I retired 2 1/2 years ago I had a home built in the mountains in Rathdrum I’ve never been to Idaho I came from Northern California I came here because people love God, guns, and the American Flag. I came here for the peace, people ask me if I like it here and, I say no I love it here, I love everything that you said in your monologue the 12 reasons why people should move here are the 12 reasons why I love being here I accidentally stumbled onto your RUclips channel I love your attitude I love how you talk real and if anybody reads this give this man your business because I know from my heart and my experiences in life that he speaks from his heart. God bless you and God bless your family and God bless your career.
I’ll be your neighbor soon, I’m having a home built in the Lost Creek development. I love the area and have lived in the mountains before. Also lived in northern california. Can’t stand the people here now. It’s like if you fly the flag your racist
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho I’m with Ted. Your a good man Trent. Wish I had met you sooner. We’re having a home built on short notice. Wish We had known you sooner for sure
It's amazing that nobody from other states want people from California but you know what I was born and raised in California and nobody that lives in California is originally from California it's all people from other states go figure
Moved from Southern CA 7 years ago sight unseen to CDA, ID. No clue about weather or anything. I've never loved a place so much in my life. I wasn't retired. I was 32. I found a job and started a great life
RATHER DEAD THAT RED JAN 6TH 2021 TRATIOR MAGAS NEVER FORGET . NEVER SURRENDER DEMOCRACY. IDAHO RED "PATRIOTS" SUPPORT TREASON ,INSURRECTION and doing strange things with livestock..js
I have family in spirit lake and cant tell you how much we enjoy it there. My wife and i bought a small home in Coeur D Alene and spend our summers up there. We are from so calif and most of the people we've met are absolutely great and have welcomed us with open arms. You'll love Spirt Lake
I am a proud native Idahoan. The worst thing about Idaho for me is that wages don't match up to the cost of living. Young people starting out and seniors have to have two incomes to survive and the influx of people has driven housing up even further.
Hi @Timmy, I’m reading your statement and trying to understand your logic. Are you saying people with money that buy up supply and increase demand are “libtards?” Do Republicans not have any money?
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Look at the states where people are moving from. Republicans aren't leaving the states they are currently in because red states aren't crime infested hell-holes.
@Timmy I’m looking at all these investment groups and hedge funds like Black Rock buying homes for 30-50% over asking all over the United States, site unseen. And I’m also looking at the sellers asking these prices. This is not an us versus them scenario.
For me those are the 12 reasons I'm thinking about moving to Idaho. Main reason is I want to live in a very conservative state being I'm a very conservative man.
@Big Dick Black good and when california forces a vax on you, your opinion on marriages wont matter anymore as youll be six feet under so enjoy your dictatorship
Volunteerism is a thing here also. There are Volunteer EMT's, and Volunteer Fire Departments. People in Idaho do these things into senior ages, because they feel they need to give something to their communities. It is a form of patriotism. Also, there are quite a lot of wilderness areas, that you wouldn't want to enter alone or without a firearm. There are a quite a few Proud Members of the NRA here too.
My husband and I are Christians and about as RED as you can get. Tragically we are stuck in CA. We would try to stick it out to help improve our state but Governor Newsom (God bless him) want to force us to vaccinate our kids!! Your comments makes me want to move to IDAHO sooooo bad. I want my children to be raised with the expectation that you take care of people and give back/serve your community. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
@@brittanymccomb481 It's not by force and there are many ways to fight; stay in honor and you'll prevail. As soon as you move out of the big cities the counties get Red
@@brittanymccomb481 I am in the same situation with you in California and it has become a nightmare. I too lean red republican and feel like an outcast! What's more the only people that get elected are liberal democrats and it just make it worse. Another thing Newsome wants to do is give free healthcare to illegal aliens. The state will not improve with Newsome and his left wing cronies running things. What you said about taking care of people and giving back /serving your community is so true and it's not seen very often today. Good luck to you both, I hope you find a place that can bring you peace.
Moved to Bonners Ferry Idaho when I was 11. I lived Off Grid in Highschool. Moved to CDA in 2000. In just 20 yrs it's gone down hill. I wish it was 20 yrs ago. I miss that small town feel it had back then.
Then you may not know what it was like in the early 80's. It was a gem when I lived their, visited after all that time a few yrs back, felt like I finally came back home but was very disappointed at the same time with all the lake front homes and condo's. The small farm fields are now all filled with cookie cutter home's, fenced off areas where we use to walk through or play at, lumber mill on the Spokane River has been replaced with condo's, just ashame that development and political agendas are slowly killing it there.
I grew up in San Diego and also lived in Phoenix until I was 40. I moved to Idaho and the first winter it got dark, really dark and for 2 months it stayed cloudy and dark. I went into depression. Never had depression in my life but the lack of sun changed me for the worse. I am back in Arizona now where it is over 100 and the sun is shining and I AM SMILING!!!!
Born and raised 57 year old, I'd prefer everyone stay away because it's getting too crowded and tired of big city mindset most of these people bring with them, not to mention they're driving real estate out of range for native wages in our area. Don't be surprised when we dislike you. Locals can no longer afford anything because of you.
It's like that everywhere. I live in the Phoenix AZ area home prices here are sky high. It's mostly people from CA coming in, voting democrat, and ruining the AZ way of life. Did mention illegals OMG their everywhere here.
@@briangulley6027 Your comment is spot on. I'm in Phoenix and it has changed as you say. And the Idaho drivers are awful as stated in the video. Almost as bad a Minnesota drivers.
@@briangulley6027 Agreed. They're like cockroaches with money. Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Texas, Arizona. Now Idaho and Montana. All I want is a small town where people mind their own business and I can live out what's left of my life. When I was looking for a house near Bonners Ferry I made instant friends. Must be because I made Rush look like a communist.
It's hard to stop growth, it brings with it both benefits and cons. A lot of the benefits are for the generation that is NOT you. Boomers are the "me" generation (aka locust generation), its all about themselves, which is why there tends to be a lot of anger towards the Boomers with their Boomer mentality. You don't realize that a new generation is entering the housing market, which is partially why the housing prices are so high. In the cities, you can't even afford a house anymore because the Boomers who bought them much earlier in their lives wanted to enrich themselves by raising property values as it was their primary investment for their retirements. They did not care about the side effects, or about the next generation. So you have this new generation of home buyers priced out of their home towns which have no choice but to look elsewhere. This creates demand and if the supply is low, what do you think is going to happen? Its not that the locals that can afford anything, but more so that no one can afford anything in the USA, which is spurring migration to new areas. One group has to move, so will another. Its not a one sided affair. A lot of people coming in don't like the fact they feel forced to do so, for both financial and political reasons. At least one benefit of the change is that wages are going up, and they will have to go up...especially with inflation.
Same here in east central Florida on the coast. New Yorkers and Californians are fleeing here by the droves. They bring their Prius and big government expectations with them which is annoying af.
After living my whole life in SoCal, upon retirement five and a half years ago, I moved to a smaller town in North Idaho. I absolutely love it here! After being here for only for two and a half years, the people in my town elected me to the city council. The biggest adjustment was dealing with the length of daylight hours during the wintertime. I was pretty miserable that first winter. The next summer, someone turned me onto vitamin D and it has made the world of difference. Still don't like the short hours, but at least they are now tolerable. Sadly, my lady friend will not be moving to North Idaho, specifically for some of the reasons you list, (e.g., politics). Thank you, Trent, for your videos. They are wonderful.
Just a comment,lived in So Cal, 40 + years,. I've seen the good, and saw the bad.....to bad. Moved to E.WA 2022,. beautiful part of the country but, very interested in Idaho and will ck it out after the thaw!!!✌️💗
Thanks for sharing; North Idaho has simply been a good place to build myself from the ground up for me, whether it be when I first started coming here seasonally with my Mother here 20 years ago to now living in my own garage apartment for over a year now and building my Ebay business as well as myself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It's given me time to think, work on myself, enjoy nature and its seasons, and ultimately become more open with others again, ya know? Felt like sharing
Believe it or not in the south eastern corner of Idaho its by far more conservative than northern Idaho. Way more churches and cows and farms and guns per person, if you can find a person 🤣and at 6000 ft above sea level it’s a much harsher climate too. It’s the best place in the world to live if you can stand that much freedom and boredom. Thank God for the internet because you guys are the only people I have lol.
