Boise, Idaho is a boom town

Boise, Idaho is a rocking, thriving, and growing hub of activity right now. Idaho's Capital City is one of the fastest growing in the nation and nowhere is that more evident than downtown. Take a quick tour with us for an update on all the construction that's going on in the heart of this boom town.

[@birdlynn417]

The downtown Boise is a lot bigger than I thought. Waiting for my turn to move to Boise. Thank you, very much. I love the river, and that is why I will want to move to Boise.

[@IdahoVoyager]

@birdlynn Hello! Thank you for visiting our channel and joining the conversation. Best wishes to you.

[@birdlynn417]

@@IdahoVoyager Thank you, so much!

[@bradthunderpants3283]

Your household is gonna need to be pulling in 80k+ a year if you want to afford rent here. The invasion of Texans and Californians is so much faster than new houses can be built that none of the locals can afford to rent anymore.

[@zutropolazutropola4449]

I am impressed. This is a great looking downtown.

[@revddtunivesralbroadcaststash]

my home town ..im a 60 yrs old Boise Idaho Native, and if you are planning on coming here and changing this place well good luck ..and you might as well stay where you are ..we like Idaho just they way it is..to us its pretty close to perfect, we like people with good manors!! ..if you are rude well you gunna have issues here, also don't come here and complain about the traffic, that's not on us your the issue with the traffic here, we was just fine b4 you got here.. Now if you can be cool and kind and good hearted well then come on up for a visit. ..FIY we have farmers traffic laws on the books here in Idaho cities and Boise is not exempt ..read the Idaho traffic book plzzzz!!

[@sissyrayself7508]

Lived in Idaho from 1982- 2015. Both my children were born in Boise. I lived in MULTIPLE towns in Idaho including: Boise, Meridian, Caldwell,Grangeville, CottonWood, Rathdrum, Skookumchuck, Moscow, Coeur D' Alene, Pierce and Weipe, Kamiah, and Twin Falls Idaho. I was born in the Ozarks in Missouri and my fathers saw mill and logging business is what took our family to Idaho from the Ozarks Mountains. I moved to Oregon in 2015. Now it is 99 percent Californians bleeding into Idaho. I do not blame them.. But if you make Boise just like the place you left..yoy have no one to blame but yourselves . Idaho is not a location..it is a SPIRIT.. A BOLD Spirit Of independence and rugged individualism.. So..You can run all the real Idahoans out of an area ..such as is happening in Boise..but they will just take the Spirit of Idaho with them..and leave those of you with your " hive mind" to fend for yourselves...in the Metropolis.

[@Rickyzx04]

i know how you feel. I live in oregon and i live 40 minutes away from cali, long story short - probably more californians then oregonians

[@cindytappe6486]

Yep. This one gets it. Fair thee well.! God Bless you and keep you safe.

[@OG_Wilikers]

Yeah! Well said brother!

[@sfdko3291]

They're not going to Idaho for the "spirit" of Idaho. They're going there for it being cheap.

[@gregalbertson2209]

Hello Sissy Ray. I am a Idaho native (born in Orofino) lived in Moscow, Lewiston, Twin Falls, Boise, Meridian. Your comments are so spot on. I don’t consider it Boise Idaho anymore. The people that I have met have turned it into Boise California. It’s so sad the way things have changed past normal growth.

[@YoniNadi]

I’ve been reading the comments on this video about Boise being influenced by the refugees from Southern California; and Portland,Oregon, and Seattle. So far the streets that I see in videos of Boise are not littered with trash scattered around the streets; and alongside buildings like you’d see in other cities across the country!

[@imaddiio5379]

im from seattle and lemme tell you seattle is becoming the new york of the west! i might move to boise and it makes me kinda happy to have a bit of those skyscrapers from seattle over at boise

[@YoniNadi]

@@imaddiio5379 . I use to live in the University district a few times; and I once lived in Burien at the fives corners in 1977/78 for about nine months. The last time I was in Seattle was in 1997 for about one; or two months then I moved to Kennewick, Washington for about nine months. I think that Seattle is a quagmire!

[@mayanmono]

Actually that's not true oh, everywhere you go now you see cigarette butts and more more trash just because it's not the level of Los Angeles or New York New York does not mean that it is not happening! It is definitely your by your gotten worse and worse you sit and see people flip their cigarettes right on the ground to throw their trash out the windows come on.....

[@ricfly52]

I met my ex-wife in Boise. Ha. Born and raised and lived 46 years in Hailey. Mountain Home now.

[@fredlandry6170]

Me and my wife are thinking of moving there, I’m not from California but unfortunately I live in LA and I can’t wait to leave. I grew up in Louisiana and lived in Georgia 25 years it looks really nice up there.

