled in price? Try tripled! I was born and raised here and I can no longer afford to live here on Social Security. The greed of the politicians is over the freaking top!
Politicians ? Lol. I think you’re blaming the wrong people in Idaho. Try living in a liberal state. That should show you what real greedy politicians look like. You have no idea.
Who can afford to live anywhere on social security anymore without starving to death? After paying the rent, there's nothing left for anything else. You have to have two full-time jobs paying $15 hour to make rent. Why work a job that doesn't pay a living wage?
Former Idahoan with a personal connection to a couple of things you showcased. My grandfather built a lot of those little homes in that north side neighborhood in the 1940’s and 50’s. He was one of the main developers of the west side of Harrison Blvd, especially close to foothills drive. Not only has that neighborhood ALWAYS been clean and well kept, those homes were all built with solid (no shortcut) construction. It was such a well kept neighborhood that he raised his own kids there in a house he built himself. And my other grandfather was an artist that, as his primary profession, painted signs, commercials, and murals on the sides and interiors of buildings. His largest customer was the Idaho Creamery Association that paid him every year to paint new signs. He also painted the interiors of grocery stores with pictures of produce and the exterior of soda shops, ice cream parlors, and drug stores (including both the first Safeway and first Albertsons, both of which started in Idaho). Idaho had a long history of quality commercial painting from the turn of the century right up until the 60’s, many of which were good enough that the local kept them intact for years. It was widespread enough that my grandfather made a pretty decent living and some of his old painted buildings and commercials are still around to this day uncredited. I saw one of his at an ice cream shop in downtown Ashton Idaho just a couple years ago.
Just discovered your channel. Love the presentation you're doing all along your journey. It's refreshing to see cities through the eyes of citizens vs realtors. Love it!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip - Yeah, at first, my heart sank when I saw the title of this particular video. Boise is one of two areas my husband & I are considering moving to. (Indianapolis is the other area.) We are in Portland now and as you saw for yourself, it is a hellhole thanks to the city's NON-leadership. Been here 14 years, and this place is not gonna be restored overnight. I watched several of your videos because I found them so informative. I was especially surprised at the beauty of Cincinnati. Props to your insight.
@@carriekay5987 Lol, the title was suggested to me by some locals. I hope you got that it was a joke. Boise is a great little city. Beautiful, low crime. 😀
Thanks for this review. Thank you for showing only the older, unrestored neighborhoods of Boise, Thank you for not showing our upscale restaurants, our zoo, our performing arts theater, our many museums, our high end neighborhood, our plethora of hospitals and other medical facilities, our modern shopping malls, and our parks and recreational areas. Nice touch about the badgers attacking people. I would have never thought of that. If I saw your review I would never want to live here. Thank you from all Treasure Valley residents.
I graduated from Boise State in 2006, living in Boise for years until moving back to Portland, Oregon this past December. Boise has grown a lot during the last ten years. I was fortunate to have lived in the same house and pay my affordable mortgage for 14.5 years until selling my house last December, but many others are not so fortunate. People are struggling with the same economic woes that are happening all throughout the country. The natural beauty that surrounds Boise is nice, but again the people are experiencing economic hardship like everywhere else. I’m hoping that the state legislators will do something about wages, but too many of them don’t seem to pay enough attention to that.
Too busy involved in culture wars like critical race theory or repealing Obamacare or tax breaks for the wealthy 1%. All things that help their real constituents
Even though the US, on average, has a big pay, the cost of living is so high that they can't balance their budget, and end up borrowing a lot. Consumer debt stands at $16 trillion.
Its not about wages. Wages here were good, relative to cost of living not that long ago. I have a few less dollars than same profession in CA, but my cost of living was far less than CA, so my buying power and quality of life were far better. Its the outsiders who have ruined their states now moving here who are causing cost of living to increase. At least that was the slow burn for the last decade or more. Now cost of living in skyrocketting because of Biden's inflation agenda.
Yes PLEASE STAY the HECK out of here. leave the terrible awfulness of Boise and surrounding cities to us undeserving residents who absolutely do not need more people here to drive up costs.
I wonder if you guys realize that building more homes is an option? It's not like some video game where you only get a set of houses and that's what you're stuck with until the servers are down.
I would like to tell people to stay out of California but I can’t very well do that, now can I? The whole country is experiencing higher populations and higher cost of living.
$20/hr was a decent wage 3-4 years ago around here, you could find a starter home for around $150,000, now not so much. Many young people in their 20's that are starting out in life are leaving, can't afford to live in the city they grew up in. This why the CA people get the stink eye.
What is the cost for a 2 bedroom apt senior citizen? A retired Veteran and wife with a cat in a decent area? I been away since the 70's. I really would like to come and stay a month maybe rent an Airbnb at a low cost with air. It is just two of us with 2 cats. Any idea's I will appreciate you contacting me. Thank u very much...
@@lindajohnson3000 I dont know the prices of those sorts of communties, but I can say that all housing is cheaper if you live a small commute from Boise, such as in Caldwell or Kuna.
Maybe if you guys hadn't voted for people who enacted such horrible housing policies housing would be more affordable now. You can't blame the Californians on a problem you natives created in the first place.
It won’t be soon. All of a sudden random fast food bags are showing up In the middle of streets along with decaying mattresses that I swear are on the side of almost every major highway & side road by now.
I'm so impressed with this city. I didn't even see trash where the homeless were. The alleys are amazing and a testament to how well the city keeps things up. Great job.
When you said, "Let's go through security." I got confused and thought, "There's security?" 😂It was funny to see how jarring that was to you. I guess it does say a lot about how safe we feel here. Also, probably half the politicians are carrying guns, so there's that 🤣 This video was a treat to watch. Thanks for visiting and thanks for sharing! ❤
I am German we moved to Idaho in 2011 and there was no Homeless at all. I was so surprised about that. We left in 2013 ,we are Military family and came back in 2018 I was so shocked how everything has changed over the last 5 years . We wanted to move to Boise but sadly our income was not enough anymore.
We came here for family several grandkids and while homes are less than California we now cannot afford the median price passing $500 thousand. That’s half a million dollars banks have to consider if one’s income can carry the mortgage payments that include interest. I can’t wait for the market to crash! And it will.
Lived in Boise three times. First time in 1990. Housing prices increased five fold. The population of SW Idaho has doubled since 90. Traffic congestion is bad now.
@@Idahoguy10157 Californians + rich gloablists, Europeans, "investors" snapping up properties in any area with middle-class White people with a little bit (not a lot, a little...) of money, good schools, and decent hospitals. Next comes the "immigrant" folk to siphon the crumbs and the end stage, of course, is a corrupt liberal local government and tent cities all around million+ dollar Craftsman style bungalows (that are probably worth $150,000 if that) - feces and syringes all over the sidewalks, gangs, predominantly ESOL schools... we get the picture.
I lived in Boise briefly- Two things i remember from my 3 month stay- while working at a circle k convenience store - an irrate customer pointed his finger at me and said i must be a mormon for not selling alcohol after hours. 😂 I also remember running 6 miles a day and virtually no perspiration on my shirt due to low humidity
Great tour. I miss boise downtown so much. I worked at the idaho power building 2 or 3 blocks from here, in 2017 and would frequent Records Exchange for an italian ice drink and to look at their eclectic stuff they have. Moved to twin, but am moving back in a couple of years.
You are hilarious ... "there is nothing scandalous to report here"... yeah, I was born there in 1990. I have a big family there with generations going back. Growing up I thought Idaho was lame but now everyone wants to move there. I see it as a home base and a safe haven for myself but yes I have many memories there
I just discovered your channel and was happy to see you've covered some of the areas I've known and lived in. Thanks for the enlightenment as there's always something new that I didn't know about these towns and cities! I was born in Seattle but did live in Joseph, OR for a year and almost hit an elk going over Dead Man's Pass! I didn't know there was a badger infestation in Boise? 😱 I wouldn't live there because it's too Liberal so I settled in Plain, WA for the past 8 years and yes, we have Bigfoot here too and wolverines as I chased on off our property a couple of years ago! I did a woodcarving show at the JUMP convention center in Boise which was really cool because of all the antique tractors! The alley murals were a whole lot nicer than the graffiti of Seattle. BTW, those are Canada Geese at the capitol building.😉Much of this road trip looks familiar so thanks for jogging my aging memory, LOL! 🤣
I grew up in Boise. We lived in a tiny house right in front of the Penitentiary. The first night we moved in there was a prison escape and the police were at our house all night.