That's funny and great Cory :-) From where I'm sitting Idaho kinda looks like paradise, and the more I hear about it the better it sounds :-) All the best to you and your family, and thank you for your comment, it sure made me smile. T
I moved to Id. 22 yrs. ago from Tx. I live in the mtns. 60 mi. north of Boise. Truthfully, snow in the mtns. causes deer & elk to come down into Boise. At least once or twice during each winter there will be news reports of a mtn. lion sighted in Boise. They follow the deer. I can remember one time when a moose came down into Boise & Fish & Game darted it. They trailered it up north for release. One night driving home from work in Boise around midnight, I drove past a black bear sow on the highway between the jersey barriers. I turned around & drove back up the pass to look. Turns out that she couldn't figure how to get her 6 mos. old cub over the barriers. I had taken an adult ed. class on black bear rehab. The sow took off & that's when I saw her cub. It had been hit by a car & broken it's frt. leg. I got a blanket out & wrapped it up. I called the black bear rehab "lady" & she sent me to a 24 hr. vet. clinic that could treat the cub. This is where I'm supposed to say , "Don't do this if you aren't experienced handling wildlife." We released the cub the next fall. By the way, it crapped in the back of my SUV. Also remember if you have small dogs to keep an eye out for eagles. My 1st trip to the vet. after moving here, I got the word about protecting my dogs from all of the predators. In the winter some mos., I have to shovel & blow snow for up to 3 hrs. every other day. I generally have around 3' - 4' of snow on my lawn all winter. I wouldn't live anywhere else. It's the price you pay for living in Idaho!
@@renaelindstrom6791 I wound up hitting up people in Garden Valley & at Greyhound where I was working as a driver at the time for enough money to cover the cub's rehab.
@@duanelavely5481 wow that is amazing and glad you could come up with the money. I didn't realize you had to pay for something like that. Just figured you called and they met you at the gate. I've never met her except going to a yard sale forever ago there. She has alot more than bears she rehabs. As a animal lover myself its wonderful to hear of people going out of the way to help them. God bless you Duane
@@renaelindstrom6791 Oh no, she never asked for a dime! I found out during discussions with her that the average cost per bear rehabbed was I believe $800 at the time. That's when I decided to try to raise enough $$$ for my cub, at least. She gave me a tour of her place yrs. ago. I think that at that time she was rehabbing coyotes & black bears. She rehabs the bears thru the summer & fall. If they are ready for release, they wait until they have hibernated at her facility. They have designated den sites in the Boise Nat. Forest & snowmobile the cubs in. They put 2 cubs in each den so that they don't wake up alone. I have an apple tree at my house & have taken apples to her for the bears, just leave them at her gate. I have seen wild bears up here in Garden Valley sitting under apple trees pigging out so I know that they like them.
I-90 between Missoula Montana and Washington/Idaho state line is one of the most beautiful drives in the country. Especially I-90 in the Idaho Panhandle. The entire 74 miles of I-90 is so beautiful. I'd live there if I could afford it. I'm originally from San Antonio Texas. I love how Idaho and Montana has 4 seasons. I love it up here. I spent all my life in the hot Texas heat. I'm ok with no sun. Lol! 29 years of that Texas sun. I'm good.
Try it but staying in for 3-5 months a year might change your mind lack of Vit D and brown people need more vitD and it is harder for them to absorb I'm assuming you have brown skin of course. I would love to live in Texas but my hub is not the type to move. Next thing I would say. If you move to I hope family and long time friends move with you because connection is harder to do when you are not in HS and college. Damily and those people become long term friends. I meet people who have moved without that and when they get talking they are like the roadrunner from not having thos close connections any longer in an everyday in person relationship. They try and fill with school and hobbies and farming and it doesn't fill it. Moving from family and friends and a year round out door life. If you don't do snowmobiling... everywhere like Utah and up can spiral people into depression. you need sun lights usually and vit d supplements. then if you move then as they get older they need to be in a more hardy place for their bodies. So move a gain and re establish friendships? and so many people are lonely. Unless you have family... Leaving in these places can be lonely as everyone is hanging with their own.
Moved from Sacramento area California to Idaho Falls 16 years ago to raise our kids and it was the best decision for us for that season in our lives! Great place to raise kids. Lots of things we loved about Idaho, mostly the community, the access to nature, lack of traffic, etc. Ours are just about grown now so we moved down south in anticipation of kids going off to college and needing a bit “more” as young adults, and our heading into a season where we wanted to start a farm and get more land (land is very expensive there due to the majority of the state being public/National forest). The winters were the absolute worst thing about Idaho for me, and I’m not talking about the snow. I’m talking about the COLD and the unrelenting wind. I’m also talking about the length of it-6 to 7 months out of the year everything is dormant and frozen. It’s well over half of the year. Dreaming of throwing the football around with family on Thanksgiving? Not a chance! It’s winter by then. Thinking about a cute Easter dress and green grass for Easter Sunday? NOPE. There were years we just threw uncolored white eggs out into the snow and said go get em’ girls!! 🤣 Trees start turning in August and the snow starts falling in October-sprinklers are blown out in September, and nothing is green again until mid-May. Can’t plant anything in the ground until June 1st, period. It snowed like crazy Memorial Day weekend 2020. Personally I LOVE the outdoors and nature…but I’m cold blooded and literally refused to step foot outside over half the year because it was just too cold for me. So that part is deceptive-people always say if you love the outdoors you’ll love it in Idaho! But what they fail to mention is that half the year with wind chill it’s just about freezing all the time and everything is either white, gray or brown. Well of course you have the evergreens. It’s like a Christmas card in December, if you get a White Christmas which the last couple of years we didn’t because the water and snow pack is dwindling, but that doesn’t change the cold season. Idaho is going to experience similar water and fire issues as their neighboring states very soon sadly :(. The last few summers as soon as it got warm which I waited all year for, the smoke filled the skies to where we couldn’t go out. Idaho is probably just as extreme as some places in Alaska. And it’s DRY. Like so dry the air sucks the life out of you, you have to drink extra water and gallons of lotion to keep your skin from splitting open. It’s a unique place!
@O.N.L. Payette? Oh, I meant the province in Canada. Idaho seems like Northern Ontario. They said Idaho is cold so I'm just saying imagine even colder, that's Ontario
I have always compared it to Alaska. Your right around Halloween the first snow. We would look at Bald Mountain to see if our Winters are going to be a good winter or a bad one. Then we stock up accordingly.
Wow, sounds like reality straight up, no sugar coating. I’m on Long Island, NY, and love it here with 2-3 short, mild winter months having sun, rain, an occasional snow, great towns, nature, ocean all around, and lots of fun things to do, great food, music, fitness, medical, service industries... no mountains though... I’d love to visit Idaho, the natural beauty and wildlife are wondrous.
I'm very informed and thankful for your videos. I also appreciate that you're the only realtor that hasn't sounded salesy to me in the Idaho area. I will say just for this one video just this one that I've heard so far please drop the background music.its stressful. Lol luv ya man!!
The only thing I dont like is all the move in lol. I moved to Boise 11 years ago from Wyoming which isn't a big difference other than population and the one thing I absolutely loved about it was one the weather. I was used to some pretty short seasons where I came from in Wyoming so Treasure Valley winters are much milder but I really loved the people here. Coming from a small town in Wyoming I appreciated the home town feel with the conveniences of the city. I also lived in Meridian for 5 years loved again great people. But three years ago we left the city and moved out to the farm country. The people started to flood the cities and it became unfamiliar and crowded. I love people but please dont come here and try and change it. Much love to all trying to find your place in the world but definitely share this video. Great video!
at age13, I moved to sandpoint. 1969 population was about 2300 back then and it was the big city compared to bonners ferry. average fish size in sandcreek was 16in at 1 to 1.5 lbs. It took about 3 hours to catch the 14 fish limit but when i left in 1980 it took all day for a couple of 8in fish . TOO MANY PEOPLE taking. thank God for memories.
You didn’t tell them about the lack of income versus cost of living. Low wages, no big industry work, and more people than good paying jobs. And definitely talk about the short December (gray!) days and now skyrocketing house prices. Been here since mid-2019 and you are correct in all ways but we are seeing the massive growth that CdA is sadly destined to.
Skunks everywhere., and during summer the air is smoky from Canada, Montana, and Idaho fires . Snow is way better then smoky air, but fun doesn't last long in summer
Where i live, we get a lot of North Idaho transplants........95% of them moved because they were sick of the snow and ice. Personally, I miss white Christmases in Hayden Lake. I can not believe how huge it's gotten. I remember it before Templins built the resort in Post Falls. Post Falls was basically a bar, a gas station, a small store, and of course, the mill. My grandparents families were sort of Post Falls pioneers. They had orchards and alfalfa fields along the river. God how I miss it.
