Amendment 69

[GunsRBadMMMMKay]

We've been looking at relocating to Boise, even considered it before buying our current house. This passing would be a huge motivation to do so. I'd usually want to wait 5+ years after buying a house before selling, but with the Denver market and all the improvements we've done we'd leave town with an extra 30k after paying the costs to sell.

Boise is pretty nice......the working wages are a lot lower in idaho as a whole but it's kind of a trade off since the state doesn't tax you near as bad. Shit is getting ridiculous here though, we wanted to move back to Colorado since I made better money here but it's starting to feel like a loosing battle (maybe we will be neighbors some day LOL).

[Bailey Guns]

Boise is pretty nice......the working wages are a lot lower in idaho as a whole but it's kind of a trade off since the state doesn't tax you near as bad. Shit is getting ridiculous here though, we wanted to move back to Colorado since I made better money here but it's starting to feel like a loosing battle (maybe we will be neighbors some day LOL).

That amendment is insane and will go a long ways towards bankrupting California East.

Taxes are kinda strange here. Idaho income tax is fairly high (I paid about 7% last year on my Idaho income...but got about half back) and the state sales tax is 6%. On the plus side, you get a homeowner's exemption on the property taxes from your primary residence that can lower your property tax to almost zero in many cases. And it's permanent as long as you live in the home. Ours went from a little over $3000 year to about $1200 year. Homes are just crazy cheap in many parts of the state, some places very near Boise (Nampa, Mtn Home and a few others). Car registration is really cheap. The state taxes food, too, but then gives you a credit on your taxes when you file. Still learning about a lot of the ways in which the state works.

I'm making slightly more here than I did in CO doing the same job for the same company. Wife is making just slightly less (RN...about $1 hr less). With the cost of living so much less, especially in the cost of housing and utilities, we've raised our standard of living significantly over CO.

Far fewer high tech jobs here than CO although Schweitzer Engineering is planning on hiring like 800 people in the Moscow/Pullman (WA) area either this year or next. They have an operation in Lewiston, too. Most jobs in this area are solid blue-collar jobs. I don't know anything about Boise other than it's a really pretty city...very clean and pleasant.

ETA: Off topic but worth mentioning... State Supreme Court justices run for election like other offices here and serve 6 year terms. I like that idea. The one I'm voting for proudly lets it be known he's endorsed by the NRA and other very conservative organizations.