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Clarke Brogger
Mountain climber
Laguna Beach, Ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 12, 2015 - 05:31pm PT
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How would you consider Boise as a home base? Access to climbing and rivers, lakes? Local vibes?
Thanks for your input!
~ Clarke
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 12, 2015 - 05:41pm PT
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Twenty five years ago no....now yes. Has become MUCH more cosmopolitan with the influx of people in high tech jobs.
Two of my alltime favorite climbing venues.....the Elephants Perch and the City of Rocks are in striking distance.
I'm not a boater but Rob Lesser (an alltime great kayaker) lived there for years.
Fritz will likely chime in about water sports.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 12, 2015 - 06:02pm PT
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Edit: Maybe I'm a couple 7 years dated in my a*#essment... but last time I checked, Boise's high tech industry consisted of a hard disk manufacturing plant or warehouse. Not exactly the brain trust for innovation.
Boise would be tough for me to accept. If I was going to live in a place with minimal culture or education base (the local college notwithstanding), I would want some sort of upside like immediate proximity to world-class outdoor stuff. Boise is still a few hours away from really great outdoor stuff. It gets very cold, but not enough snow to really play in. Summers are hot and muggy. West of Boise has a funky smell from a sweet potato or sugar beet processing plant. High restaurant culture is Applebees and Red Robin.
Imagine the time it takes to get from San Francisco and Silicon Valley to Yosemite, then compare that with Boise to City of Rocks, and I know which I would pick if I had the choice. There's a reason why the cost of living is so different.
Salt Lake City might be a better alternative- similar distance to City of Rocks (actually closer), and then access to the southern Utah stuff for committing weekends. And skiing close by.
My brother moved west of Boise a little more than a decade ago for economic reasons, i.e. it was cheap compared to Humboldt County CA where he was not able to make ends meet. Now he's moving to Oregon.
Edit for CMAC and RJ: Change your bad language filters to include any whitespace character after A-S-S .
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 12, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
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Nut again,..guess you haven't been to the Elephsnts Perch....simply awesome! Driving to COR from Boise has one unbeatable advantage over SF to Yosemite.....0, did I say 0, traffic issues.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 12, 2015 - 06:27pm PT
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Ah Boise, the city that most-everyone else in Idaho hates.
Those folks that live in Boise think that Boise is the coolest city in the Rockies, they have culture, their access to outdoor adventure is the best, their excrement doesn't stink, & their shitty little university football program is "hot schist."
I do enjoy following their shitty little football team.
Go BSU!
Otherwise, Boise is a blight on right-wing Idontno!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 12, 2015 - 06:31pm PT
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Sounds like Boulder....nothing wrong with that! Except....if you live in Cali.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Aug 12, 2015 - 07:12pm PT
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Definitely worth clarifying that I don't know what the heck I'm talking about, many grains of salt required to interpret my feedback. My experience is of visits to Nampa where my mom and brother lived (30-45 mins to the west), with brief excursions to Boise. I've never hung out next to the college campus to see what hip culture might be lurking there.
I will say that the Owyhee River from Oregon on into western Idaho looks like some amazing extended inner tubing- mile after mile of rippled glory with take-out spots next to the highway.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 12, 2015 - 07:23pm PT
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Ah PotatoHead!
Re your crusty comment about my thoughts on Boise: if you are a self-righteous crusty little old man like Fritz it sucks. Better retirement homes elsewhere...like choss creek?? LoL
Yep!
It does appear that you are have become, since moving to Boise: A Boise Booster!
I'm sorry for your shisty & sordid Boise life.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 12, 2015 - 07:26pm PT
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Doesn't Lance "RokJox" Lynch live there?
You might want to factor that into your equation.
And whatever Boise is, it isn't Canmore.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 12, 2015 - 07:28pm PT
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try to live closer to downtown/older Boise....better vibe and closer to the trails.
Right on, Boise is ahead of the curve in terms of good planning of its core. Great walkable communities are few and far between, Boise is landing on target for what will define a great city in the decades ahead. What better place to live than what Fritz just described as the place that the rest of Idaho hates, you guys are funny.
The single best thing about it all is you're in the Intermountain West, so if you like mountains there you go.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 12, 2015 - 07:38pm PT
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Idaho sucks..Wasn't it just last week that Fritz got caught in traffic behind some redneck RV'ers and had to unholster his enforcer...? Don't even get started on the marmot stampdedes...
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 12, 2015 - 07:53pm PT
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RJ! Exactly.
Boise is the worst of Idaho & Idaho is the worst of the Northern Rockies.
Don't believe anything Potatoehead writes. He is obviously a-
shudder-gasp!!!!
Realtor!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:01pm PT
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Fritz...REALTOR...? Delete that before the thread gets frozen...rj
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:07pm PT
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And whatever Boise is, it isn't Canmore.
And who says Canadians don't lob bombs across the border...
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:08pm PT
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There are some funny comments here. I drove down 55 into Boise just last June and before that almost ten years ago. Quite a difference. Before that I stopped into the downtown in 1979 on the way to the Tetons for a burger. I liked it.
From what I've seen in other cities and towns in the west that have been traditionally rural hubs for a widespread and relatively diverse economy but still removed from major population centers, when rich city folk start to move there or a major industry makes inroads, the locals get jiggy. I don't blame them but I see there is little they can do about it. Locals either hide or go along with the increase in there property values. Unfortunately, some of the generational poor farmers can't afford the taxes now to live and work on their land.
Other than that, I think it a fine place to live I have friends and family that enjoy their lives there.
Edit- Say what you want spud-breath, choss creek is pretty cool. Fritz has earned his life there and his views on Idaho have always seemed spot on to me, even if he is a little crusty in spots. It's the Idaho sunshine!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:09pm PT
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Canmore is great for skiing and ice climbing....the rock climbing is below average.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:13pm PT
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I heard the local ski hill is a co-op...Bogus Basin...? And lift tickets are affordable ...? Any truth to this...?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:17pm PT
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Skully? What say you?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 12, 2015 - 08:27pm PT
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Ah poor Potatoehead.
He is so recently an immigrant to Idaho,
or--------shudder-gasp!!!!!
a -----
Realtor
or both
He has not grasped the essence of, loving Idaho,
(and even loving-------------- fuking Boise)
IS!
Not loving Idaho------or fuking Boise.
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