@@istvanmeissler2238 well I don't care to give my current location, but I've spent a lot of time between North Idaho, Central Oregon, and all up and down the coast between Central Oregon and Washington. Most transplants I've come across tend to be on the North Oregon Coast.
As someone who has visited CDA several times, your videos are very informative and entertaining! One question for you, could you possibly do a video on what the town is like in the winter? The summer has great weather and with that comes a lot of time with outdoor activities. That being said, when the cold weather comes, what is the town like? Are coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and retail shops still open for normal hours, or are they abbreviated? Is downtown as lively as it during the summer? Are there any sort of community events? It sounds like skiing/snowboarding is the go to winter activity, but what else do the locals enjoy during the winter? Just a thought for a video, keep up the good work!
6 months of winter weeks of 0 degree weather heavy snow fall unplowed roads you have to shovel snow every day if that sounds unpleasant don’t move here
Everything is open. It snows about 6” at a time, and often melts off . Better hav a place on a driveway to park. Spring doesn’t really arrive til May 1.
He is right on. We moved to Moyie Springs and love it. There are cafes where the regulars. People are very kind if you are. EVERY business restaurants, etc are wonderful. If you are nice to them they are very kind and caring. When we moved here and arrived at 10 PM, the next day at least 4 came and introduced themselves. A touching comment was we aren't neighbors but family too. Northern Idaho, Boundary county are perfect for us. We also appreciate them, they helped get us prepared for the winter. What a blessing God gave us!
My moms side of the family moved to Idaho in the 60’s, the cold winters and small town is why my mother passed on living in Idaho. Lots of my family bought affordable housing, dirt cheap compared to California.
Just finished watching second video that I have ever viewed by you and,...wow, awesome, you are 100% honest and truly put out a non-bias discussion of what living in Idaho is really all about. Bonuses,...the info. about yourself, a father of four, 30 yrs. in Idaho, along with being in real estate, and this is the first Utube video I've ever commented on and I watch a lot of videos about all kinds of things. Maybe it's because what we have here in Idaho really is a "one of a kind", to come here to want to change and become a part of that is great. To come here not wanting to change but to bring about change is to "become like all the rest".
I've spent the majority of my 40+ years in northern Alberta. Idaho seems like a cake walk. It is one of my favorite states to visit when I travel, though.
Born and raised in Central Idaho. Left for a job and ended up in Central California for 29 years, retired and moved back. Yes you have to drive to places but I also had to drive to places in California. Same amount of time driving in about a third of the distance traveled. OBW you forgot another reason: Firearms are very popular in this state and almost everyone carries so if guns scare you don't come here.
@@_Hound_ As far as Climate it gets much colder in both places than anywhere in the Central Valley. Politically the same. Much more Conservative. Think Clovis on steroids but Boise is a turning a bit more liberal because of a the people from the Blue States. The prices are going up on housing here Coeur d'Alene Median price for home $524,000 up over 40% in a year. Boise Area is around 400, 000 to 500,000 all due to the influx of people of people from Blue States. The problem is there are no jobs to pay for that kind of price for a house price like that and the locals are a little PO'ed about it. I am lucky, I moved here almost 2 years ago and got a house in a decent area for less than 200,000. I took a lot of crap about being from CA (Get Idaho plates and Idaho DL ASAP). Look at places like the Lewiston area much easier winters to deal with. Also learn the language Town names ie Spokane is pronouce Spo can not Spo cane. Wieppe is pronounced We ipe not wipe e! Hope this helps.
@Nun of the Above I would suggest then continue to live in your little world (Mom and Dad's house) I lived in California (29 years) and trust me I would rather take my chances here in Idaho.
@Nun of the Above All from mom's basement...I have been all over the world too Including the the places you mentioned for real so go crawl back under you bridge little troll.
I'm trying to convince my wife that we need to move to Idaho. Currently live in Arizona but both of us have lived in cold snowy climates all our lives, with the exception of the past 5 years. We both love our 2A rights, our military( I'm a veteran) God and the U.S.A we both live active lifestyles and I believe Idaho would be perfect for us.
I moved from California to Idaho 3 years now. Man the snow season is very mild in Boise it doesn't snow that much and it's easy to survive through a couple of months of snow. I'm living out my truck and this is my 3rd summer, I can't wait for winter again 😁. I love my guns and no restrictions to 😁 come! Do it now! But wages are low and not much much to do but just make friends and go shooting or something.
I just moved a couple months ago. Born and raised in cda. But was getting to exapensive for me to live there. So I moved. All my family still lives there tho. And I would go back if it got better
I think I need to move to Idaho. Sick of California politics. We are conservative, active, enjoy outdoors, wildlife, and are open to all the things you mentioned. No place is perfect. Idaho seems like it could be a good fit
Just to let you know, this is important, almost everytime when you guys say your "conservative", to our standards up here your still considered a liberal. I think you should do a big look mainly just in the type of culture we have up here. People WILL BE HOSTILE if they find out where your from
Physically fit is a tough one for me. Crushed my l4 and l5 disks, which restricts a few of my abilities and adds to the difficulty of the videos on my channel, but I try to keep going!
My wife's Aunt and Uncle lived on a farm near Nezperce, Idaho. Over the last 40 years we'd make almost yearly trips to visit them. I really loved that area. The small towns were charming and the people were warm and friendly. Even the mini day trips to different spots were lots of fun and beautiful. While I'm retired now, we couldn't move to Idaho, because we wanted to be an easy drive from our grandkids. So the compromise is we live in Carson City, NV. It's not exactly Idaho, but 1,000,000 times better than Los Angeles, California and has many of the things that made Idaho so wonderful.
We absolutely love it here be bought I house in September 2019 in Idaho Falls we are from Louisiana big difference of living but we love the outdoors and the snow
My wife moved up to North Central Idaho last year. I came up after i retired in March. I love it here. The winter was a little crazy but being prepared makes it alot easier. The freedom up here is great.
I've lived in a lot of different places around this country, and traveled to a lot more on business. If you are expecting a SoCal "Valley" lifestyle don't move here. If you love a mix of city, farm, & country. Great place, you will LOVE it here. Taxes are about neutral, but you seem to get more for what you pay your taxes for here. Finally if you are a big "BLUE" person, and I don't mean a BYU fan, check you "Blue" at the state line. Finally, this isn't where you moved from, that is what make it great. So don' try to make it the mess you moved from.
Yeah its terrible the we blue states have the best universities..best medical care...highest paying jobs...most educated population....lowest infant mortality.rate...culture and the arts and actual diversity of thought and people...plus the fact that we in the blue states "carry" all you red welfare states! LMAO
We are thinking of moving to northern Idaho. We are from Houston, seriously aggressive drivers. My husband has lived in Montana and northern states with lots of snow. I-40 was a nightmare of 18 wheelers, and we have been ran off the highway because of them. Houston, has some serious freezes, and no one knows how to drive in that condition, and the city shuts down. Anyone who choose to drive, does not know what to friggin to do in icey roads. in Houston, everything freezes because of humidity, including my apartment stairs. I heard everyone sliding down and hurting themselves, so I pored salt on the stairs and everyone looked at me like I was crazy. They did not correlate the salt, to the melting ice. We moved to a mountain cattle ranch camp, living 40 miles from the nearest main road and 3 hours away from a Walmart. The roads turned to clay during snow and monsoons, and would make it impossible to leave. We relied on a generator and hopefully enough deiseal to keep our electricity on. the nearest town had a population of 700, with a family dollar suppling the entire town for food. We had to put mud tires on my dodge van , and my husband drives a ford Dually. it was 6,500 above sea level. Very thin oxygen. With all that being said, do you think we could adjust to the move to Kellogg, Idaho? I'm not trying to brag. I'm trying to ask, with all our experiences, are we able to adjust to the conditions of northern Idaho?
Hi @Shannon Geerts That's a tough one to say. It's not just the weather in Kellog you have to prepare for. It's the amount of Sun you won't have. Kellog and most of the SIlver Valley is nestled in the mountains, and during winter the days get shorter, so you get a lot less sun than normal. But Kellog is just one of many awesome places here. Give us a call (208)907-5757 or shoot us an email livinglifenorthidaho@gmail.com and we can discuss in more detail where in Idaho would be the best place for you. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I am a cali transplant as well, but back in 1981. I was 14. I have always totally embraced the Idaho culture. I never tried to bring the cali crap here. I also came from the Redding area. lived there in the late 70's. Back then it was very similar to Idaho. It was an easy transition. But for those coming from liberal areas, and trying to bring liberal ideas to Idaho, you will be very hated. If you move here, change you mind set. Don't bring what you wanted to leave to Idaho, Nobody wants it here, and if you do, nobody will want you here either.
