A wonderful place to live!
-
10/18/2010
I have been in Boise for about 3 years and I love it here. I have not witnessed any racist or sexist people in Boise, so I think Mary (who previously posted) must have had bad experiences with certain people or is severely exaggerating. I have lived in over 5 different metro areas (prob close to 10 cities) and have to say Boise has the nicest group of people I have met so far. As far as the night life goes, there is always something going on downtown. I can understand that if you are an older person who likes culture then it may not be as fun for you here as the active night life is full of local college students as this is a college town. My only complaint is the fact that is a college town actually. While I support the idea of people supporting local schools and groups, the local BSU football support drives me completely insane. I think the idea of following sports that closely and acting as if one may drop dread if their favorite team doesn't win is utterly ridiculous, so the whole sports scene drives me a little bonkers. I may move out of state at some point to go to school because I'd rather not go to BSU, but if not for that and the fact that most of my family isn't here, I would stay here forever. The weather is great (though I wish we had real thunderstorms every now and then), the people are nice, the cost of living is low, people here are very active and promote a healthy lifestyle, the town is well taken care of with many parks, trails, and inner city walking/biking paths, and the crime rate is below the national average, which is very rare for cities of Boise's size. And to all the previous posters complaining about traffic, you have never lived in a place bigger than Boise, obviously, or you would know that the traffic here is not bad at all. It doesn't take more than 20 minutes to get anywhere IN town and no more than 45 to the surrounding cities/counties. Morning/afternoon traffic may add a bit to that, but it is nothing compared to other cities.
Seshy | Boise City, ID