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You can bike right out of Philly and Boise and get the same things. Maybe even more beauty. Why should we pay SF prices for the privilege?

tjr225 6y ago
I would say those two examples are incomparable to what is available in the Bay Area in terms of outdoor recreation access.
ghaff 6y ago
I don't live in California, though I've spent a lot of time there, and don't know much about Boise. But, having grown-up outside of Philadelphia, no there's nothing equivalent to Marin County a few miles away. Yes, there's a nice river and various parks but it's not the Bay Area.
desert_boi 6y ago
Boise is converging with the coasts in terms of pricing and its infrastructure is depressingly inadequate. The local paper ran a story saying that the median house price in the city proper went up $15K in one month[1] and wages are not budging. 84% of the city is zoned for single family homes. Downtown pre-lockdown had 80K cars fighting for 18K parking spots. I live in a one bedroom penthouse Downtown for $2K a month. I don't have care. It's only the 7th floor though, and on a 5 lane highway that the city has asked the state to narrow (the state refused)[2]. It's very loud from the red state types driving through with big diesel trucks and obnoxious motorcycles. Most of the metro treats Downtown Boise as a parking lot[3]. The largest private land owner downtown is the power company (for parking lots)[4]. And the nature outside the city requires driving hours in a place that desperately needs less traffic pollution and more transit. I'm pretty set on decamping to Boston soon to be in real tower in a city with transit. [1] https://boisedev.com/news/2020/08/12/boise-idaho-home-sales-data/ https://boisedev.com/news/2020/08/12/boise-idaho-home-sales-... [2] https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article187487023.html https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/ar... [3] https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eagle-narrows-where-apartments-can-be-built/article_0b45e292-0266-5d41-852d-e1847c0f2491.html https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eagle-narrows-where-ap... [4] https://boisedev.com/news/2020/07/28/idaho-power-plans-to-convert-lot-for-more-employee-parking/ https://boisedev.com/news/2020/07/28/idaho-power-plans-to-co...

tjr225 6y ago

I would say those two examples are incomparable to what is available in the Bay Area in terms of outdoor recreation access.

ghaff 6y ago

I don't live in California, though I've spent a lot of time there, and don't know much about Boise. But, having grown-up outside of Philadelphia, no there's nothing equivalent to Marin County a few miles away. Yes, there's a nice river and various parks but it's not the Bay Area.

desert_boi 6y ago

Boise is converging with the coasts in terms of pricing and its infrastructure is depressingly inadequate. The local paper ran a story saying that the median house price in the city proper went up $15K in one month[1] and wages are not budging. 84% of the city is zoned for single family homes. Downtown pre-lockdown had 80K cars fighting for 18K parking spots. I live in a one bedroom penthouse Downtown for $2K a month. I don't have care. It's only the 7th floor though, and on a 5 lane highway that the city has asked the state to narrow (the state refused)[2]. It's very loud from the red state types driving through with big diesel trucks and obnoxious motorcycles. Most of the metro treats Downtown Boise as a parking lot[3]. The largest private land owner downtown is the power company (for parking lots)[4]. And the nature outside the city requires driving hours in a place that desperately needs less traffic pollution and more transit. I'm pretty set on decamping to Boston soon to be in real tower in a city with transit. [1] https://boisedev.com/news/2020/08/12/boise-idaho-home-sales-data/ https://boisedev.com/news/2020/08/12/boise-idaho-home-sales-... [2] https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article187487023.html https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/ar... [3] https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eagle-narrows-where-apartments-can-be-built/article_0b45e292-0266-5d41-852d-e1847c0f2491.html https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eagle-narrows-where-ap... [4] https://boisedev.com/news/2020/07/28/idaho-power-plans-to-convert-lot-for-more-employee-parking/ https://boisedev.com/news/2020/07/28/idaho-power-plans-to-co...