I’m not happy to hear about the bad drivers! I used to live in Utah and had a bit of trauma from the bad driving there. But I was thinking that North Idaho would not have a lot of traffic…we’ve been up in Sandpoint/Bonners Ferry and I didn’t notice any problem with the drivers there. Seems like it would be worth the trade for less traffic. Everything else sounds cool! 👍
Thanks @Slammer! It’s a very real thing so I hope people see this video and have a better understanding of what it’s like living here. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you so much for so much useful information! Although I do want to leave California, there are a few things you brought up that are deal breakers for me so I will be looking to other states. This isn't a bad thing at all, in fact it's a great thing to find out vital information that makes the difference between moving there or not. I sent you an email today with questions that I had yesterday but you can disregard it because you answered all of my questions in this video. Again, thank you for your candor and honesty. Your videos really help!!
I've been in Oregon since 1977, moved from Illinois, but now I've had it with this crap state. It has become what I feared so long ago. Democrats ruin everything they touch. I hope Idaho can stay conservative.
I live in southern Idaho and he nailed it on the driving habits here. Especially when they’re at stop lights.... the light will turn green and they just sit there looking around before they notice and go on the yellow, leaving everyone behind them delightfully waiting out another red light. This happened to me last year, I bopped my horn and everyone around me gave me dirty looks and the guy behind me flipped me off. And they all drive 10 mph under the speed limit, no matter what.
I've lived in Meridian for three years and the congestion is almost as bad as So Cal now. I have seen a noticeable difference in a very short time. Traffic is horrendous and extremely aggravating. Hope to one day move to North Idaho, but I have heard it's getting bad up there too. 😢
Good content. But lose the distracting background music. Also, citing the CDC no longer carries any weight, as the CDC has been revealed as fraudulent scum.
He's using the CDC as a way to convince 'normal' people, but just because it was claimed by the CDC doesn't mean that something so simple as popping vitamin D is deceptive on principle. Don't be so hamstrung on even basic verifiable information, even if from politically charged institutions, its impractical, paranoid driven, and nonsensical. Giving people that share your general views (such as me) poor optics. Purity spiraling is truly one of the weaknesses on the right. The lack of pragmatism even on the most seemingly benign of matters.
I grew up in Sunny San Diego when it was an amazing place. Went to college here 24 years ago and loved it but left right after I graduated b/c the dark winters depressed me. Found out I suffer from seasonal depression bad and never knew it. I always wanted to come back though and moved back 3 years ago, hoping age would help with the seasonal depression, sadly, I still struggle with it and the long, dark winters get to me, takes away my sunny disposition (pun intended) and energy. Things have def changed here from 24 years ago and not necessarily for the good, overcrowded, overpriced and the enjoyment of nature is hard to come by with the more than average number of tourists and transplants. It's sad to see, I saw all this happen to San Diego obviously on a bigger scale. Hope Idaho stays red though! Love everything about here except the winters, the loud, obnoxious trucks and motorcycles, too many tourists and obnoxious people from Spokane and def not the place to be if you're a foodie.
My husband and I used to go to visit my in laws every year, it was okay for a visit but not to live there. Last time we went it was in March and that did it for us .l never in my entire life froze like that ,the wind took your breath away. Yes we were all bundled up but not enough. No thank you. We stay in Arizona for sure .
Idahoans are fiercely independent. Love guns, to hunt big game and eat natural organic meet. Idaho has too much freedom. If your sensitive, want govt assistance, or feelings get easily hurt, Idaho is not for you.
Idaho is full. CDA has an over capacity of people. Just the drive on the 95 HWY about afternoonish and it's bumper to bumper. Even the I90 is a bottle neck driving through CDA. Too many people in one place. Boise is like a different state with a different time zone. Just my two cents since I didn't hear anything on the traffic getting worst in CDA or Idaho. At lease it's not like LA or Sea yet.
I retired 2 1/2 years ago and moved to McCall Idaho from western Washington. One thing you did not mention in your video is the guy with toy's. If you are in a part of Idaho that gets a lot of snow you need storage. Classic cars boats RV's motorcycles need to be winterized and stored. Rental storage is expensive and hard to find. Finding that perfect home with lots of storage can be hard to find and costly.
@@LivingLifeNorthIdahomy father took us camping all our lives and i lived in the mountains to gor 20 yrs its not that its the 4 hours to the store i cant stand and the gas station shopping and how women well it rough on them too
Born a raised in Massachusetts (Not MY choice) Moved out to Oregon in 1979 to escape the Lunacy. I watched as the State went Blue (Think Vote my Mail) and as the rats were leaving their sinking State with their bags of money and left wing ideology we became Califoricated. I had the chance to move to Bonners Ferry 3 years ago. 5 acres of land 2000Sq feet with a view for under 300K. I still regret not jumping on it. Idaho is Oregon 1990. Now I get to hang out here and watch Portland burn.
born and raised in Phx AZ. Ive been thinking to move to Idaho the past 15 years. All the reasons you say people regret Idaho is exactly what I want. AZ has some incredible outdoorsmen areas but few and far between. Have to travel 2 hours to get in the woods, then crowded with drunk fools every weekend. Elk season and the woods are packed with people. Not enough truly wilderness areas anymore. HATE the AZ desert summers. Want to move where lakes, streams, mountains everywhere. Hunting, camping, fishing, hiking... Been living in Sedona lately and its beautiful but ridiculously packed with tourists no matter what time of year.
Drove up to Twin Falls for the eclipse a few years ago and fell in love. Can’t stand Nevada politics and it’s climate. Not in a position yet but hope in the next year.
I'm one of many conservative life-long Californians trying to find a suitable place to escape to. I think it would be better, though, if more conservatives from other states would move to California... Let's transform this state! Make California Great Again!
It is going to be interesting to see what happens to California because. liberals will continue on their path. and unless the very rich move there willbe no change. hollywood rules Cal. and they are above with the politicians the crap. They can dodge th crap
I sure wish we could, but the demonrats are so entrenched in Cali. I'm native and left Cali a long time ago. Lived in Sandpoint for a few years and it was wonderful. Would love to go back but it may be too pricey. 🤔 My brother still lives there. Cheers.
All the reasons I want to go there. I am Christian Republican fleeing Commiefornia with my wife. We would be in Boise area. I had to laugh with the tax section. I currently have 8% sales tax My paycheck once you subtract taxes, medical insurance for me and wife, I take home only 68% of my pay. That's 32% guys! We would love to make the State more Red!
Manage their forests? Is that a joke? Log, plant trees, thin them out, log again. Thats a lifetime span. Its more like don't be stupid enough to light a fire when the conditions are too dry. No the forests are not raked.
We have terrible forest fires here and when they aren't here, we have terrible air quality b/c of forest fires in Montana, Washington and Oregon. Just as bad as California. I think we keep getting this in all western states until we learn to manage and prevent fires.
@@laura-zu4yz If they still allowed slash burning there wouldn't be such huge fires. Loggers used to pile all the slash and burn it through the rainy seasons. They were comtrolled burns in a safe season. The rain and winter winds kept the smoke down and from collecting in stagnent areas. That was good forest mamagement. Now instead they let huge amounts of slash lie on the ground and the fires are so hot in it that it is easy to catch the trees on fire. Green wood is not easy to burn without dry tender. But the snivelers that didn't like the minimal smoke smell from the slash burns sniveled until they got their way. Now look what happens when fires start. When it comes to managing something as huge as the massive forests in the PNW, the old ways are still the best, and the snivelers need to shut TF up. They want to live here but they don't want to take care of it. F them.
@@justme-dm7sb Truth! Def needs to change. So much damage and destruction to people and nature. And it would be better for the environment if we did it the way you recommended.
@@laura-zu4yz People didn't like the smoke that drifted through once in awhile when we did controlled burns. I wonder how they like the endless smoke clogged summers now? Its as if they never considered the trade off that would occur until we don't have any forests left to burn. Then it will be too late. There is a cycle in the forests and it includes fire. Either we do it controlled, or we continue to let wildfires destroy everything until there is no beauty left. Which will also kill the rain cycle and the oxygen cycle. If we kill these huge NW forests, we kill ourselves. We need control burn to start again NOW. We can't afford to wait another year.