I know from living close to Folsom Penitentiary that the safest place to be is right next to the Pen. Escapees are all about putting as much distance as possible between them and their former home.
Excellent video!! Loved every minute of it. I still want to move to Boise, Idaho too. I have family who live there. Thank you! Love the walking zones. Freak alley; "The closest thing to graffiti you will see here" ha-ha Wow, an outdoor prison, the women's ward, no heat? Yes, that view at the end was quite beautiful. I love the spaciousness of it all. I am glad we got to see the Capital, Wow, that was really beautiful! I have only seen another great looking capital, and that was in Sacramento, California. But this one I am so impressed! You are right, no metal detectors? That is too weird, but moreover, not safe. Those birds are geese. ;)
I lived in Boise in the late eighty's. Good to see that the area is still doing well. I visited the Nebraska state capital building last summer. No security check to enter the building there either.
Glad you're on your feet. I recently got out of homelessness in the Nashville and eastern Tennessee regions myself. It sucks and I don't wish it on anyone.
@@verde7595 dont know where the badger infestation is, but its not in the city. unless these people were hounding the badgers, they tend to stay away from humans
@@TinkerTailor4303 I choose to think of them as Canadian Geese, as in thier 'citizenship' cuz I want them to go back to Canada. They are super annoying. Deport he geese! lmao
As a local myself a lot of the warnings you get from other locals are indeed to try and keep people away and keep the peace we have here, i mean we love visitors but please don’t move here. Another few things im glad you showed the penitentiary it’s probably one of the coolest buildings here and it’s near the foot hills if I remember correctly, also when it comes to the homeless there are a lot more not just in that one area, last thing Canadian geese,they are everywhere and some stay due to people feeding them. Last last thing hope you enjoyed visiting Idaho
I understand the idea: “don’t come here, and ruin our city” But then people who say this will talk about “how sad it is that all the small towns are dying…” It’s good for cities to get new residents. Otherwise your place withers and rots away when the population ages out.
Your best yet. I drive beside Boise on my way to Bainbridge Island from Colorado. I loved your footage coming out of Seattle. I've come to love Idaho. I shy away from political everything, but I did vote for Pedro.
We were at the capital Boise (BOY-see) 20 years. The gift shop had a man who was blind working at the counter. From what we heard he had worked there for years.
I've lived in Boise since 2001. I've never, ever heard of anyone being bitten by badgers my friend. Someone is pulling your leg. The two main things about moving here are: 1.) Housing is difficult to find and extremely expensive. Right now a 1 bedroom apt starts at $1200 a month. 2.) You should consider that this is a very conservative place. I've worked for Walmart for 20 years now, and when i notice people come through a cashier line with all new housewares, I ask them if they just moved here. 9 out of 10 customers tell me they moved here because wherever they came from had become too liberal and they felt Boise was "normal". If you move here as a liberal/Democrat, you need to know that people will assume you are a conservative and talk to you in such a way that I was taught was disrespectful and distasteful towards those who stand on the other side of the political aisle. There are a lot Democrats in Boise proper, and in Ada County, but very few elsewhere. I used to work in personnel and learned that despite it being illegal, many businesses here check the voter registration party of job candidates. So many of the democrats stick together, live under the radar, keeping their mouths shut while we have to listen to a lot of unsolicited rhetoric. For example, whenever I needed to find someone for a service, say a dentist, I would contact my chiropractor's wife who had a rolodex of names. Trumpism extremists live here and will tell you when the revolution comes they are going to go door to door through town and kill all the democrats who luckily won't have guns. I'm not kidding! I had a neighbor tell me this! So just a heads up...
"Trumpism extremists live here and will tell you when the revolution comes they are going to go door to door through town and kill all the democrats who luckily won't have guns. I'm not kidding!" It would be funny, if it happened, but a civil war is highly improbable. Both factions don't have the guts for that.
The simple problem is that, no it isn't all Democrats ACTIVELY being crazy and causing chaos in this country. However, it is MOST Democrats who are allowing this chaos by not having the strength of character to call out the bad actors in their midst. So yes, if your a Democrat you are seen as part of the problem. I also have problems with things you said. First " talk to you in such a way that I was taught was disrespectful and distasteful towards those who stand on the other side of the political aisle. ". We have no reason to be respectful any longer. People on the left side of the aisle have been calling us r@cists, n@zis, claiming we are bloodthirsty, claiming we want to oppress our fellow Americans, etc. If you don't like how we speak about your side perhaps you should have thought about that 2 decades ago when your side stopped being respectful and started demonizing us unfairly. Perhaps stop treating us like we're subhuman just because we disagree with your side. Second: " unsolicited rhetoric" why is it unsolicited rhetoric when we voice our opinions, but your side says its stunning and brave to spew idiotic nonsense? Credit where credit is due, Idaho leftists did turn away the national rioters themselves during the 2020 Burn, Loot, Murder riots. Conservatives didn't have to do it for them. Finally, if you feel you can't voice your opinions and have to live under the radar, good. Now you know what its like to have been a conservative in a blue city for the past 2 decades. About time some of you got a taste of your own medicine. FYI: I'm only conservative because Democrats have tried moving the Overton (sp?) window. I'm certainly not a Republican and never have been. Would have been considered a moderate before 2000.
I graduated from University Idaho (after seven years of engineering grad school!), love everything about Idaho, though never been there! This video inspires me to visit Idaho some days!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip the entire Treasure Valley is an oasis in the desert. Hot, hot, hot in the summertime, but the rivers and irrigation keep things green. Friendly people in the smaller towns. I've spent 35 years in Idaho and my only regret is that others are learning the secret and our traffic is beginning to suck big time.
Nice video! BTW, the Bishop’s House at the old penitentiary has nothing to do with the clergy there. It was the home of Episcopal Bishops of Idaho built in 1889 at 2nd and Idaho. When the state pen closed in 1973 (believe it or not) they were going to tear down the Bishop’s House so a group of locals (led by my mother-in-law) raised funds to have it moved to it’s current location which was being turned into state park. We had our wedding reception there in 1982.
😆 lol, those birds are geese! Good video but you missed the Greenbelt Boise River!!! Tablerock is another Next! Next time you visit, give me a holler! Thank you for sharing your adventure 😊
Born and raised in Boise until family moved in 1966 to Denver. Moved back and lived there 89 to 93. You could purchase small brick home for 35K in 1990!
Dude! The fact that you didnt see a badger attack on the day you visited, did not mean they aren't real, (and super dangerous). I think y'all had ought to stay away and let us deal with the problem. We'll let you know when it's safe. 🙂
You two are such a cute couple & Nicole is Beautiful! Thanks for taking us all over, really enjoy the sightseeing.. would never probably get to see! GOD bless, stay safe!!
This video just showed up in my recommended so I'm a little late to the party. Based on your title I was ready to argue down here but after watching the video I really appreciated it. A really fair and great assessment of my city both good and bad. Every local you talk to will complain about Californians but I think it's to the point where it's practically just a past time now 😅 a good portion of the city is all from the southern west coast and they are all nice people. Yes when there's an influx of residents housing prices go up but that's happening nearly everywhere nowadays. Boise is beautiful and welcoming. And if you haven't been told yet those birds are geese. They are mean don't ever feed them 😂. Excellent video.
This is a fantastic video. I'm in the Great Lone Star State of Texas! I loved the travel scenery. Being from Dallas area I was surprised how small Boise was. I've been in Dallas for 60 years and Dallas was larger than Boise even back then. The entire state if Idaho has less people than the Dallas/Ft. worth Metro area, which is 6,397,000 as of 2021. We continue to grow substantially, with the Blue State exodus. Texas is at 29 million, and projected to be over 45 million in 2040.
