Wages are pathetic!
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5/30/2018
Boise is a beautiful city. It has some amazing people. It's a great place for outside recreation. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to live there. I hope ANYONE trying to decide if they should move to Boise, checked out the 2 sections, 1 being housing costs, the other being wages. Idaho in general has the lowest wages of the nation. The federal minimum wage is 7.25 an hour, and Boise is over run by minimum wage jobs, which puts buying a house out of reach, and rent has become astronomical. It's literally a city where people work JUST to put a roof over their head, and many can't even afford that, let alone putting any money aside for a rainy day or an emergency, or any kind of recreation. YES, the city has PLENTY of jobs...but VERY FEW at a living wage. Also, Idaho did not expand medicaid, so those that are making minimum wage or just above, do NOT have ANY opportunity for health insurance. They literally have to go without and hope for the best. Idaho also ranked dead last for their treatment of working women, it truly shows in Boise...no family leave, very few jobs with sick leave, and if you're scheduled, you better be there, or start looking for another job. They don't care if your kid is sick or your Dad had a heart attack...get to work! I am a third generation Boisean, and a fifth generation Idahoan. I chose to leave Boise, and the state altogether, because the local government has stacked all of the cards against the citizens. I have wanted to get out of Boise for a long time now, but couldn't afford to. It took my Dad passing and the settling of his estate to scrape enough money together to get out...IF you come to Boise, plan on being STUCK there, for you too will not be able to afford to leave.
Kira | Casa Grande, AZ