Moved to Idaho in 2018. Left Oregon after 47 years, not the state I grew up in, absolute pit. Love this place, has it all, just have to drive a bit to enjoy it all. Have a piece in every 🚗, as well as our Harleys. ARs near the door, a 457 on wife's side of bed, a 45 on mine. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
Notice to Californians, I have been open carrying since 1996 daily in Idaho and if that bothers you to see, then don't move here. Carrying guns is normal here and that's not going to change.
@Nun of the Above Please keep repeating this propaganda to everyone you know and who will listen. I would love for Californians to stop flocking to our state to escape the shit-hole California has become.
I retired 2 1/2 years ago I had a home built in the mountains in Rathdrum I’ve never been to Idaho I came from Northern California I came here because people love God, guns, and the American Flag. I came here for the peace, people ask me if I like it here and, I say no I love it here, I love everything that you said in your monologue the 12 reasons why people should move here are the 12 reasons why I love being here I accidentally stumbled onto your RUclips channel I love your attitude I love how you talk real and if anybody reads this give this man your business because I know from my heart and my experiences in life that he speaks from his heart. God bless you and God bless your family and God bless your career.
I’ll be your neighbor soon, I’m having a home built in the Lost Creek development. I love the area and have lived in the mountains before. Also lived in northern california. Can’t stand the people here now. It’s like if you fly the flag your racist
@Tedd Bachini that’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me on here. Appreciate you and your comments. Thank you!
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho
I’m with Ted. Your a good man Trent. Wish I had met you sooner. We’re having a home built on short notice. Wish We had known you sooner for sure
Thank you! @About Time, I really appreciate hearing that!
God and guns, I guess you figure Jesus would be carrying his AK-47, on the sermon on the mountain.
Born in Ohio, lived in CA for 35 years, and moving to ID and NOT bringing the CA politics with me.
If your coming from CA. Your bringing baggage
@@rondean2733 - nope. You’re believing stereotypes
@Big Dick Black are you a commie?
@Big Dick Black I think I misunderstood what you were saying. You came off as a nazi or commie that thinks gay marriage should be penalized
It's amazing that nobody from other states want people from California but you know what I was born and raised in California and nobody that lives in California is originally from California it's all people from other states go figure
Moved from Southern CA 7 years ago sight unseen to CDA, ID. No clue about weather or anything. I've never loved a place so much in my life. I wasn't retired. I was 32. I found a job and started a great life
PLEASE KEEP IDAHO RED!!! It truly is a magical place.
If your blue then stay where you are. You made the mess now enjoy the policy’s you voted for. They shouldn’t be allowed to leave
@@firedog451 Amen
Forget "red" and "blue" just do what our parents and grandparents did and be a good person that would fight for our freedom, not to control others.
RATHER DEAD THAT RED
JAN 6TH 2021 TRATIOR MAGAS
NEVER FORGET . NEVER SURRENDER DEMOCRACY.
IDAHO RED "PATRIOTS" SUPPORT TREASON ,INSURRECTION and doing strange things with livestock..js
@@JuanMartinez-ut9rt English son, do you speak it?
My wife and I bought 5 acres in Spirit Lake. We cannot wait to move there from Northern Ca. Looking forward to living around people that love America.
Of course you did…
I have family in spirit lake and cant tell you how much we enjoy it there. My wife and i bought a small home in Coeur D Alene and spend our summers up there. We are from so calif and most of the people we've met are absolutely great and have welcomed us with open arms. You'll love Spirt Lake
I am a proud native Idahoan. The worst thing about Idaho for me is that wages don't match up to the cost of living. Young people starting out and seniors have to have two incomes to survive and the influx of people has driven housing up even further.
That’s everywhere in the US. They pay better here than in many states out there. California and Florida pay you in Sunshine!
Median house in Boise is now half a million dollars. Thanks to all you worthless bleeding heart libtards.
Hi @Timmy, I’m reading your statement and trying to understand your logic. Are you saying people with money that buy up supply and increase demand are “libtards?” Do Republicans not have any money?
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Look at the states where people are moving from. Republicans aren't leaving the states they are currently in because red states aren't crime infested hell-holes.
@Timmy I’m looking at all these investment groups and hedge funds like Black Rock buying homes for 30-50% over asking all over the United States, site unseen. And I’m also looking at the sellers asking these prices. This is not an us versus them scenario.
For me those are the 12 reasons I'm thinking about moving to Idaho. Main reason is I want to live in a very conservative state being I'm a very conservative man.
@Big Dick Black I’m a native Idahoan and if gay marriage triggers you move to Saudi Arabia
@Big Dick Black good and when california forces a vax on you, your opinion on marriages wont matter anymore as youll be six feet under so enjoy your dictatorship
And frankly any vaccine you got in the past is considered outdated to delta so your going to have to be forced to get vaxxdd again
LOL lying commie
California has a far higher rate HAHAHAHHA
Volunteerism is a thing here also. There are Volunteer EMT's, and Volunteer Fire Departments. People in Idaho do these things into senior ages, because they feel they need to give something to their communities. It is a form of patriotism. Also, there are quite a lot of wilderness areas, that you wouldn't want to enter alone or without a firearm. There are a quite a few Proud Members of the NRA here too.
My husband and I are Christians and about as RED as you can get. Tragically we are stuck in CA. We would try to stick it out to help improve our state but Governor Newsom (God bless him) want to force us to vaccinate our kids!!
Your comments makes me want to move to IDAHO sooooo bad. I want my children to be raised with the expectation that you take care of people and give back/serve your community.
Thank you for sharing your perspective.
@@brittanymccomb481 It's not by force and there are many ways to fight; stay in honor and you'll prevail. As soon as you move out of the big cities the counties get Red
That’s incredible thanks for sharing Steve
That is really amazing to have such a sense of community!
@@brittanymccomb481 I am in the same situation with you in California and it has become a nightmare. I too lean red republican and feel like an outcast! What's more the only people that get elected are liberal democrats and it just make it worse. Another thing Newsome wants to do is give free healthcare to illegal aliens. The state will not improve with Newsome and his left wing cronies running things.
What you said about taking care of people and giving back /serving your community is so true and it's not seen very often today.
Good luck to you both, I hope you find a place that can bring you peace.
Moved to Bonners Ferry Idaho when I was 11. I lived Off Grid in Highschool. Moved to CDA in 2000. In just 20 yrs it's gone down hill. I wish it was 20 yrs ago. I miss that small town feel it had back then.
Then you may not know what it was like in the early 80's. It was a gem when I lived their, visited after all that time a few yrs back, felt like I finally came back home but was very disappointed at the same time with all the lake front homes and condo's. The small farm fields are now all filled with cookie cutter home's, fenced off areas where we use to walk through or play at, lumber mill on the Spokane River has been replaced with condo's, just ashame that development and political agendas are slowly killing it there.
@@Icybones000 Jeez, sounds like New Jersey! 🤢
I grew up in San Diego and also lived in Phoenix until I was 40. I moved to Idaho and the first winter it got dark, really dark and for 2 months it stayed cloudy and dark. I went into depression. Never had depression in my life but the lack of sun changed me for the worse. I am back in Arizona now where it is over 100 and the sun is shining and I AM SMILING!!!!
Two extremes
Good for you. America allows you to live wherever you please.
Born and raised 57 year old, I'd prefer everyone stay away because it's getting too crowded and tired of big city mindset most of these people bring with them, not to mention they're driving real estate out of range for native wages in our area. Don't be surprised when we dislike you. Locals can no longer afford anything because of you.
It's like that everywhere. I live in the Phoenix AZ area home prices here are sky high. It's mostly people from CA coming in, voting democrat, and ruining the AZ way of life. Did mention illegals OMG their everywhere here.
@@briangulley6027 Your comment is spot on. I'm in Phoenix and it has changed as you say. And the Idaho drivers are awful as stated in the video. Almost as bad a Minnesota drivers.
@@briangulley6027 Agreed. They're like cockroaches with money. Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Texas, Arizona. Now Idaho and Montana.
All I want is a small town where people mind their own business and I can live out what's left of my life. When I was looking for a house near Bonners Ferry I made instant friends. Must be because I made Rush look like a communist.
It's hard to stop growth, it brings with it both benefits and cons. A lot of the benefits are for the generation that is NOT you. Boomers are the "me" generation (aka locust generation), its all about themselves, which is why there tends to be a lot of anger towards the Boomers with their Boomer mentality.