Yes, please listen to the people warning you about rabid badgers, Bigfoot, and all the rest of the dangers of living in Idaho! You don't want to live here. Don\t even pass through for your own safety. Best if you forget we exist!
If you do happen to enter Idaho, it is best to turn rite around, when the banjos start playing, your done for. Take William Miller’s warning very seriously, it will save your life.
Watching these videos is a virtual road-trip for me. The only thing I was not virtual is the food and drinks. I enjoy these videos. Btw, as a Californian I’m scared to venture into this critter infested city.
Idaho has became Colorado so many moving here and along with the crime that has gotten out of control. lived in Idaho hated the people became so rude. Don't move to North Idaho you will not like it. the housing way to expensive
I am often surprised, pleasantly, when your tours introduce me to places that never previously interested me, to find out how interesting they truly are. But, as for visiting Boise, I doubt it. Unless absolutely necessary I rarely venture outdoors in temperatures below 60ºF.
Whomever made this video must be smoking crack. I am one of the nasty people from California that moved to the Boise area. OMG, although the area I left was considered very well off, it is a ghetto compared to Boise! Boise and it’s next door neighbor, Meridian are clean and crime is almost a non issue. I was a cop in California and my wife is still a nurse. She took a 50% cut to relocate and we have much more disposable income than we did in California. It snows maybe 10” per year and the summers are pleasant. Rush hour traffic is nothing compared to the Bay Area. That said, I hope people that decide to move here do not bring their politics with them…the same political views that screwed up California!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip normally I don’t make off handed comments and although that is no excuse, I am embarrassed! It will never happen again! You are cool to be so nice!
I like what you said.. 👍 I was actually out visiting Boise for the first time at the end of February this year visiting a good friend of mine a doctor who was the head of ICU after three Boise hospitals. Maybe your wife worked with him? I won't give his full name out but I'll say Dr Lloyd... I really enjoyed my visit and the people were that I met there driving around town and up at bogus mountain we're so upbeat! I hadn't skied in over 20 years so it was a blast doing it again!
I really like your videos I'm a new subscriber you give allot of information about the towns, and cities you go to and your wife or girlfriend is lovely to look at and she sure is well fit lucky guy a bit jealous....
I think it's time for me to go check out more of Boise downtown the next time I get up there. Most times I never get down there and it has changed so much since I was a kid back in the 50s and early 60s.
Also, those birds at the end are geese. Not only are they not afraid of people they will attack you, especially in the spring. Consider yourself lucky you did not get attacked!
I was in Boise years ago. One summer night, crawling with people, great vibe...very peaceful. A teen boy was cruising some girls on the sidewalk driving at walking speed. To try to impress them, he chirped his tires. Not a burn out just the tiniest chirp possible. He was instantly pulled over.
Closed down in the mid-80’s. Downtown was mostly abandoned after the giant monstrosity “town square” mall opened. In the late 90’s and even more in the 2000’s downtown experienced a taxpayer supported redevelopment. Pennies never opened up as a department store again (I think it was an upscale outdoors store for a time). But the grove and the walking streets came with plenty of restaurants and night life. He also missed the old movie theater downtown.
@@jmelande4937 Thank you. Are you from Boise? I was around 12 yrs went to South Jr high then North and West Capital high then moved to Emmett. I remember Brad Little. We was friends. What part of Boise do you live? We moved so much. I just had started driving and we left .
@@lindajohnson3000 my grandparents from both sides lived on the north side just off Harrison and we’d visit from eastern Idaho multiple times per year. My grandparents had strong community ties to Boise and my parents never stopped feeling like they belonged in Boise.
At the Bishops House, it is rented out for weddings. It is absolutely stunning inside. PS: I have seen on Badger in my life time and that was way out in the desert. I have lived here my entire life. My maternal grandparents moved here when they were very young. My mother was born and raised here. Boise has definitely changed since 70’s :-) oh and the homeless camp you ran into, was a protest of people who actually had homes. They were protesting for the homeless. Just FYI.
2nd time living here...hated to leave back in '01...retired from NBC/Universal...couldn't wait to get back...now enjoying all that Boise and Idaho has to offer...
The Is George Washington statue used to sit out side it was brought into the building during the remodel of the capital building the new stand he is on was built by my grandfather from a tree that formally stood on the grounds of the capital
Lived in Caldwell while I was stationed at a radar site near Wilder way back in the mid-'80s and I LOVED Boise. I realize things change but the people I met there were some of the nicest around. (That honor goes to the people of Nebraska) My wife is still amazed we don't live in Boise or anywhere in Idaho at this point. Edit: Oh and it's pronounced Boy-See.
Normally you can go inside the prison, both men and women's. It's pretty eerie. Too bad you didn't have time to visit the Basque center, museum and restaurant area. It was right near you in downtown. Basque food is fantastic. Thanks for visiting!
Thank you for driving through the city it’s very beautiful and downtown has an adequate amount of amenities, there is little to no public transport just a dinky bus system in Boise itself no connection to the other cities near by so you have to have a car to get anywhere which is like all other cities in America, it is very safe I’ll give you that, that’s why it attracts a lot of people but it’s a very new city if you get what I mean so yeah, but the main problem is the fact that the local wages are rising but not nearly enough to survive with shitty houses costing up to 550,000 and the average renting cost about 1,800 so incredibly expensive for very little so it’s not worth it to move here but visiting is nice I live on the border of Boise and Meridian so I still have to drive to do anything also it’s very conservative in the state so schools are underfunded as well as other park projects
I work for a Boise company and get to go there once or twice a year. Bitter creek Ale House is always a place I stop at (and the German bar next door). I’m sorry to hear Empire Woodland closed :(
Boise is a sprawling mess of a city now. Housing is too expensive for people, especially for people who have lived there their whole lives. Too many people have moved in from the West coast, especially California.
when over 10% of the nation lives in one state, yeah you're gonna get people from there moving everywhere else. I'm 24 from California and moved to Idaho and work 2 jobs and contribute to the community in other ways as well. Californians don't have an agenda to take over Idaho; my choice was either to move to Idaho or be homeless in California. It's a pretty obvious choice to me.
The bird you walked past is a Canadian goose, your more likely to be attacked by one of those out here than a badger. I've never heard of someone getting attacked by a badger in boise, There is a chance that you can see a herd of deer passing through grazing in some pretty strange locations in town sometimes near the capital. Thank you for not spitting on my home town it is beautiful out here with a lot of great people, we have best sunsets.
There was a picture posted on Nextdoor Neighbor/North End of a badger coming into a person's patio. But I think that is rare. We have also had coyotes downtown and a bear stuck in a tree in a densely populated neighborhood by the foothills.
It’s sad to see all the hate comments about Californians moving to Idaho, because we have not had fair elections across our beautiful country for decades. Most of our officials have been placed in office to destroy infrastructure and our once beautiful states and country. We the people have not done this and the tides will change soon. Be nice to your brothers and sisters of this great country of ours.
Its very funny to see people complaining about the californian population. Hi I am a californian who lives in Idaho. :D I do my best to keep my opinions to myself and show kindness to the residents who have welcomed me into the community.
Decades ago Oregonians complained about all the Californians moving to Oregon. But every Californian I ever met was nice and interesting. They made Oregon a better place. People always complain when prices go up, and prices go up whenever a place becomes popular. Just make it junky and dysfunctional and no one will want to live there any more. Prices will go down. Is that what Idahoans want? There are always trade-offs.
We don’t hate people we hate that everyone and their mom has the same idea and the fact that you all can price out locals with cash ruins our way of Life extremely I’m a 4 generation local can’t live here when I move out
@@MikeCGeorge392 I sympathize. I moved out of my native Oregon to Washington when I realized how much Oregon was going to take from my retirement accounts (10%). Then I realized I will probably move to another country when I retire because housing and medical care in the US are too expensive. I'm a native Oregonian and an American, but both state and country are too darn expensive. Getting priced out is a consequence of the success of capitalism. There's is no getting around it in a free society. I'll just move and wait for wherever I land to become too expensive, and then move somewhere cheaper again. Maybe I'll end my days in an African mud hut.
