Comments on: We’re #4! We’re #4! YEA!

By: dog

dog — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:57:59 +0000

Check out some of the great historic photos of downtown Boise before urban removal. Lots of small vibrant independent businesses. It looks like a real downtown. You can see them on the walls at a great restaurant, Chef Lou’s on 8th Street. Oops…sorry, it closed down.

Expect this town to be nothing but chain shops and restaurants. With the typical Boise triple net rents exacted by building owners, only deep pocket corporate businesses can survive. Can you super-size that tasteless food product for me?

By: Idaho Quick Hits | Adam's Blog

Idaho Quick Hits | Adam's Blog — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:01:32 +0000

[…] Guardian sums up why it is that Boise is on U.S. News and World Reports list of great cities despite the folks we […]

By: JIMV

JIMV — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:28:45 +0000

AS they include a California town and California is only an accent away from third world status, I have to question the list as well.Sort of an odd list ranging from cities to villages…

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:37:48 +0000

Aw, c’mon.
If we get lots more big businesses, they’ll hire hundreds of people, who will come in and buy all the deserted houses, and then lots more houses will be built, creating lots of jobs for more construction workers, who also will need houses, etc., etc., etc.
Then those new big companies will go away, and thousands of houses will be emptied.
Then those stubborn ones of us who stay here will be able to buy houses for a few dollars apiece, tear them down, and have plenty of firewood for the stoves we’ll have to use for heat after everybody’s too broke to pay for electricity, gas, oil or whatever.
See? There’s a bright side to everything.
Yours truly, Pollyanna

By: Superchunk

Superchunk — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:54:41 +0000

I dunno….those companies employed a lot of people and really helped Idaho in general. Without business no jobs. Whats wrong with business?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:53:22 +0000

Not to nitpick, but isn’t that top ten list just in alphabetical order? Not ranked #1-10?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:12:54 +0000

Your photo on this article does not include the REALLY UGLY UGLY UGLY building that was just built to the left of the US Bank building.

What a gross eye sore as you drive north toward downtown. How do we get such ugly buildings downtown? If you drive into town and head north on Capital Blvd this new building really detracts from our city scape and is just horrible.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:05:12 +0000

Hey – – remember the trolley will solve all the problems!! (not)

By: erico49

erico49 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:49:11 +0000

more vibrant 40 years ago.. right before they tore it down

By: Vinnie Golumbo

Vinnie Golumbo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:48:03 +0000

Seems to me we are in the same position with Hiller as are people who pay protection money to the mafia.

“Well, ya know, $200 large only goes so far. And, I got expenses too. Plus, ah, I’m catching heat from the competition. At the rate you’re paying me about all I can gar-an-tee, is top ten placing. If you want the brass ring, number one, on a regular basis, maybe we need to re-negotiate our fee schedule. Kapish?”