You don't realize that a new generation is entering the housing market, which is partially why the housing prices are so high. In the cities, you can't even afford a house anymore because the Boomers who bought them much earlier in their lives wanted to enrich themselves by raising property values as it was their primary investment for their retirements. They did not care about the side effects, or about the next generation.
So you have this new generation of home buyers priced out of their home towns which have no choice but to look elsewhere.
This creates demand and if the supply is low, what do you think is going to happen?
Its not that the locals that can afford anything, but more so that no one can afford anything in the USA, which is spurring migration to new areas. One group has to move, so will another. Its not a one sided affair. A lot of people coming in don't like the fact they feel forced to do so, for both financial and political reasons.
At least one benefit of the change is that wages are going up, and they will have to go up...especially with inflation.
Same here in east central Florida on the coast. New Yorkers and Californians are fleeing here by the droves. They bring their Prius and big government expectations with them which is annoying af.
After living my whole life in SoCal, upon retirement five and a half years ago, I moved to a smaller town in North Idaho. I absolutely love it here! After being here for only for two and a half years, the people in my town elected me to the city council. The biggest adjustment was dealing with the length of daylight hours during the wintertime. I was pretty miserable that first winter. The next summer, someone turned me onto vitamin D and it has made the world of difference. Still don't like the short hours, but at least they are now tolerable. Sadly, my lady friend will not be moving to North Idaho, specifically for some of the reasons you list, (e.g., politics). Thank you, Trent, for your videos. They are wonderful.
Just a comment,lived in So Cal, 40 + years,. I've seen the good, and saw the bad.....to bad. Moved to E.WA 2022,. beautiful part of the country but, very interested in Idaho and will ck it out after the thaw!!!✌️💗
You’re very welcome and I’m glad to hear someone got you on vitamin D. It really can be a life saver. See you around town!
Thanks for sharing; North Idaho has simply been a good place to build myself from the ground up for me, whether it be when I first started coming here seasonally with my Mother here 20 years ago to now living in my own garage apartment for over a year now and building my Ebay business as well as myself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It's given me time to think, work on myself, enjoy nature and its seasons, and ultimately become more open with others again, ya know? Felt like sharing
@Shiningnoctowls Thank you for that. Appreciate you watching and sharing that story.
I don't know why I keep watching these videos. I live in West Wales and have no intention of leaving Wales and moving to Idaho!
@Alison Anthony 🤣🤣🤣 that’s pretty funny. Hopefully it’s because they’re fun and entertaining to watch. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Smart!
Believe it or not in the south eastern corner of Idaho its by far more conservative than northern Idaho. Way more churches and cows and farms and guns per person, if you can find a person 🤣and at 6000 ft above sea level it’s a much harsher climate too. It’s the best place in the world to live if you can stand that much freedom and boredom. Thank God for the internet because you guys are the only people I have lol.
That's funny and great Cory :-) From where I'm sitting Idaho kinda looks like paradise, and the more I hear about it the better it sounds :-) All the best to you and your family, and thank you for your comment, it sure made me smile. T
Why would south east is more conservative than north? Let me guess, is north close to Canada?
I drove through your area a couple of decades ago 🙂
@DH L
Mormon influence?
Idaho has the highest number of Mormon population in the nation after Utah.
Yes, latter day saints are generally conservative. And they love their freedom @@user-ql9rq5bg3f
I'm here now 5 yrs. and I love N. Idaho and all the people up here! Wouldn't want to change anything!
I moved to Id. 22 yrs. ago from Tx. I live in the mtns. 60 mi. north of Boise. Truthfully, snow in the mtns. causes deer & elk to come down into Boise. At least once or twice during each winter there will be news reports of a mtn. lion sighted in Boise. They follow the deer. I can remember one time when a moose came down into Boise & Fish & Game darted it. They trailered it up north for release. One night driving home from work in Boise around midnight, I drove past a black bear sow on the highway between the jersey barriers. I turned around & drove back up the pass to look. Turns out that she couldn't figure how to get her 6 mos. old cub over the barriers. I had taken an adult ed. class on black bear rehab. The sow took off & that's when I saw her cub. It had been hit by a car & broken it's frt. leg. I got a blanket out & wrapped it up. I called the black bear rehab "lady" & she sent me to a 24 hr. vet. clinic that could treat the cub. This is where I'm supposed to say , "Don't do this if you aren't experienced handling wildlife." We released the cub the next fall. By the way, it crapped in the back of my SUV. Also remember if you have small dogs to keep an eye out for eagles. My 1st trip to the vet. after moving here, I got the word about protecting my dogs from all of the predators. In the winter some mos., I have to shovel & blow snow for up to 3 hrs. every other day. I generally have around 3' - 4' of snow on my lawn all winter. I wouldn't live anywhere else. It's the price you pay for living in Idaho!
Great comments @Duane Lavely! Thanks for watching and sharing those stories.
The Bear lady is my neighbor. Glad you helped the cub.
@@renaelindstrom6791 I wound up hitting up people in Garden Valley & at Greyhound where I was working as a driver at the time for enough money to cover the cub's rehab.
@@duanelavely5481 wow that is amazing and glad you could come up with the money. I didn't realize you had to pay for something like that. Just figured you called and they met you at the gate. I've never met her except going to a yard sale forever ago there. She has alot more than bears she rehabs. As a animal lover myself its wonderful to hear of people going out of the way to help them. God bless you Duane
@@renaelindstrom6791 Oh no, she never asked for a dime! I found out during discussions with her that the average cost per bear rehabbed was I believe $800 at the time. That's when I decided to try to raise enough $$$ for my cub, at least. She gave me a tour of her place yrs. ago. I think that at that time she was rehabbing coyotes & black bears. She rehabs the bears thru the summer & fall. If they are ready for release, they wait until they have hibernated at her facility. They have designated den sites in the Boise Nat. Forest & snowmobile the cubs in. They put 2 cubs in each den so that they don't wake up alone. I have an apple tree at my house & have taken apples to her for the bears, just leave them at her gate. I have seen wild bears up here in Garden Valley sitting under apple trees pigging out so I know that they like them.
Everything you said is a positive to me. I lived in northern Utah near the Idaho border and loved it. Hope to retire there in a few years.
The ONLY problem with Idaho is everyone moving here. Driving the cost up for us native Idahoans so much we cannot afford it.
Buh bye
I-90 between Missoula Montana and Washington/Idaho state line is one of the most beautiful drives in the country. Especially I-90 in the Idaho Panhandle. The entire 74 miles of I-90 is so beautiful. I'd live there if I could afford it. I'm originally from San Antonio Texas. I love how Idaho and Montana has 4 seasons. I love it up here. I spent all my life in the hot Texas heat. I'm ok with no sun. Lol! 29 years of that Texas sun. I'm good.
shout outs to the 2-1-0! Go Spurs Go!
Go Steelers!! We are researching where we are going to move-we looked at Spring and Woodlands Texas? Thoughts?
Try it but staying in for 3-5 months a year might change your mind lack of Vit D and brown people need more vitD and it is harder for them to absorb I'm assuming you have brown skin of course. I would love to live in Texas but my hub is not the type to move. Next thing I would say. If you move to I hope family and long time friends move with you because connection is harder to do when you are not in HS and college. Damily and those people become long term friends. I meet people who have moved without that and when they get talking they are like the roadrunner from not having thos close connections any longer in an everyday in person relationship. They try and fill with school and hobbies and farming and it doesn't fill it. Moving from family and friends and a year round out door life. If you don't do snowmobiling... everywhere like Utah and up can spiral people into depression. you need sun lights usually and vit d supplements. then if you move then as they get older they need to be in a more hardy place for their bodies. So move a gain and re establish friendships? and so many people are lonely. Unless you have family... Leaving in these places can be lonely as everyone is hanging with their own.
Thanks for keeping it real!!!
