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> Boise, ID I live in Boise, good luck. Almost everyone here is actively hostile to public transportation and high-density construction - so while there's plen

by snuxoll 11y ago

> Boise, ID I live in Boise, good luck. Almost everyone here is actively hostile to public transportation and high-density construction - so while there's plenty of area to expand to the South towards Mountain Home it's almost entirely overpriced subdivisions, with no transit options other than your own vehicle - and don't get me started on the mess that we already have with I-84. The lack of high-density construction isn't really that big of an issue since we have plenty of space, but the lack of public transit funding is going to bite us and is largely responsible for why you mostly see expansion towards the West along I-84, which is causing us to start looking at expanding it yet again, why on Earth we haven't invested in commuter rail at this point is beyond me.

tracker1 11y ago
Understandable... I wasn't really even speaking specifically to density, so much as some room for growth. It took Phoenix a long time to get the highways we do have in place. Even finishing out the I-10 in phoenix was a lot of big work.. the 101/202 work was interesting (never completed regions meant to go through reservation lands). And widening the US-60 was pretty interesting as well. It overlapped bidding for the stadium, so it seems that they held up the process to reduce the chances of Mesa or Chandler getting the bid. I'm not saying it's a great example, just an example of a decently sized city that isn't locked in and could be a growth area. Right now, I try to live fairly centrally, but that puts work that is closer to the edges of the area out of what I consider a reasonable commute for me (I won't go much over a 30 minute commute).