My uncle, who used to live in the Bay Area as a heavy equipment mechanic, moved to outside Boise because he wanted out of the California rat race, traffic and taxes. He’s on the conservative side, but a level headed fellow.
He lasted less than two years in Idaho before he bailed to Wisconsin, because he feared for his daughters and Boise became overdeveloped. Anyone in Oregon thinking that joining Idaho is gonna fix their problems needs to take those rose colored glasses off lol.
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Side note, but during one of Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town halls, a county commissioner candidate asked him about the process to allow eastern Oregon to join Idaho. Merkley said it would require the passage of a bill in both Idaho and Oregon, then approval from the US Senate/House. That’s a lot of hoops to jump through, and I’d eat my hat if Idaho even wants all that economically unproductive land when they already have their own budget problems.
My uncle, who used to live in the Bay Area as a heavy equipment mechanic, moved to outside Boise because he wanted out of the California rat race, traffic and taxes. He’s on the conservative side, but a level headed fellow.
He lasted less than two years in Idaho before he bailed to Wisconsin, because he feared for his daughters and Boise became overdeveloped. Anyone in Oregon thinking that joining Idaho is gonna fix their problems needs to take those rose colored glasses off lol.
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Side note, but during one of Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town halls, a county commissioner candidate asked him about the process to allow eastern Oregon to join Idaho. Merkley said it would require the passage of a bill in both Idaho and Oregon, then approval from the US Senate/House. That’s a lot of hoops to jump through, and I’d eat my hat if Idaho even wants all that economically unproductive land when they already have their own budget problems.