Moved from Sacramento area California to Idaho Falls 16 years ago to raise our kids and it was the best decision for us for that season in our lives! Great place to raise kids. Lots of things we loved about Idaho, mostly the community, the access to nature, lack of traffic, etc. Ours are just about grown now so we moved down south in anticipation of kids going off to college and needing a bit “more” as young adults, and our heading into a season where we wanted to start a farm and get more land (land is very expensive there due to the majority of the state being public/National forest). The winters were the absolute worst thing about Idaho for me, and I’m not talking about the snow. I’m talking about the COLD and the unrelenting wind. I’m also talking about the length of it-6 to 7 months out of the year everything is dormant and frozen. It’s well over half of the year. Dreaming of throwing the football around with family on Thanksgiving? Not a chance! It’s winter by then. Thinking about a cute Easter dress and green grass for Easter Sunday? NOPE. There were years we just threw uncolored white eggs out into the snow and said go get em’ girls!! 🤣 Trees start turning in August and the snow starts falling in October-sprinklers are blown out in September, and nothing is green again until mid-May. Can’t plant anything in the ground until June 1st, period. It snowed like crazy Memorial Day weekend 2020. Personally I LOVE the outdoors and nature…but I’m cold blooded and literally refused to step foot outside over half the year because it was just too cold for me. So that part is deceptive-people always say if you love the outdoors you’ll love it in Idaho! But what they fail to mention is that half the year with wind chill it’s just about freezing all the time and everything is either white, gray or brown. Well of course you have the evergreens. It’s like a Christmas card in December, if you get a White Christmas which the last couple of years we didn’t because the water and snow pack is dwindling, but that doesn’t change the cold season. Idaho is going to experience similar water and fire issues as their neighboring states very soon sadly :(. The last few summers as soon as it got warm which I waited all year for, the smoke filled the skies to where we couldn’t go out. Idaho is probably just as extreme as some places in Alaska. And it’s DRY. Like so dry the air sucks the life out of you, you have to drink extra water and gallons of lotion to keep your skin from splitting open. It’s a unique place!
Now imagine that cold was 20° colder and you've got Ontario.
@O.N.L. Payette? Oh, I meant the province in Canada. Idaho seems like Northern Ontario. They said Idaho is cold so I'm just saying imagine even colder, that's Ontario
What part of Idaho, what city were you in please?
I have always compared it to Alaska. Your right around Halloween the first snow. We would look at Bald Mountain to see if our Winters are going to be a good winter or a bad one. Then we stock up accordingly.
Wow, sounds like reality straight up, no sugar coating. I’m on Long Island, NY, and love it here with 2-3 short, mild winter months having sun, rain, an occasional snow, great towns, nature, ocean all around, and lots of fun things to do, great food, music, fitness, medical, service industries... no mountains though... I’d love to visit Idaho, the natural beauty and wildlife are wondrous.
I'm very informed and thankful for your videos. I also appreciate that you're the only realtor that hasn't sounded salesy to me in the Idaho area. I will say just for this one video just this one that I've heard so far please drop the background music.its stressful. Lol luv ya man!!
Wish I could change it but once it’s on RUclips it’s there forever. Hopefully the newer videos have gotten better? Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho no worries thanks!! Keep up the good work!
We are so excited to retire in the Panhandle! We are super conservative and love the outdoor life! We just purchased our quaint log home!
The only thing I dont like is all the move in lol. I moved to Boise 11 years ago from Wyoming which isn't a big difference other than population and the one thing I absolutely loved about it was one the weather. I was used to some pretty short seasons where I came from in Wyoming so Treasure Valley winters are much milder but I really loved the people here. Coming from a small town in Wyoming I appreciated the home town feel with the conveniences of the city. I also lived in Meridian for 5 years loved again great people. But three years ago we left the city and moved out to the farm country. The people started to flood the cities and it became unfamiliar and crowded. I love people but please dont come here and try and change it. Much love to all trying to find your place in the world but definitely share this video. Great video!
at age13, I moved to sandpoint. 1969 population was about 2300 back then and it was the big city compared to bonners ferry. average fish size in sandcreek was 16in at 1 to 1.5 lbs. It took about 3 hours to catch the 14 fish limit but when i left in 1980 it took all day for a couple of 8in fish . TOO MANY PEOPLE taking. thank God for memories.
You didn’t tell them about the lack of income versus cost of living. Low wages, no big industry work, and more people than good paying jobs. And definitely talk about the short December (gray!) days and now skyrocketing house prices. Been here since mid-2019 and you are correct in all ways but we are seeing the massive growth that CdA is sadly destined to.
I talk about that a lot in some of my other videos @Stacey Scarborough but very good points. This place is definitely not for everyone.
Love Idaho, it has enough sunshine as far as I’m concerned. Love the mountains,lakes and for its latitude winters are not overbearing.
Skunks everywhere., and during summer the air is smoky from Canada, Montana, and Idaho fires . Snow is way better then smoky air, but fun doesn't last long in summer
I cannot imagine anyone complaining about mountains or forests or lakes. I am stuck in Chicago. I'd give anything to see real mountains!
Where i live, we get a lot of North Idaho transplants........95% of them moved because they were sick of the snow and ice. Personally, I miss white Christmases in Hayden Lake. I can not believe how huge it's gotten. I remember it before Templins built the resort in Post Falls. Post Falls was basically a bar, a gas station, a small store, and of course, the mill. My grandparents families were sort of Post Falls pioneers. They had orchards and alfalfa fields along the river. God how I miss it.
You mention that a lot of people that move to your area are North Idaho transplants. Where do you live?
@@istvanmeissler2238 well I don't care to give my current location, but I've spent a lot of time between North Idaho, Central Oregon, and all up and down the coast between Central Oregon and Washington. Most transplants I've come across tend to be on the North Oregon Coast.
Great video! Thanks for posting it.
As someone who has visited CDA several times, your videos are very informative and entertaining! One question for you, could you possibly do a video on what the town is like in the winter? The summer has great weather and with that comes a lot of time with outdoor activities. That being said, when the cold weather comes, what is the town like? Are coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and retail shops still open for normal hours, or are they abbreviated? Is downtown as lively as it during the summer? Are there any sort of community events? It sounds like skiing/snowboarding is the go to winter activity, but what else do the locals enjoy during the winter? Just a thought for a video, keep up the good work!
6 months of winter weeks of 0 degree weather heavy snow fall unplowed roads you have to shovel snow every day if that sounds unpleasant don’t move here
Everything is open. It snows about 6” at a time, and often melts off . Better hav a place on a driveway to park. Spring doesn’t really arrive til May 1.
He is right on. We moved to Moyie Springs and love it. There are cafes where the regulars. People are very kind if you are. EVERY business restaurants, etc are wonderful. If you are nice to them they are very kind and caring. When we moved here and arrived at 10 PM, the next day at least 4 came and introduced themselves. A touching comment was we aren't neighbors but family too. Northern Idaho, Boundary county are perfect for us. We also appreciate them, they helped get us prepared for the winter. What a blessing God gave us!
Great! Very informative. I plan on moving there before too long
Very informative, thank you!
My moms side of the family moved to Idaho in the 60’s, the cold winters and small town is why my mother passed on living in Idaho. Lots of my family bought affordable housing, dirt cheap compared to California.
Just finished watching second video that I have ever viewed by you and,...wow, awesome, you are 100% honest and truly put out a non-bias discussion of what living in Idaho is really all about. Bonuses,...the info. about yourself, a father of four, 30 yrs. in Idaho, along with being in real estate, and this is the first Utube video I've ever commented on and I watch a lot of videos about all kinds of things. Maybe it's because what we have here in Idaho really is a "one of a kind", to come here to want to change and become a part of that is great. To come here not wanting to change but to bring about change is to "become like all the rest".
I've spent the majority of my 40+ years in northern Alberta. Idaho seems like a cake walk. It is one of my favorite states to visit when I travel, though.
Born and raised in Central Idaho. Left for a job and ended up in Central California for 29 years, retired and moved back. Yes you have to drive to places but I also had to drive to places in California. Same amount of time driving in about a third of the distance traveled. OBW you forgot another reason: Firearms are very popular in this state and almost everyone carries so if guns scare you don't come here.
What town in ca
@@levidaddy-69 Fresno
@@_Hound_ As far as Climate it gets much colder in both places than anywhere in the Central Valley. Politically the same. Much more Conservative. Think Clovis on steroids but Boise is a turning a bit more liberal because of a the people from the Blue States. The prices are going up on housing here Coeur d'Alene Median price for home $524,000 up over 40% in a year. Boise Area is around 400, 000 to 500,000 all due to the influx of people of people from Blue States. The problem is there are no jobs to pay for that kind of price for a house price like that and the locals are a little PO'ed about it. I am lucky, I moved here almost 2 years ago and got a house in a decent area for less than 200,000. I took a lot of crap about being from CA (Get Idaho plates and Idaho DL ASAP). Look at places like the Lewiston area much easier winters to deal with. Also learn the language Town names ie Spokane is pronouce Spo can not Spo cane. Wieppe is pronounced We ipe not wipe e! Hope this helps.
