Find your Home in Boise

Most Active Cities in America

Julie Peirano | February 20, 2018

Cultural Cheatsheet lists the most active cities in America that will keep you fit in 2019 They listed Boise, Idaho with the following stats.

What makes a city healthy? According to WalletHub, it’s a combination of 38 factors, including affordable fitness memberships, many physically active citizens, and a lot of swimming pools, tennis courts, and basketball hoops. These are the 15 healthiest cities in America. Where does your town rank?

• Score: 49.56/100
• Best category: 2nd best city for “budget and participation”
• Also known as: 3rd best-run city in America, 10th safest city

These U.S. Cities Are the Safest Places to Live, Work, and Play

Ali Harrison | January 23, 2019

Money and Career Cheatsheet listed Boise Idaho as one of the safest places to live, work, and play.

Life involves hazards. Traffic accidents, natural disasters, and other setbacks occur everywhere, but some regions are much safer than others. If you hope to have a safe, healthy life, you’ll want to pack up and head to one of these U.S. cities, the safest places to live, work, and play.

Boise, Idaho loves to be first. It’s the No. 1 most financially safe city in the U.S., and it ties for first with a few others for the lowest unemployment rate. Things seem pretty idyllic in Boise; the town has a “greenbelt” of beautiful trails and parks along its river, and residents enjoy vibrant arts and outdoor scenes.

2018’s Best-Run & Worst-Run Cities in America

Jul 9, 2018  |  Adam McCann, Financial Writer

Wallethub includes two cities in the Treasure Valley area as the best run cities for 2018. Nampa, Idaho was ranked first and Boise, Idaho was ranked 3rd best.

How do we measure the effectiveness of local leadership? One way is by determining a city’s operating efficiency. In other words, we can learn how well city officials manage and spend public funds by comparing the quality of services residents receive against the city’s total budget.
Using that approach, WalletHub compared the operating efficiency of 150 of the largest U.S. cities to reveal which among them are managed best. We constructed a “Quality of Services” score made up of 35 metrics grouped into six service categories, which we then measured against the city’s per-capita budget. Read on for our findings, expert insight and a full description of our methodology.

Source: WalletHub

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Surprising Boise Real Estate Myths

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✓ a dated home will not sell
✓ every house must be staged to sell

Are you thinking these thoughts above?  Contact Ava or Cristina for an informative discussion on these and more Boise Real Estate Myths.

In the fast-growing Idaho city, Boise residents grapple with challenges of growth and new arrivals. Read the Curbed article by Patrick Sisson.

“The Boise metro area (population 700,000) has also experienced the downsides of rapid growth. Idaho, now the fastest-growing state in the nation, and Boise, a boomtown by many measures, have felt the strain from the city’s recent success. Downtown is straining under traffic problems, and housing costs have skyrocketed. The state projects the region will add another 100,000 residents by 2025.”

Michael Deeds of Words and Deeds updates his readers about bodegas opening in downtown Boise in his report Boise is the next Portland? More like New York City. Bodegas are opening Downtown.

If you don’t know what a bodega is, you can do what Michael did and google it. If you are familiar with New York City, you already know about bodegas, since there are thousands of the small grocery or corner convenience stores throughout the city. Boise is just starting to learn about these local places where they take pride in making customers feel like family.

CLICK HERE to read Michael’s article.

Boise Real Estate News – Why I left New York City metro for Idaho, the fastest growing US state – Business Insider

Here at Find Your Home in Boise we often read news articles about our great state and our beautiful city.  Boise has become the place to visit and the place to buy a home.  Many are surprised to read that Idaho’s population grew faster than any other state in the country last year.  This article, by author Benjamin Rippey, details why he and his wife decided to move from an apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey to a home in Boise, Idaho.

Read the article HERE.

From ‘Joisey’ to Boise: Why I left the New York City metro area for Idaho, the fastest-growing state in the US.  Business Insider Article.

Find Your Home in Boise Realtors, Ava Tong and Cristina Pescaru, reveal 3 surprising Boise real estate myths.

1. Housing prices will always be low.

Incorrect. They were at one time…but the steady influx of people into the area has changed that. Supply & demand = shortage = higher prices.

2. Any location in Boise is good.

Wrong. Housing values vary in different areas due to many factors; growth, taxes, infrastructure, LID’s & more.

3. You can build your dream home anywhere in Boise.

Not true. Neighborhood groups are forming in nearly every section of Boise. And watch out, because many aggressive groups are overriding city planning & zoning and even the city council.
*** Find out what you need to know by due diligence and investigating before putting your property on the market or making an offer on any property.

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CNN is highlighting the City of Boise with a video that shows the true quality of life we have here in the City of Trees and one of the hidden gems in the state of Idaho.

You can surf in the middle of Boise, Idaho  – Boise, Idaho has over 90 parks including that offer activities like surfing, paddle boarding, biking and canoeing. Many parks are named for women, thanks to donations from potato farming families.

Source: CNN

The Boise River Greenbelt, used for hiking and biking along the Boise River, serves as the uniting ribbon that link Boise’s precious recreational parks—the properties given to the city in honor of some of Boise’s finest civic leaders. The parks are legacies of these remarkable women and their commitment to their community.

These parks are known as the Ribbon of Jewels.

The Boise foothills have become a favorite playground for hikers, mountain bikers, and dog walkers. The Ridge to Rivers trail system is one of the best trail networks anywhere in the west with 135 miles of trails.

Boise, Idaho (CNN) — Boise, the capital of Idaho, is becoming one of America’s most interesting small cities.

It feels thoroughly Western, with long expanses of land in every direction, but the city’s affordability has brought new residents from around the USA and the world.

The result: an up-and-coming mix of healthy restaurants, outdoorsy activities and friendly locals.

One of those locals is Tammy Stowe-McClure, who has become known not only to her fellow Idahoans but to the whole world as a contestant on the popular competition show “American Ninja Warrior.”

CNN Travel Article – Best Things to Do in Boise