If you went to the skate park you would see homeless too. I work near there and see them everywhere. We had a window broken out at my work to steal a candy machine. If you drive around you see graffiti too. Wages are low and housing is really high. Hard to afford to live here. Lots of bad drivers and rude people.
@@iamjustsaying4787 Idaho is also what 49th in the nation of education and the locals are the rude ones and most failed the understanding we the people have the right to life, liberty, and the presuit of happiness. Yeah, the HOAs are stealing. It will get bad when Idahoians realize one day deer dont shoot back....not just Califorians do. But they are too stupid to understand the concept, they are going to harass the wrong ppl, do to thier discrimination, thats what they are biggots. Thats why wages are low, low lntelect.
Lived here in Boise for 30 years and I find badgers in my yard, my living room, my car and my bed!! Please don’t come to Boise! Stay in whatever trash dump city you live in!
As a native idahoan I was saddened to see the homeless encampment start to spring up in downtown Boise. However I am amused that even the homeless encampment is far cleaner than anything in any other City.
Don't worry it will probably get worse. As a city grows and the population grows then so does the homeless population. You will get spillover from other cities that get overwhelmed and they send them your way where you may have more resources and as the recession builds you will see it become more of a problem.
I have a friend from grade school who lives in Boise. I was thinking about moving west from Chicago. She told me that tech companies have moved into Boise and it was no longer affordable to live. I looked at apartment prices and they were more expensive than Chicago. It's sad when a city gets so expensive that middle class and working class people can no longer live there. Also, Chicago has some wonderful architexture. We're normally known for the violence but if you look at some of the buildings the archtexture is beautiful.
What a godless forsaken khaki blur on on our trip from SLC to Portland. I don't know why anyone would live there
Yeah it seems that way. Oregon is beautiful though! Besides the politics and people in Portland itself. Other than that the gorge, Tigard tualatin sherwood Oregon city Wilsonville newberg Bend, the coast and so much more is awesome
@@MistahLogi The WeakWhyte logging mentality isn’t doing much good for Western Appalachia.
@Chris Bailey and we here in Boise are happy you were just passing through. Next time, take a detour.
Nice 🥔
There are a LOT of people who don't know why anyone would live in the Left-Wing toilets of Portland, Seattle, or Vancouver Canada these days, and everything those cities represent, not to mention their non-stop rain, grey skies and depressed people. Seattle always had a good culture and may still have hope. I am from Canada north of Idaho and travelled through this great state to see the Great Eclipse of 2017. The whole region from the crest of the Cascade Mountains to the Great Lakes on both sides of the border have a lot of good things in common, well shown in this video. Those who want to change it cuz their current hometowns have been made dysfunctional by others like them............ well, I like Boise's attitude and that animal you showed is a wolverine, the largest member of the weasel family and legendary for their wild fierceness, although a few animal experts have tamed them from birth, and if treated well, they can be peaceable but EXTREMELY rambunctious pets. By the way those birds at 29:00 are called "Canada Geese" on both sides of the border, and are found throughout the N.W. USA and S.W. Canada...........
Thank you for this video. I've been disabled since 2020 and I rarely leave the house. Seeing some of the sights I used to be able to go to brought tears to my eyes.
That is awesome! :)
Same here🖖
I hope you're feeling better.
As a visitor to Boise , I was taken aback at just how nasty a place that city is , What's up with a city with almost no litter? No syringes on the ground., I think the poop on saw on a lawn was actually a dog's and not human feces....How can they even call themselves a real city?.
It's definitely not a city, by US standards.
In the 60's and 70's if their was sewage spoiling the yards I sure didn't see it. Their are times I know that a crisis can happen but don't think in general. I know Garden City had issues but now it sounds like things got much better.. I appreciate Idaho, A great state. I went to school with Brad Little in Emmett for awhile and very proud of you Brad!!
Bro quit. Let the rabid badgers deal with the Californian problem. Idaho is terrible just terrible. Nothing like the wonderous states of Texas and Colorado.
I've definitely seen a few syringes laying in some parking lots, but not like any liberal run coastal city though.
@@jmccormick1490 diabetics
Lived in Boise since 1964. Ive never heard of a badger problem. Never. There is a Californian problem though.
Have been living in Idaho for over 45 yrs. Encountered a badger and a coon once but no more. Boise is clean, low crime rate, hardly has no homeless on the streets. Yes, Housing situation has become a big problem. My property tax is increasing every year and scary. My friend's old house was bought around 65K 20 years ago and now it can be sold at over quarter million. Young family can never purchase a house at that price. And it's a 65 year old little house. Rent? forget it! Californians are okay if only they don't bring their attitude and problem.
Shhh! Don't tell him!
The California Attacking Badger thing was a bit of a joke, lol.
Tell um about the California problem.
I'll say it. Go the FX back to California. And take all your friends with you. We've had enough, we don't want your opinions on anything. Blahahahaha
The neighborhood you drove through that you considered low income, was actually considered part of the North end. The houses are small but expensive. Used to live in one of the houses. Sold it in the mid' 80's for approximately $100,000. That same house probably sells for $750,000 now. So the housing prices plus the fact that the wages haven't kept up with the rising costs of both mortgage and renting are the reasons the natives aren't happy with others moving to Boise.
@Janice Martell that first neighborhood is not the North End. It is vista right off the freeway one of if not the least desirable areas of Boise.
Nailed it!
Yeah, the North End is lovely too, I really don't get the point of this video, like if that's how you feel, stay out?
That’s the bench, not a bad area. Houses going for way more than anyone local can afford.
@@jmwwhit dang I live in the Central Rim! Just on the edge of the bench, and I love it
You know why there's no security, because we ALL carry guns.
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But why the crime then? I live in California and I’m not democrat! I hate what they are doing to our country! I’ve hunted there with my dad years ago! I hear the gun laws are relaxed! I’m scared to live in Los Angeles anymore! We just can’t get a break! The immigration is horrible, traffic, people! Just sucks! This country is turning into sodom and Gamora! Horrible! The elects have destroyed American life as I use to know it ! I feel like I’m in a 3rd world country now!
Doubled in price? Try tripled! I was born and raised here and I can no longer afford to live here on Social Security. The greed of the politicians is over the freaking top!
i almost bought my neighbors land about 10 years ago for 50k, it sold last year for 400k
Politicians ? Lol. I think you’re blaming the wrong people in Idaho. Try living in a liberal state. That should show you what real greedy politicians look like. You have no idea.
Who can afford to live anywhere on social security anymore without starving to death? After paying the rent, there's nothing left for anything else. You have to have two full-time jobs paying $15 hour to make rent. Why work a job that doesn't pay a living wage?
@@wu7690 nah y’all just in poor red states
@@ledzep3692 Check out Lord Spoda's video 'The dying towns of Texas'
Former Idahoan with a personal connection to a couple of things you showcased.
My grandfather built a lot of those little homes in that north side neighborhood in the 1940’s and 50’s. He was one of the main developers of the west side of Harrison Blvd, especially close to foothills drive. Not only has that neighborhood ALWAYS been clean and well kept, those homes were all built with solid (no shortcut) construction. It was such a well kept neighborhood that he raised his own kids there in a house he built himself.
And my other grandfather was an artist that, as his primary profession, painted signs, commercials, and murals on the sides and interiors of buildings. His largest customer was the Idaho Creamery Association that paid him every year to paint new signs. He also painted the interiors of grocery stores with pictures of produce and the exterior of soda shops, ice cream parlors, and drug stores (including both the first Safeway and first Albertsons, both of which started in Idaho). Idaho had a long history of quality commercial painting from the turn of the century right up until the 60’s, many of which were good enough that the local kept them intact for years. It was widespread enough that my grandfather made a pretty decent living and some of his old painted buildings and commercials are still around to this day uncredited. I saw one of his at an ice cream shop in downtown Ashton Idaho just a couple years ago.
