Moving to Boise - What do I need to know?
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that dude who did that thing
Boise is a lot more than the N.End. And the N.End, although it's cool, and I loved living there, has its definite downsides (poseurs with bikes worth more than some of my cars being one of them).
All good points. We researched lots of other neighborhoods, and have some good friends on the Bench, even spent some time in Meridian getting the feel for it, but we ultimately like the feel of the North End much more. If we were buying to invest, the Bench or Meridian would be high on the list.
Needing a garage and a yard for the dog, it really kept us out of downtown. We looked at the NE side of town by the Penitentiary/BSU and in a little pocket between State and Main around 23rd, but never found anything we liked in our price range. We even looked in Collister, but waking around there at night got my Spidey Sense tingling so we passed.
There are tons of good options for everyone depending on what you’re looking for, but the North End vibe is what we liked pretty much right away.
Coming from Portland we are used to the hipster/poseur vibe and mostly just ignore it at this point :)