Do you want to move to or live in Boise Idaho?

Boise is the largest city in the great State of Idaho and is in the county of Ada nestled in the pacific northwest. This large vastly untapped gem of a state by the way thats the state motto (The Gem State) is a terrific place to live, vacation and of course raise a family.

The 2006 census bureau puts the population of Boise at around 198,638 but it still feels larger than that and growing quickly. The metropolitan area of Boise is estimated to have 635,450 inhabitants, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. The metro area would include the cities of Boise, Meridian and Nampa which are the three largest cities in the state. This would also be the area that is know as the Treasure Valley that stretches from Boise to the western border of Oregon.

I love the climate and seasons here in Boise, some would call the climate semi arid but you truly do get all four seasons. Winters are typically cold and summers can be very hot in the month of August that has a typical stretch of 100 degree weather for a good couple of weeks.

A great resource for other information and to find just about anything you want in boise is the directory of boise, which I have found to have listings of everything you want to find and know about Boise.

Boise weathered the housing bust up until spring-summer of 2007 when you saw considerable drops in housing prices due to over saturation of the market. Along with overbuilding that you saw in a number of other rapidly growing cities in the country like Las Vegas and Souther California. With that being said the housing market has seemed to stabilize a bit.

When you live in this part of the country there are a multitude of outdoor activities to participate in and enjoy. Summer provides hot weather for water sports and the winter provides snow sports with some of the best skiing in the world. Resorts like Sun Valley, McCall, Schweitzer Mountain and Jackson Hole is about a five hour drive from Boise.

Farming is a very large part of the local and state economy in Idaho and yes we still produce a large amount of our famous potatoes. But Idaho has become a high tech force to be reckoned with, with companies like Micron Inc. that employees approximately 20,000 worldwide. There are also a number of start up tech companies that reside and are headquartered in Boise.

We moved back to Boise from the Washington State and noticed first thing how much our insurance premiums dropped. Idaho Insurance rates are lower than major metro areas if you have clean records that is, why though I'm not sure but its nice to save that money!

If you are looking to move to the Boise Area or vacation here rest assured you will find something that you will bound to fall in love with like I have.