[@IdahoVoyager]

Thank you for watching and the comment. Yes, Boise is wonderful. Albeit experiencing growing pains, it is a vibrant community.

[@tmsact]

Don’t come! To many people moving here! Cost of living is going up traffic is getting worse everyday. Only a matter of time before the crime follows.

[@OG_Wilikers]

@@IdahoVoyager and we have 4 new skyscrapers coming to Boise, two 19 story buildings, one 13 story building in a two building complex, and a 27 story building, and a 18 story building in garden city. And company’s from LA have talked about moving to Idaho because of the low costs, and I-84 is almost at full capacity, so we need a transit system, In my opinion it should run from Ontario, Oregon to Caldwell, then Nampa, Meridian, and then Boise, the rout from Ontario should run at a speed of 90 MPH and the rout between Caldwell and Boise should run at 60 MPH. The train engine should be a reliable engine like a P-42DC pulling dual deck cars. And we should have busses to reduce the traffic on I-84. I think the railway should be called BIR, or Boise inter-urban railway. I dunno I’m just going on concepts. Hopefully this city doesn’t turn into L.A.

[@OG_Wilikers]

@@IdahoVoyager more news on the buildings, a 13 story century link building, a 12 story senior living tower, a 15 story apartment building, and a 12 story two capital center. And a new concourse for the boise airport. And multiple resorts with buildings coming at a height usually 3 to 8 stories.

[@IdahoVoyager]

@@OG_Wilikers Good content! Thank you for sharing and keeping us updated! :)

[@YoniNadi]

Looking at the video of downtown Boise;I’m extremely impressed seeing cleanliness in the streets!

[@Rezvan7171]

This is for while😅 too many refugees and from CA OR WA & different states moving to ID( so……. Boise downtown soon will be looks like Manhattan NY😂 or LA CA.

[@mitchberger2691]

Boise was a great place. Overcrowding and 6000 a year property tax on the average home. Schools, roads and police are way behind the population growth. Compared to any of the left coast cities it is great. But they are bringing their politics and rudeness here. The city is changing and loosing its charm rapidly.

[@PLANET_BRUNO]

Lived in the surrounding area for at least 30yrs and yes Boise's atmosphere is losing its charm.

[@sissyrayself7508]

I agree..that is why the local natives all sport bumper stickers saying6, " Do not " Californicate " Idaho.. Too late for Boise..but Northern and Eastern Idaho still has charm and offers a chance to live amongst normal, sensible, not pretentious.. know it all types. Boise is doomed. But rural Idaho is still a wonderful place..for now.

[@sissyrayself7508]

@Killer Miser who cares about Boise's economy? Anyone with a lick of sense is getting out of Boise and headed to the smaller North Idaho places away from the liberal lizards.

[@mcUSA94]

You run away from Liberals instead of staying and keeping them on check. What do you think will happen once Liberals conquer the treasure valley? They will push their ideology through out Idaho.

[@cindytappe6486]

And don't forget wage suppression. Idaho sucks.

[@kyleh698]

well done!

[@IdahoVoyager]

@Kyle H Thank you Kyle!

[@imaddiio5379]

makes me a bit happy cause i might move from seattle and you already know that seattle is HUGE, and boise will be a big change so good to have some home over there

[@bashkimbajrami6758]

We don't want anymore people in Boise 😂😂😂😂😂

[@QuangWynn2711]

I lived in Idaho from 85 to 89. I went to Boise High. Lots of changes.

[@IdahoVoyager]

@Quang Wynn thank you for the comment! I graduated from high school in a small Idaho town and enrolled at Boise State in 1990. That was the year of Idaho’s Centennial. Boise’s population then was a little more than 120,000. Meridian was 10,000. Lots of changes indeed.

[@QuangWynn2711]

I'm sure Boise is more diverse now. During my time, only handful of Asians living there. I'm so glad Boise has changed a lot. I always love Idaho.

[@debbieannsmith8962]

Looks good....🤩🤩🤩

[@Rickyzx04]

im from medford Oregon, i wanna drive up there with my dad someday

[@YoniNadi]

Compare Medford to Boise in terms of the housing market prices.

[@Rickyzx04]

@@YoniNadi not interested in moving to boise, medford is my home, im just interested in tourism :)

[@miguelangelmacias233]

Awesome thanks for sharing. Thinking of retirement in Boise

[@IdahoVoyager]

Thank you for visiting our channel and for the nice comment. Good luck! 🙂

[@tmsact]

Why don’t you retire where you live? You are probably another Libreal Californian! Can’t do anything out doors anymore without people polluting the place!

