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...........

That is awesome! :)

Same here🖖

I hope you're feeling better.

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

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

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@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

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'

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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. 😀

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.

It is both those things. 😀

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.

That will all change as more Californians move in !

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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.

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!

Thank you for watching,, Ed! :)

LOL. It was a joke - I'm sure you caught that. :)

Agreed!

@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.

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.

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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It was a joke, suggested to me by some of the locals. 😀

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.

It is beautiful.

1600+ is crazy stupid expensive stop moving here

Love Boyzee!

Canadian geese

Thank you for the kind words, DRH. And yes, my wife says that a lot. 😬😃

More cuteness!👍

Thank you for the kind words, Victoria!

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.

You graduated from U. of Idaho (seven years ) but have never been to Idaho? How did you do that? Online?

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

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.

Amen amen they all gotta go

In other words, Boise is just like everywhere else.

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. :)

These are all very good reasons to move away from Texas, aren't they?

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.

Enough about the badgers, please. The Mormons would be something that is real that is pretty darn scary, though.

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

@@MikeGeorge392 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.

What crime? Lol

The republicans and their guns is a good thing.

@@wu7690 very true, but the Democrats from California is taking the numbers away from them.

@@andrewdemarest1606 if you look at the data and polling the majority of Californians moving here are conservative. Actually slightly more so than people who have been here all their lives.

@@wu7690 Not from the multiples of people that I've personally met... but regardless, the Democrats are a lot more politically active, louder, and hands on than most of the Republicans that may have moved here from California... Republicans tend to live in their solitude rather than actively participate in social events that get people to vote. Also, it doesn't take many more democratic voters to turn a once red county blue, and a lot of republicans don't vote because they are antigovernment.

@@andrewdemarest1606 Ada county trended Republican more so last November. Also, Boise has a Republican council woman for the first time in almost 30 years. The majority is still democrat on the council but that shows that those moving here are having an impact. I’m going off the data, not what people are saying. Now I would agree with you that yes, democrats are louder and they have gotten louder.

Thank you for the comment. The rabid badgers are a joke. Locals claim they live there and prey on Californians moving into the area - something they want to stop happening. :)

In the whole video not one time did he say this is what it's like to live in Boise Idaho. He merely showed a video of what certain places look like, that's all. You are paranoid

@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!