That's totally awesome you have this in your family history! 🥰
I love everything about this video, please continue to make content that keeps people from moving here 😎
Just discovered your channel. Love the presentation you're doing all along your journey. It's refreshing to see cities through the eyes of citizens vs realtors. Love it!
Thank you for the kind words, Carrie! :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip - Yeah, at first, my heart sank when I saw the title of this particular video. Boise is one of two areas my husband & I are considering moving to. (Indianapolis is the other area.) We are in Portland now and as you saw for yourself, it is a hellhole thanks to the city's NON-leadership. Been here 14 years, and this place is not gonna be restored overnight. I watched several of your videos because I found them so informative. I was especially surprised at the beauty of Cincinnati. Props to your insight.
@@carriekay5987 Lol, the title was suggested to me by some locals. I hope you got that it was a joke. Boise is a great little city. Beautiful, low crime. 😀
Thanks for this review. Thank you for showing only the older, unrestored neighborhoods of Boise, Thank you for not showing our upscale restaurants, our zoo, our performing arts theater, our many museums, our high end neighborhood, our plethora of hospitals and other medical facilities, our modern shopping malls, and our parks and recreational areas. Nice touch about the badgers attacking people. I would have never thought of that. If I saw your review I would never want to live here. Thank you from all Treasure Valley residents.
Thank goods he didn't show them Meridian and the amazing parks there.
Shhh don’t tell him Detroit exists
I visited my brother in Meridian, i cant tell you enough how much i loved it there.
For real😂
I concur
The city looks lovely and so clean. Thanks for sharing!
It is both those things. 😀
I graduated from Boise State in 2006, living in Boise for years until moving back to Portland, Oregon this past December. Boise has grown a lot during the last ten years. I was fortunate to have lived in the same house and pay my affordable mortgage for 14.5 years until selling my house last December, but many others are not so fortunate. People are struggling with the same economic woes that are happening all throughout the country. The natural beauty that surrounds Boise is nice, but again the people are experiencing economic hardship like everywhere else. I’m hoping that the state legislators will do something about wages, but too many of them don’t seem to pay enough attention to that.
Too busy involved in culture wars like critical race theory or repealing Obamacare or tax breaks for the wealthy 1%. All things that help their real constituents
Little needs to go and the mayor of Boise.
Even though the US, on average, has a big pay, the cost of living is so high that they can't balance their budget, and end up borrowing a lot.
Consumer debt stands at $16 trillion.
Its not about wages. Wages here were good, relative to cost of living not that long ago. I have a few less dollars than same profession in CA, but my cost of living was far less than CA, so my buying power and quality of life were far better. Its the outsiders who have ruined their states now moving here who are causing cost of living to increase. At least that was the slow burn for the last decade or more. Now cost of living in skyrocketting because of Biden's inflation agenda.
@@williammiller6940 Please explain how Biden caused the inflation. I really would like numbers on how the Republicans would not have this same issue.
Yes PLEASE STAY the HECK out of here. leave the terrible awfulness of Boise and surrounding cities to us undeserving residents who absolutely do not need more people here to drive up costs.
Yes yes yes
Yeah f other Americans!
I wonder if you guys realize that building more homes is an option? It's not like some video game where you only get a set of houses and that's what you're stuck with until the servers are down.
I would like to tell people to stay out of California but I can’t very well do that, now can I? The whole country is experiencing higher populations and higher cost of living.
@@alexandrep4913 Oh.
Was raised in Boise, love it.
$20/hr was a decent wage 3-4 years ago around here, you could find a starter home for around $150,000, now not so much. Many young people in their 20's that are starting out in life are leaving, can't afford to live in the city they grew up in. This why the CA people get the stink eye.
What is the cost for a 2 bedroom apt senior citizen? A retired Veteran and wife with a cat in a decent area? I been away since the 70's. I really would like to come and stay a month maybe rent an Airbnb at a low cost with air. It is just two of us with 2 cats. Any idea's I will appreciate you contacting me. Thank u very much...
@@lindajohnson3000 What color is the cat? What's his name?
@@lindajohnson3000 I dont know the prices of those sorts of communties, but I can say that all housing is cheaper if you live a small commute from Boise, such as in Caldwell or Kuna.
@@markpreston6930 A good cat is never a bad color.
Maybe if you guys hadn't voted for people who enacted such horrible housing policies housing would be more affordable now. You can't blame the Californians on a problem you natives created in the first place.
Love Boise, probably the cleanest city in America! Went in 2018, enjoyed Boise and just the overall Idaho experience in hiking and exploring.
Thank you someone who likes idaho
It can be nice.
But sometimes things get a little out of hand here
It won’t be soon. All of a sudden random fast food bags are showing up In the middle of streets along with decaying mattresses that I swear are on the side of almost every major highway & side road by now.
@@sungazr7530 Yup. As the city grows and expands you will see more of that.
Not anymore
I'm so impressed with this city. I didn't even see trash where the homeless were. The alleys are amazing and a testament to how well the city keeps things up.
Great job.
Well, I love the beginning! With the music and driving scenery! Haven't watched the rest yet. I would love to do what you do!
When you said, "Let's go through security." I got confused and thought, "There's security?" 😂It was funny to see how jarring that was to you. I guess it does say a lot about how safe we feel here. Also, probably half the politicians are carrying guns, so there's that 🤣 This video was a treat to watch. Thanks for visiting and thanks for sharing! ❤
Thank you, Janel! Yes, the great majority of capital buildings have security, so it was a surprise!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Me too. In my old home state of Sacramento, they had security there too.
I am German we moved to Idaho in 2011 and there was no Homeless at all. I was so surprised about that. We left in 2013 ,we are Military family and came back in 2018 I was so shocked how everything has changed over the last 5 years . We wanted to move to Boise but sadly our income was not enough anymore.
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We came here for family several grandkids and while homes are less than California we now cannot afford the median price passing $500 thousand. That’s half a million dollars banks have to consider if one’s income can carry the mortgage payments that include interest. I can’t wait for the market to crash! And it will.
@@johnnicholson3314 It definitely will.
Lived in Boise three times. First time in 1990. Housing prices increased five fold. The population of SW Idaho has doubled since 90. Traffic congestion is bad now.
@@Idahoguy10157 Californians + rich gloablists, Europeans, "investors" snapping up properties in any area with middle-class White people with a little bit (not a lot, a little...) of money, good schools, and decent hospitals. Next comes the "immigrant" folk to siphon the crumbs and the end stage, of course, is a corrupt liberal local government and tent cities all around million+ dollar Craftsman style bungalows (that are probably worth $150,000 if that) - feces and syringes all over the sidewalks, gangs, predominantly ESOL schools... we get the picture.
I lived in Boise briefly- Two things i remember from my 3 month stay- while working at a circle k convenience store - an irrate customer pointed his finger at me and said i must be a mormon for not selling alcohol after hours. 😂 I also remember running 6 miles a day and virtually no perspiration on my shirt due to low humidity
If that’s the worst neighborhood/area of Boise then I’m impressed!!! Not bad at all
Great tour. I miss boise downtown so much. I worked at the idaho power building 2 or 3 blocks from here, in 2017 and would frequent Records Exchange for an italian ice drink and to look at their eclectic stuff they have. Moved to twin, but am moving back in a couple of years.
You are hilarious ... "there is nothing scandalous to report here"... yeah, I was born there in 1990. I have a big family there with generations going back. Growing up I thought Idaho was lame but now everyone wants to move there. I see it as a home base and a safe haven for myself but yes I have many memories there
That will all change as more Californians move in !
