My brother lives in Boise. It's a great city. The access to nature is fantastic and relatively unique. I can't say much about the rest of Idaho (I've heard there's not much to see outside the nature and the pockets of affluent little towns), but as someone who has only lived in liberal cities on the east coast their whole life, I can assure you Boise is very nice and pretty progressive.

Of course, the state, itself, is pretty conservative. So if you feel you'll be directly affected by things like abortion bans or poor education, then you'll want to be careful where you end up and how you navigate any of that. But if you're making decent money in a city like Boise and enjoy the amenities of the area and can get over the state-level politics (because, again, Boise is quite progressive and you can get weed easily, etc.), then you'd probably experience a nice quality of life.

As someone living in Montana, I agree. It's awful up here. I don't recommend it at all. Stay in California folks!

Idaho has a ton of incredible outdoor activities. You list some negatives but my biggest negative is all of the white supremacist groups. I felt uncomfortable just stopping for gas and going into a grocery store with everyone staring at me.

They certainly aren't politically progressive, but Boise is probably one of the cleanest, safest, nicest cities in the US. It is really quite pleasant, at least it was when I visited.

Three of those policies are fantastic. Stats about education and healthcare are often hiding other issues. If you are a researcher with Micron in Boise, you are going to have access to great healthcare and education for your children. Look at NYC for example one of the worst education systems in the country, but Stuyvessant is a top school in the country as well. But if you live in Boise, Idaho, you are not going to have to worry about your kids school not teaching algebra for equity reasons like California.

> One of the worst rates of education in the Nation.

Good point - it's ranked 30[0] for education, which is even worse than California (25).

> The state has an incredibly strict abortion ban.

The ban allows exceptions for maternal health, rape and incest within the first trimester, which are the three things people claim are the only things abortion is used for. So that should be fine. It's not as though over 90% of abortions are just gruesome contraceptives.

[0] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

I’m not a political conservative and I personally wouldn’t move to Idaho, but Idaho has a lot of appeal. There are plenty of conservatives who used to live in California who moved to Idaho in the past decade due to a combination of California’s high housing prices and wanting to move to a more politically compatible state.

Additionally, Idaho has a lot of beautiful natural scenery.

Probably some of those issues are not a big problem when you have a good salary (like child/healthcare). And a Silicon Valley salary in Idaho sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

From what I understand Idaho is a very popular destination for Mormons, I feel like it has replaced Utah as the "Mormon State".

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic but it's an incredibly beautiful state, full of mountains and sparsley populated with the exception of Boise. Further many people would love the things you said (I personally am not a weed fan and enjoy my human right to own guns). Boise is a beautiful place to live if you can afford it.

sounds awesome

I'm sadly unable to tell if this is satire or not.

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