Comments on: Progress To Some, Ruination To Others

By: western guy

western guy — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:44:41 +0000

Front street, eastward from Capitol Blvd: except for a bit of color, each of those apt buildings look like Soviet-era ‘projects’ (and slightly shorter).

No, the rules don’t get changed, they get ‘excepted’, but the outcome is the same.

By: Polar Bear

Polar Bear — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:32:35 +0000

Bikeboy, yes growth is inevitable.
Unless you are opposed to capitalism and free markets. We you rather Boise fade?
All you OLD people might as well move to a different small town- that is what you want- no growth.
Fairfield comes to mind.

EDITOR NOTE–Polar Bear, you need to Google GROWTHOPHOBE. The official policy of the GUARDIAN and growthophobes is to welcome all people and businesses to our community as long as they pay their fair share of taxes, offer decent wages, and NOT ACCEPT ANY “INCENTIVES” to come here. It is insane to PAY a business to come here and increase the population and demand on services.

By: Erico49

Erico49 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:32:26 +0000

Native Idahoan. 50 years in Boise area. It’s over. No sense in complaining.

By: Navillus

Navillus — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 03:44:12 +0000

Dave: You are soooo right! I moved here with my family in June 1970. Boise was an absolutely great place to live. We bought a four bedroom, two bathroom home with a den right off Mountain View for $30,000.00. Oh, it was on a half-acre irrigated lot. I worked at Albertson’s General Office for ten years and then moved on to the State. I just wish Boise was the same now — it was so nice back in the day…

By: Bikeboy

Bikeboy — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 02:05:47 +0000

Bob T: “There are only two options: density or sprawl. With density you lose views. With sprawl you lose open space.”

Why choose? We are losing our views AND our open space!

Bob is right, of course. But – is growth truly inevitable? And, does Boise grow until it reaches “critical mass” – so sprawling and big and impersonal and fraught with big-city blight, that it is no longer a desirable place to live, so growth stops?
-Bikeboy (born and raised in Boise – the Boise of almost 70 years ago… a nicer place)

By: Bob T

Bob T — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:02:43 +0000

Folks are moving to our area whether we like it or not. They need to live somewhere and there are only two options: density (as highlighted in this article) or sprawl. With density you lose views. With sprawl you lose open space. Both forms of development have their advantages and disadvantages. Hopefully the right balance will be found as no one wants to live underground.

By: How many vehicles per employee??

How many vehicles per employee?? — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:08:18 +0000

How many city vehicles per employee are they up to now? Gotta pay for that bling somehow. It’s all about increasing tax revenue and enriching developer friends. All the other stuff they grind on for hours about is distracting fluff for the con game.