I just discovered your channel and was happy to see you've covered some of the areas I've known and lived in. Thanks for the enlightenment as there's always something new that I didn't know about these towns and cities! I was born in Seattle but did live in Joseph, OR for a year and almost hit an elk going over Dead Man's Pass! I didn't know there was a badger infestation in Boise? 😱 I wouldn't live there because it's too Liberal so I settled in Plain, WA for the past 8 years and yes, we have Bigfoot here too and wolverines as I chased on off our property a couple of years ago! I did a woodcarving show at the JUMP convention center in Boise which was really cool because of all the antique tractors! The alley murals were a whole lot nicer than the graffiti of Seattle. BTW, those are Canada Geese at the capitol building.😉Much of this road trip looks familiar so thanks for jogging my aging memory, LOL! 🤣
Thank you for the great comment! 👍
I grew up in Boise. We lived in a tiny house right in front of the Penitentiary. The first night we moved in there was a prison escape and the police were at our house all night.
@AlisaLuftwaffe♤777♤DashaV Brigades Whaaaat? That’s hysterical!
I know from living close to Folsom Penitentiary that the safest place to be is right next to the Pen. Escapees are all about putting as much distance as possible between them and their former home.
Great video. Enjoyed the ride with nice music. A pleasure to see everything. Boise is really clean. ❤
Excellent video!! Loved every minute of it. I still want to move to Boise, Idaho too. I have family who live there. Thank you! Love the walking zones. Freak alley; "The closest thing to graffiti you will see here" ha-ha Wow, an outdoor prison, the women's ward, no heat? Yes, that view at the end was quite beautiful. I love the spaciousness of it all. I am glad we got to see the Capital, Wow, that was really beautiful! I have only seen another great looking capital, and that was in Sacramento, California. But this one I am so impressed! You are right, no metal detectors? That is too weird, but moreover, not safe. Those birds are geese. ;)
I really enjoy your videos, sir. Great job!
Thank you!
I lived in Boise in the late eighty's. Good to see that the area is still doing well. I visited the Nebraska state capital building last summer. No security check to enter the building there either.
love your videos Joe , watch them all over and over , good stuff !
You drove right thru my neighborhood (rossi st) and this is NOT low income lol. A one bedroom in the area can be up to 2000 per month.
Great video. I'm moving back to Boise from Cleveland Ohio. Cant wait till June
we have homeless folk, they mostly hang out at the shelters in the winter, i was once homeless, never again. worst time i ever had.
Glad you're on your feet. I recently got out of homelessness in the Nashville and eastern Tennessee regions myself. It sucks and I don't wish it on anyone.
I hope your situation gets even better. I’m going to pray for you.
@@verde7595 dont know where the badger infestation is, but its not in the city. unless these people were hounding the badgers, they tend to stay away from humans
Great roadtrip Joe&Nic! 🤗❤
Hi Joey, the birds are Canadian geese. They are everywhere and at golf courses along with turkeys.
Yes, I finally know that. :)
Canada Geese (common mistake)...
@@TinkerTailor4303 I choose to think of them as Canadian Geese, as in thier 'citizenship' cuz I want them to go back to Canada. They are super annoying. Deport he geese! lmao
Yep, even down here in southern Utah, we have the same problem spreading… Happened in my native western Colorado before that.😕
As a local myself a lot of the warnings you get from other locals are indeed to try and keep people away and keep the peace we have here, i mean we love visitors but please don’t move here.
Another few things im glad you showed the penitentiary it’s probably one of the coolest buildings here and it’s near the foot hills if I remember correctly, also when it comes to the homeless there are a lot more not just in that one area, last thing Canadian geese,they are everywhere and some stay due to people feeding them.
Last last thing hope you enjoyed visiting Idaho
I understand the idea: “don’t come here, and ruin our city”
But then people who say this will talk about “how sad it is that all the small towns are dying…”
It’s good for cities to get new residents. Otherwise your place withers and rots away when the population ages out.
Your best yet. I drive beside Boise on my way to Bainbridge Island from Colorado. I loved your footage coming out of Seattle. I've come to love Idaho. I shy away from political everything, but I did vote for Pedro.
We were at the capital Boise (BOY-see) 20 years. The gift shop had a man who was blind working at the counter. From what we heard he had worked there for years.
Love Boyzee!
Pretty cool ....when you took I 82 at Ellensburg you went right by my home town of Zillah Wash just east of Yakima on your way to Boise.
I've lived in Boise since 2001. I've never, ever heard of anyone being bitten by badgers my friend. Someone is pulling your leg. The two main things about moving here are: 1.) Housing is difficult to find and extremely expensive. Right now a 1 bedroom apt starts at $1200 a month. 2.) You should consider that this is a very conservative place. I've worked for Walmart for 20 years now, and when i notice people come through a cashier line with all new housewares, I ask them if they just moved here. 9 out of 10 customers tell me they moved here because wherever they came from had become too liberal and they felt Boise was "normal". If you move here as a liberal/Democrat, you need to know that people will assume you are a conservative and talk to you in such a way that I was taught was disrespectful and distasteful towards those who stand on the other side of the political aisle. There are a lot Democrats in Boise proper, and in Ada County, but very few elsewhere. I used to work in personnel and learned that despite it being illegal, many businesses here check the voter registration party of job candidates. So many of the democrats stick together, live under the radar, keeping their mouths shut while we have to listen to a lot of unsolicited rhetoric. For example, whenever I needed to find someone for a service, say a dentist, I would contact my chiropractor's wife who had a rolodex of names. Trumpism extremists live here and will tell you when the revolution comes they are going to go door to door through town and kill all the democrats who luckily won't have guns. I'm not kidding! I had a neighbor tell me this! So just a heads up...
The badger thing was a joke, told to me by locals who don't like all the newcomers moving in and raising the prices of houses and rent.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Well, I'm gonna have to remember that one for when I meet more newcomers! Ha!
"Trumpism extremists live here and will tell you when the revolution comes they are going to go door to door through town and kill all the democrats who luckily won't have guns. I'm not kidding!" It would be funny, if it happened, but a civil war is highly improbable. Both factions don't have the guts for that.
The simple problem is that, no it isn't all Democrats ACTIVELY being crazy and causing chaos in this country. However, it is MOST Democrats who are allowing this chaos by not having the strength of character to call out the bad actors in their midst. So yes, if your a Democrat you are seen as part of the problem.
I also have problems with things you said.
First " talk to you in such a way that I was taught was disrespectful and distasteful towards those who stand on the other side of the political aisle. ". We have no reason to be respectful any longer. People on the left side of the aisle have been calling us r@cists, n@zis, claiming we are bloodthirsty, claiming we want to oppress our fellow Americans, etc. If you don't like how we speak about your side perhaps you should have thought about that 2 decades ago when your side stopped being respectful and started demonizing us unfairly. Perhaps stop treating us like we're subhuman just because we disagree with your side.
Second: " unsolicited rhetoric" why is it unsolicited rhetoric when we voice our opinions, but your side says its stunning and brave to spew idiotic nonsense?
Credit where credit is due, Idaho leftists did turn away the national rioters themselves during the 2020 Burn, Loot, Murder riots. Conservatives didn't have to do it for them.
Finally, if you feel you can't voice your opinions and have to live under the radar, good. Now you know what its like to have been a conservative in a blue city for the past 2 decades. About time some of you got a taste of your own medicine.
FYI: I'm only conservative because Democrats have tried moving the Overton (sp?) window. I'm certainly not a Republican and never have been. Would have been considered a moderate before 2000.
I haven't had a beer since 2001 Stolî's Early 1990's.
Wonderful video. I love the story about the badgers. Made me smile. Thank you for sharing. Have a magnificent day!
LOL. It was a joke - I'm sure you caught that. :)
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks!
Thank you for watching,, Ed! :)
I graduated from University Idaho (after seven years of engineering grad school!), love everything about Idaho, though never been there! This video inspires me to visit Idaho some days!
You graduated from U. of Idaho (seven years ) but have never been to Idaho? How did you do that? Online?
How many tent cities, drug users, violent crimes, prostitutes did you encounter in Boise, Idaho?
Not many. That's why we like to tell people it sucks here.