[@manfredmann2766]

Boise reminds me of Lincoln, NE

[@IdahoVoyager]

Thank you for the comment. I’ve never been to Nebraska but hear Lincoln is nice. Hope to visit some day.

[@imaddiio5379]

yeah or spokane!

[@justinwiltshire9433]

Dude, I’m living in Lincoln ne right now, and we’re literally watching these videos thinking about moving. Lincoln is super blue and people suck.

[@joejuarez9523]

I'm really impressed with Boise. You guys have a beautiful city, and it certainly erases the stereotype that Idaho is boring and is just known for potatoes lol.

[@IdahoVoyager]

Thanks for stopping by Joe, and for the comment. 👍🏻

[@Frenchy509]

It is pretty plain, boring, and lifeless to say the very least. Suuuuuuuper quiet. Seemed like the people there were whispering the whole time. 😂

[@michaeltran4642]

Wow looks amazing, not like portland. No homeless and safe to walk around.

[@sectruth1457]

I really enjoyed this video. Boise looks like a beautiful city. I would love to visit and plan to over the next 5-7 years. I live in Huntsville, Al which is slightly smaller than Boise within the city population, but a little larger in the metro population. Our downtown and other areas around the city are exploding like Boise. There are cranes going up everywhere, as apartments, hotels, and businesses keep going up in many areas. I really enjoy cities with populations/sizes similar to Huntsville. I visit Chattanooga Tn quite a few times each year, and it's another exciting city with alot of attractions. Thanks for making this video. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to visiting some of the places you mentioned.

[@IdahoVoyager]

Hi Brandon! Thank you for stopping by our channel and for the kind remarks. We’re happy you enjoyed this video. Boise is a great place and for many years was a well kept secret, however, it is definitely now starting to become much more recognized. We hope you’re able to make it out for a visit. 🙂

[@sectruth1457]

@@IdahoVoyager Thanks for the reply! One thing I forgot to mention is that I've always wanted to see the blue turf on Boise St's football field. I've seen it on tv for years. I'm a huge college football fan and have been to many Alabama games and some Auburn fball games ( I'm a huge Bama fan) over the past few decades. Alabama and Auburn both have beautiful stadiums, but I can imagine it would really be pretty neat too see a gm on the blue turf! I think it's the only college field in the country with blue turf? Whoever thought to do this was really genius! It's great marketing for the college. Weather you like it or don't like it, sports fans across the country know the blue-turf field is in Boise. Have u been to any games there?

[@IdahoVoyager]

Yep, I’ve been to many games on “The Blue”. It’s pretty awesome. It was first installed in 1986. Boise State was I-AA in football back then (FCS) and the AD at the time thought it’d be a good way to get some attention for the school. The rest is history. What’s made it so special is how good the Broncos have been over those 35 years. They moved up to Division I (FBS) in 1996 and since 1999 own a record of 122-7 (.946) in regular season home games including a winning streak of 65 straight from 2001 to 2011.

[@616_joshua]

Sure could use more lyft or Uber drivers.

[@50spudman]

You sound like David Augusto. A former channel 7 sports caster. Is this him?

[@IdahoVoyager]

We appreciate you visiting our channel Spud Man. You would not be wrong in making that assumption 😉. Thanks for watching!

[@sissyrayself7508]

So in other words..yes.

[@glennsomers8577]

I'm not even sure why I'm watching these videos. lol Just dreaming I guess. And a little bored. I'm a Canadian who is horrified about what is happening in my country right now, and would love to move there. But on a Canadian pension, which is is split up into 3 parts, I would lose the biggest part moving out of the country. So unless I win the lottery, I guess I'm stuck here. But if I did win the lottery, I think I would move to Boise, probably Hyde Park. And I would have a cabin or summer house in Coeur d' Alene right on the lake. And probably spend a lot of the summer up there. Then you have the best of both worlds.

[@IdahoVoyager]

@Glenn Somers Hi Glenn...thank you for stopping by our channel and the great comment. We appreciate the kind words about Boise...we love it. Best wishes to you.

[@mflow6485]

I discovered Boise and then saw that everyone was moving there. I visited anyway and fear I'm too late. Traffic and increasing rents. I liked Boise and could see myself living there if it wasn't difficult to find quality, affordable housing and there were jobs that paid more than $11 an hour.

[@sissyrayself7508]

It was the IDEAL olace to griw up in the 1980's.. I lived there in The North End. That idyllic era has gone. It will never be the same.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Unfortunately, under the radar cities like Boise pop up on "top 10" lists all over the internet and people who ruined California move inland and bring their same idiotic mindset with them. Happened in Boise, happened in Nashville, Denver, Phoenix, parts of Texas etc etc etc. Like a plague. Until States take a stand and keep ex-residents of California out (will never happen) places like Boise will continue to rise in cost of living.