Just the one little tent encampment on the capital grounds. Otherwise, it was beautiful and clean. One of my favorite cities.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip the entire Treasure Valley is an oasis in the desert. Hot, hot, hot in the summertime, but the rivers and irrigation keep things green. Friendly people in the smaller towns. I've spent 35 years in Idaho and my only regret is that others are learning the secret and our traffic is beginning to suck big time.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip just so you know, that "tent city" wasn't actual homeless people, it was a "protest" set up by the non-homeless.
Nice video! BTW, the Bishop’s House at the old penitentiary has nothing to do with the clergy there. It was the home of Episcopal Bishops of Idaho built in 1889 at 2nd and Idaho. When the state pen closed in 1973 (believe it or not) they were going to tear down the Bishop’s House so a group of locals (led by my mother-in-law) raised funds to have it moved to it’s current location which was being turned into state park. We had our wedding reception there in 1982.
Their worst neighborhood looks like a dream world compared to my neighborhood in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Might have to Boise!
I can't believe you can get poutine out west like that, thought it was only available in Eastern Canada, one of my favorite junk foods!
I have lived in Boise for 55 years & have never heard of a badger problem. In the Garden City area or Northend area we do have problems with raccoons.
It was a joke, suggested to me by some of the locals. 😀
😆 lol, those birds are geese! Good video but you missed the Greenbelt Boise River!!! Tablerock is another Next! Next time you visit, give me a holler!
Thank you for sharing your adventure 😊
Canadian geese
Born and raised in Boise until family moved in 1966 to Denver. Moved back and lived there 89 to 93. You could purchase small brick home for 35K in 1990!
Great video , awesome Boise , ty for sharing 👍😍👍
Dude!
The fact that you didnt see a badger attack on the day you visited, did not mean they aren't real, (and super dangerous).
I think y'all had ought to stay away and let us deal with the problem.
We'll let you know when it's safe. 🙂
Such an amazing city, the surrounding area to the west is amazing as well, he didn’t even touch on the river or garden city
You two are such a cute couple & Nicole is Beautiful! Thanks for taking us all over, really enjoy the sightseeing.. would never probably get to see!
GOD bless, stay safe!!
Thank you for the kind words, Victoria!
This video just showed up in my recommended so I'm a little late to the party. Based on your title I was ready to argue down here but after watching the video I really appreciated it. A really fair and great assessment of my city both good and bad. Every local you talk to will complain about Californians but I think it's to the point where it's practically just a past time now 😅 a good portion of the city is all from the southern west coast and they are all nice people. Yes when there's an influx of residents housing prices go up but that's happening nearly everywhere nowadays. Boise is beautiful and welcoming. And if you haven't been told yet those birds are geese. They are mean don't ever feed them 😂. Excellent video.
Thank you, Tanner. I grew up in SLC and have been to Boise numerous times. I have always loved the city, and have even toyed with moving there. :)
Good morning and thanks for taking us with you. Are we there yet? 😆
Thank you for the kind words, DRH. And yes, my wife says that a lot. 😬😃
More cuteness!👍
This is a fantastic video. I'm in the Great Lone Star State of Texas! I loved the travel scenery. Being from Dallas area I was surprised how small Boise was. I've been in Dallas for 60 years and Dallas was larger than Boise even back then. The entire state if Idaho has less people than the Dallas/Ft. worth Metro area, which is 6,397,000 as of 2021. We continue to grow substantially, with the Blue State exodus. Texas is at 29 million, and projected to be over 45 million in 2040.
These are all very good reasons to move away from Texas, aren't they?
Yes, please listen to the people warning you about rabid badgers, Bigfoot, and all the rest of the dangers of living in Idaho! You don't want to live here. Don\t even pass through for your own safety. Best if you forget we exist!
If you do happen to enter Idaho, it is best to turn rite around, when the banjos start playing, your done for. Take William Miller’s warning very seriously, it will save your life.
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😊 Thanks for the ride!!
I have never been there but it's the fastest growing city in the USA. It seems like everybody wants to move there. Why ????
Boise ID is just like Austin TX, everyone wants to move there.
The outdoors here are spectacular. This video showed none of this.
Because the state is staunchly conservative and we are tired of liberal policies found in places like California
@@wu7690 OK
Because it's still white. Duh.
Watching these videos is a virtual road-trip for me. The only thing I was not virtual is the food and drinks. I enjoy these videos. Btw, as a Californian I’m scared to venture into this critter infested city.
Idaho has became Colorado so many moving here and along with the crime that has gotten out of control. lived in Idaho hated the people became so rude. Don't move to North Idaho you will not like it. the housing way to expensive
What crime? Lol
I am often surprised, pleasantly, when your tours introduce me to places that never previously interested me, to find out how interesting they truly are. But, as for visiting Boise, I doubt it. Unless absolutely necessary I rarely venture outdoors in temperatures below 60ºF.
Well, you are right. Boise would not be the place for you.
Whomever made this video must be smoking crack. I am one of the nasty people from California that moved to the Boise area. OMG, although the area I left was considered very well off, it is a ghetto compared to Boise! Boise and it’s next door neighbor, Meridian are clean and crime is almost a non issue. I was a cop in California and my wife is still a nurse. She took a 50% cut to relocate and we have much more disposable income than we did in California. It snows maybe 10” per year and the summers are pleasant. Rush hour traffic is nothing compared to the Bay Area. That said, I hope people that decide to move here do not bring their politics with them…the same political views that screwed up California!
Clearly you didn’t watch the video. The title is a joke, suggested to me by locals in Boise.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip my bad, you are correct!
@@combatK9 Lol, it’s cool! :) Now you know we’re in agreement about Boise. One of my favorite cities in the US. 😀
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip normally I don’t make off handed comments and although that is no excuse, I am embarrassed! It will never happen again! You are cool to be so nice!
I like what you said.. 👍 I was actually out visiting Boise for the first time at the end of February this year visiting a good friend of mine a doctor who was the head of ICU after three Boise hospitals. Maybe your wife worked with him? I won't give his full name out but I'll say Dr Lloyd... I really enjoyed my visit and the people were that I met there driving around town and up at bogus mountain we're so upbeat! I hadn't skied in over 20 years so it was a blast doing it again!
I really like your videos I'm a new subscriber you give allot of information about the towns, and cities you go to and your wife or girlfriend is lovely to look at and she sure is well fit lucky guy a bit jealous....
I think it's time for me to go check out more of Boise downtown the next time I get up there. Most times I never get down there and it has changed so much since I was a kid back in the 50s and early 60s.
Thank you for the trip .. it is a great experience for all
I lived in Ooregon but traveled quite frquently to Boise. Other than constant construction. I found the city and areà quite nice
I've lived here my entire life and I 100% agree you don't want to live in Boise! It's a HORRIBLE place!
Also, those birds at the end are geese. Not only are they not afraid of people they will attack you, especially in the spring. Consider yourself lucky you did not get attacked!
AGREED!
Not the town it once was since all the Shopko's closed.
Why? What's wrong with it?
I smell Sarcasm 101.
Hay Spoda go do a travel log on Spokane, their moto is " just like Boise ". Maybe you can get the coastal types to move there instead. 😉
I have taken that drive. Loved every bit of it
It is beautiful.
I was in Boise years ago. One summer night, crawling with people, great vibe...very peaceful. A teen boy was cruising some girls on the sidewalk driving at walking speed. To try to impress them, he chirped his tires. Not a burn out just the tiniest chirp possible. He was instantly pulled over.
Thank you to the boys in blue for always keeping our beautiful city beautiful!
I lived in Boise between the 60's- 70's. Where was Penny's downtown and the 88 cent store?
Closed down in the mid-80’s. Downtown was mostly abandoned after the giant monstrosity “town square” mall opened. In the late 90’s and even more in the 2000’s downtown experienced a taxpayer supported redevelopment. Pennies never opened up as a department store again (I think it was an upscale outdoors store for a time). But the grove and the walking streets came with plenty of restaurants and night life.
He also missed the old movie theater downtown.
@@jmelande4937 Thank you. Are you from Boise? I was around 12 yrs went to South Jr high then North and West Capital high then moved to Emmett. I remember Brad Little. We was friends. What part of Boise do you live? We moved so much. I just had started driving and we left .
@@lindajohnson3000 my grandparents from both sides lived on the north side just off Harrison and we’d visit from eastern Idaho multiple times per year. My grandparents had strong community ties to Boise and my parents never stopped feeling like they belonged in Boise.
As an Idahoan, I agree wholeheartedly.
At the Bishops House, it is rented out for weddings. It is absolutely stunning inside. PS: I have seen on Badger in my life time and that was way out in the desert. I have lived here my entire life. My maternal grandparents moved here when they were very young. My mother was born and raised here. Boise has definitely changed since 70’s :-) oh and the homeless camp you ran into, was a protest of people who actually had homes. They were protesting for the homeless. Just FYI.
This house are not Low income houses this houses are most expensive old houses in Boise......
2nd time living here...hated to leave back in '01...retired from NBC/Universal...couldn't wait to get back...now enjoying all that Boise and Idaho has to offer...
The Is George Washington statue used to sit out side it was brought into the building during the remodel of the capital building the new stand he is on was built by my grandfather from a tree that formally stood on the grounds of the capital
You're grandfather built it? I'm impressed! :)
Lived in Caldwell while I was stationed at a radar site near Wilder way back in the mid-'80s and I LOVED Boise.
I realize things change but the people I met there were some of the nicest around. (That honor goes to the people of Nebraska)
My wife is still amazed we don't live in Boise or anywhere in Idaho at this point.
Edit: Oh and it's pronounced
Boy-See.
Normally you can go inside the prison, both men and women's. It's pretty eerie. Too bad you didn't have time to visit the Basque center, museum and restaurant area. It was right near you in downtown. Basque food is fantastic. Thanks for visiting!
I agree 💯
I must say that Boise isn't the jewel of Idaho. It's the outdoors that is.✌️❤️
Just subscribed I like this channel already
Thank you, DB!
Thank you for driving through the city it’s very beautiful and downtown has an adequate amount of amenities, there is little to no public transport just a dinky bus system in Boise itself no connection to the other cities near by so you have to have a car to get anywhere which is like all other cities in America, it is very safe I’ll give you that, that’s why it attracts a lot of people but it’s a very new city if you get what I mean so yeah, but the main problem is the fact that the local wages are rising but not nearly enough to survive with shitty houses costing up to 550,000 and the average renting cost about 1,800 so incredibly expensive for very little so it’s not worth it to move here but visiting is nice I live on the border of Boise and Meridian so I still have to drive to do anything also it’s very conservative in the state so schools are underfunded as well as other park projects
@Boring noninteresting name Every public transportation system I have ever used is a cesspool of crime.
@@iamjustsaying4787 at least you could use it
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I work for a Boise company and get to go there once or twice a year. Bitter creek Ale House is always a place I stop at (and the German bar next door). I’m sorry to hear Empire Woodland closed :(
Boise is a sprawling mess of a city now. Housing is too expensive for people, especially for people who have lived there their whole lives. Too many people have moved in from the West coast, especially California.
That’s life! That’s what people say! 🎼
We know alot that moved from Cali and we are next but we are all hard working tax paying conservatives.
when over 10% of the nation lives in one state, yeah you're gonna get people from there moving everywhere else. I'm 24 from California and moved to Idaho and work 2 jobs and contribute to the community in other ways as well. Californians don't have an agenda to take over Idaho; my choice was either to move to Idaho or be homeless in California. It's a pretty obvious choice to me.
I want to see more more from Idaho. ❤
The bird you walked past is a Canadian goose, your more likely to be attacked by one of those out here than a badger. I've never heard of someone getting attacked by a badger in boise, There is a chance that you can see a herd of deer passing through grazing in some pretty strange locations in town sometimes near the capital. Thank you for not spitting on my home town it is beautiful out here with a lot of great people, we have best sunsets.
The badger thing was a joke suggested to me by some locals, lol. You're definitely right about those geese - they're mean bastards!
@Lord Spoda oh well I guess now the jokes on me lol. Great video by the way
There was a picture posted on Nextdoor Neighbor/North End of a badger coming into a person's patio. But I think that is rare. We have also had coyotes downtown and a bear stuck in a tree in a densely populated neighborhood by the foothills.
It’s sad to see all the hate comments about Californians moving to Idaho, because we have not had fair elections across our beautiful country for decades. Most of our officials have been placed in office to destroy infrastructure and our once beautiful states and country. We the people have not done this and the tides will change soon. Be nice to your brothers and sisters of this great country of ours.
Its very funny to see people complaining about the californian population. Hi I am a californian who lives in Idaho. :D I do my best to keep my opinions to myself and show kindness to the residents who have welcomed me into the community.
I hope you’re neither a Libtard or a Trump fan. Both are as bad as each other. I thank you.
Decades ago Oregonians complained about all the Californians moving to Oregon. But every Californian I ever met was nice and interesting. They made Oregon a better place. People always complain when prices go up, and prices go up whenever a place becomes popular. Just make it junky and dysfunctional and no one will want to live there any more. Prices will go down. Is that what Idahoans want? There are always trade-offs.
We don’t hate people we hate that everyone and their mom has the same idea and the fact that you all can price out locals with cash ruins our way of
Life extremely I’m a 4 generation local can’t live here when I move out
@@MikeCGeorge392 I sympathize. I moved out of my native Oregon to Washington when I realized how much Oregon was going to take from my retirement accounts (10%). Then I realized I will probably move to another country when I retire because housing and medical care in the US are too expensive. I'm a native Oregonian and an American, but both state and country are too darn expensive. Getting priced out is a consequence of the success of capitalism. There's is no getting around it in a free society. I'll just move and wait for wherever I land to become too expensive, and then move somewhere cheaper again. Maybe I'll end my days in an African mud hut.
@@timelston4260 Except for when they vote blue.
This so well done. Bravo!
Agreed!
If you went to the skate park you would see homeless too. I work near there and see them everywhere. We had a window broken out at my work to steal a candy machine. If you drive around you see graffiti too. Wages are low and housing is really high. Hard to afford to live here. Lots of bad drivers and rude people.
@theflash402 Yeah wasn’t that way until the transplants from the west coast brought all that crap in the last five years.
Yeah, Boise sucks, don't move here.
@@iamjustsaying4787 Idaho is also what 49th in the nation of education and the locals are the rude ones and most failed the understanding we the people have the right to life, liberty, and the presuit of happiness. Yeah, the HOAs are stealing. It will get bad when Idahoians realize one day deer dont shoot back....not just Califorians do. But they are too stupid to understand the concept, they are going to harass the wrong ppl, do to thier discrimination, thats what they are biggots. Thats why wages are low, low lntelect.
@@chriskelly6559 Couldn't agree with you more, this place makes me regret moving from portland!
Here in UK those small houses are garden sheds.
Lived here in Boise for 30 years and I find badgers in my yard, my living room, my car and my bed!! Please don’t come to Boise! Stay in whatever trash dump city you live in!
I love watching these videos. As an European I wonder , why there are so few people on the streets?
As a native idahoan I was saddened to see the homeless encampment start to spring up in downtown Boise.
However I am amused that even the homeless encampment is far cleaner than anything in any other City.
Don't worry it will probably get worse. As a city grows and the population grows then so does the homeless population. You will get spillover from other cities that get overwhelmed and they send them your way where you may have more resources and as the recession builds you will see it become more of a problem.
They are Canadian Grey Goose. They migrate south in the fall and come back to Canada in the spring.
I have a friend from grade school who lives in Boise. I was thinking about moving west from Chicago. She told me that tech companies have moved into Boise and it was no longer affordable to live. I looked at apartment prices and they were more expensive than Chicago. It's sad when a city gets so expensive that middle class and working class people can no longer live there. Also, Chicago has some wonderful architexture. We're normally known for the violence but if you look at some of the buildings the archtexture is beautiful.
*architecture*
The birds are Canada Geese...unusual to see them in the middle of a city as they love water! They are everywhere here in the UK