[@moa8121]

The downtown areas look clean; the streets look clean with no signs of trash and graffiti on the walls of the buildings!

[@IdahoVoyager]

@moa8121 Hello there. Thank you for the comment! You are correct...the video is accurate. Boise is a clean city and one of the many reasons why we love living here.

[@moa8121]

@@IdahoVoyager The last time I was in Boise was in 2000 for about two; and a half months ( January through mid March. I live near 36th; and state on Pinehurst drive.

[@monke1375]

Boise is the best city in the country for people that don't want to deal with things like crime and expense.😁

[@miker6578]

is boise / idaho pretty strict about covid restrictions, and lockdowns? or is it more like a Florida or Texas in terms of allowing people to do what they want ie no mask mandates, and forced vaccines, etc?

[@Billybobthor]

Florida or Texas.

[@normastanley5853]

Idaho was a 50% city..50% move in and 50% move out.. But times have changed --I do not know what's going on these days...The world has changed..

[@janiceclark2016]

Want to see what Boise will look like in a year or two? Bend Oregon was a quaint,high desert town with friendly, kind neighbors who waved at you as they passed by in their car. Now it’s crowded,expensive and full of self centered mean streaked city dwellers. Local developers are getting rich destroying the Mountain View’s with 5 story “low income “apartments and median end housing they will super inflate at selling time. Tent cities are popping up everywhere. Traffic is gridlocked in the AM and PM. Liberal politicians are invading city council and ruling positions. Be fore warned Boise they will bring their crappy liberal attitudes and it will change your fair city! Hope the good Lord dumps tons of snow this winter . It’ll be fun to hear the transplants say”I didn’t know this place got so much snow!!!!”😂. I pray it will send a boat load of them back from whence they came!

[@upstatecraze2272]

In may its not uncommon that we still have snow in upstate ny

[@IdahoVoyager]

@UpstateCraze thank you for the comment. That’s amazing! I know places like Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse are known for healthy snowfalls … I didn’t realize it could stretch into May. As an aside, two years ago in September, we drove from the Hudson Valley to Cooperstown to visit the Baseball HOF. LOVED New York. So beautiful 😍

[@tonymante8759]

i like boise but man this city is like 1/100th of chicago in size lol you can drive thru it in less than 10 mins :D

[@awkwardsanchez6231]

I mean Chicago metro has around 9 million people compared to Boise metro 800k.

[@justinwiltshire9433]

@@awkwardsanchez6231 Boise isn’t even 300k

[@madihjorth8164]

Who cares because I don’t live in Boise anymore lol. This year I live in LA 😈🥹

[@vapalaca]

Damn California’s are ruining everything. They can move to Bakersfield lol it’s still affordable lol

[@vapalaca]

@Killer Miser And a lot of headaches. The costs of living keep rising. This can’t be good lol

[@imaddiio5379]

@@vapalaca oh, well as a seattle-lite we might be in the influence of that too

[@vapalaca]

@@imaddiio5379 Washington state folks are sexier and with less attitude unlike the CA peeps.

[@imaddiio5379]

@@vapalaca agreed 😌

[@Rickyzx04]

tell me about it, i live in southern oregon, 40 mins away from the cali border. Probably more californians then oregonians in medford

[@tomporterjr652]

boise should apply 4 a nhl team

[@g9ames]

Boise is an unaffordable college town.

[@firstname6208]

Idaho is an unaffordable state now thanks to unwanted demokrats. Go home, not wanted here. $200k homes are $650k.

[@DavidJackson-fs8bp]

Tiny town cranes building 6 story buildings..... No buildings over 20 stories. Tiny ass airport nobody flies there. Small freeways no light rail, bus system sucks. No Pro Teams. No power 5 colleges. No 5-star hotels. Nice little town

[@IdahoVoyager]

@David Jackson Interesting perspective. Thanks for joining in on the conversation.

[@cindytappe6486]

Lol. Pandemic lock,down. They will all be rats jumping off a sinking ship when winter hits and they get the full measure of -20 ' weather. Lol.

[@BW-kv9wj]

Did the democrat mayor impose vaccine mandates to go into and business in Boise???

[@josecarranza7555]

I’m from California and thinking of going to Idaho.

[@pauljudd9825]

boring idaho

[@IdahoVoyager]

That's fair. Thank you for visiting our channel and for the comment.

[@mattnass7854]

Your mom is boring 😴

[@scottmcleish9896]

U can come here if you ate white and conservative.

[@jm-bv1wh]

And don't know how to spell.

[@awkwardsanchez6231]

@@jm-bv1wh lmao!!!!!

[@chicanoexpress208]

Sorry I don't eat white..