@Nun of the Above I would suggest then continue to live in your little world (Mom and Dad's house) I lived in California (29 years) and trust me I would rather take my chances here in Idaho.
@Nun of the Above All from mom's basement...I have been all over the world too Including the the places you mentioned for real so go crawl back under you bridge little troll.
I worked with a guy from California (it was an outside job) he quit after a month when the temperature finally dipped to 35° 😂
I'm trying to convince my wife that we need to move to Idaho. Currently live in Arizona but both of us have lived in cold snowy climates all our lives, with the exception of the past 5 years. We both love our 2A rights, our military( I'm a veteran) God and the U.S.A we both live active lifestyles and I believe Idaho would be perfect for us.
I moved from California to Idaho 3 years now. Man the snow season is very mild in Boise it doesn't snow that much and it's easy to survive through a couple of months of snow. I'm living out my truck and this is my 3rd summer, I can't wait for winter again 😁. I love my guns and no restrictions to 😁 come! Do it now! But wages are low and not much much to do but just make friends and go shooting or something.
I just moved a couple months ago. Born and raised in cda. But was getting to exapensive for me to live there. So I moved. All my family still lives there tho. And I would go back if it got better
Keep it red or stay where you’re at🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I worked in Idaho for 5 years, From Rathdrum to Worley. I dont remember seeing "Monster" trucks as you described.
I think I need to move to Idaho. Sick of California politics. We are conservative, active, enjoy outdoors, wildlife, and are open to all the things you mentioned. No place is perfect. Idaho seems like it could be a good fit
Just to let you know, this is important, almost everytime when you guys say your "conservative", to our standards up here your still considered a liberal. I think you should do a big look mainly just in the type of culture we have up here. People WILL BE HOSTILE if they find out where your from
...and remember Black Lives Matter.
Very informative video! I am from Texas. God bless the people of Idaho!
Thanks, but this homosexual from CA doesn't represent us.
Physically fit is a tough one for me. Crushed my l4 and l5 disks, which restricts a few of my abilities and adds to the difficulty of the videos on my channel, but I try to keep going!
I have watched the last four of these videos and loved all of them. i will keep watching.
Awesome @bobby sipes! Thanks for the feedback and support!
Myself and my 4 adult kids with 11 grandkids are moving to Idaho from California…. We are all Christian Conservatives ….. can’t wait!
My wife's Aunt and Uncle lived on a farm near Nezperce, Idaho. Over the last 40 years we'd make almost yearly trips to visit them. I really loved that area. The small towns were charming and the people were warm and friendly. Even the mini day trips to different spots were lots of fun and beautiful. While I'm retired now, we couldn't move to Idaho, because we wanted to be an easy drive from our grandkids. So the compromise is we live in Carson City, NV. It's not exactly Idaho, but 1,000,000 times better than Los Angeles, California and has many of the things that made Idaho so wonderful.
I have 3 coyote friends that I see every night when I go on my walk. I also see numerous rabbits, ravens and raccoons. I live in Los Angeles.
We absolutely love it here be bought I house in September 2019 in Idaho Falls we are from Louisiana big difference of living but we love the outdoors and the snow
My wife moved up to North Central Idaho last year. I came up after i retired in March. I love it here. The winter was a little crazy but being prepared makes it alot easier.
The freedom up here is great.
We are heading to Idaho to help keep it red….and be closer to family in Washington.
I've lived in a lot of different places around this country, and traveled to a lot more on business. If you are expecting a SoCal "Valley" lifestyle don't move here. If you love a mix of city, farm, & country. Great place, you will LOVE it here. Taxes are about neutral, but you seem to get more for what you pay your taxes for here. Finally if you are a big "BLUE" person, and I don't mean a BYU fan, check you "Blue" at the state line. Finally, this isn't where you moved from, that is what make it great. So don' try to make it the mess you moved from.
Yeah its terrible the we blue states have the best universities..best medical care...highest paying jobs...most educated population....lowest infant mortality.rate...culture and the arts and actual diversity of thought and people...plus the fact that we in the blue states "carry" all you red welfare states! LMAO
We are thinking of moving to northern Idaho. We are from Houston, seriously aggressive drivers. My husband has lived in Montana and northern states with lots of snow. I-40 was a nightmare of 18 wheelers, and we have been ran off the highway because of them. Houston, has some serious freezes, and no one knows how to drive in that condition, and the city shuts down. Anyone who choose to drive, does not know what to friggin to do in icey roads. in Houston, everything freezes because of humidity, including my apartment stairs. I heard everyone sliding down and hurting themselves, so I pored salt on the stairs and everyone looked at me like I was crazy. They did not correlate the salt, to the melting ice. We moved to a mountain cattle ranch camp, living 40 miles from the nearest main road and 3 hours away from a Walmart. The roads turned to clay during snow and monsoons, and would make it impossible to leave. We relied on a generator and hopefully enough deiseal to keep our electricity on. the nearest town had a population of 700, with a family dollar suppling the entire town for food. We had to put mud tires on my dodge van , and my husband drives a ford Dually. it was 6,500 above sea level. Very thin oxygen. With all that being said, do you think we could adjust to the move to Kellogg, Idaho? I'm not trying to brag. I'm trying to ask, with all our experiences, are we able to adjust to the conditions of northern Idaho?
Hi @Shannon Geerts That's a tough one to say. It's not just the weather in Kellog you have to prepare for. It's the amount of Sun you won't have. Kellog and most of the SIlver Valley is nestled in the mountains, and during winter the days get shorter, so you get a lot less sun than normal. But Kellog is just one of many awesome places here. Give us a call (208)907-5757 or shoot us an email livinglifenorthidaho@gmail.com and we can discuss in more detail where in Idaho would be the best place for you. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I am a cali transplant as well, but back in 1981. I was 14. I have always totally embraced the Idaho culture. I never tried to bring the cali crap here. I also came from the Redding area. lived there in the late 70's. Back then it was very similar to Idaho. It was an easy transition. But for those coming from liberal areas, and trying to bring liberal ideas to Idaho, you will be very hated. If you move here, change you mind set. Don't bring what you wanted to leave to Idaho, Nobody wants it here, and if you do, nobody will want you here either.
Amen! People deciding to move someplace great should assimilate and not bring the mess with them
@Big Dick Black ya and it's all garbage.
Clearly you haven’t been here long enough to remember when this was Frank Church and Cecil Andrus country, Jeff Ogden. It was good then.
I’m not happy to hear about the bad drivers! I used to live in Utah and had a bit of trauma from the bad driving there. But I was thinking that North Idaho would not have a lot of traffic…we’ve been up in Sandpoint/Bonners Ferry and I didn’t notice any problem with the drivers there. Seems like it would be worth the trade for less traffic. Everything else sounds cool! 👍
Well done. Very good summary
Thanks @Slammer! It’s a very real thing so I hope people see this video and have a better understanding of what it’s like living here. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you so much for so much useful information! Although I do want to leave California, there are a few things you brought up that are deal breakers for me so I will be looking to other states. This isn't a bad thing at all, in fact it's a great thing to find out vital information that makes the difference between moving there or not. I sent you an email today with questions that I had yesterday but you can disregard it because you answered all of my questions in this video. Again, thank you for your candor and honesty. Your videos really help!!
Happy to have people move to Idaho and leave Oregon!
I've been in Oregon since 1977, moved from Illinois, but now I've had it with this crap state. It has become what I feared so long ago. Democrats ruin everything they touch. I hope Idaho can stay conservative.
I was just in Idaho. I remember Trent saying the drivers were bad - I was surprised how unaware some were!
I live in southern Idaho and he nailed it on the driving habits here. Especially when they’re at stop lights.... the light will turn green and they just sit there looking around before they notice and go on the yellow, leaving everyone behind them delightfully waiting out another red light. This happened to me last year, I bopped my horn and everyone around me gave me dirty looks and the guy behind me flipped me off. And they all drive 10 mph under the speed limit, no matter what.
Basically just gave me 12 reasons to move to Idaho!
I've lived in Meridian for three years and the congestion is almost as bad as So Cal now. I have seen a noticeable difference in a very short time. Traffic is horrendous and extremely aggravating. Hope to one day move to North Idaho, but I have heard it's getting bad up there too. 😢
Good content. But lose the distracting background music. Also, citing the CDC no longer carries any weight, as the CDC has been revealed as fraudulent scum.
He's using the CDC as a way to convince 'normal' people, but just because it was claimed by the CDC doesn't mean that something so simple as popping vitamin D is deceptive on principle.
Don't be so hamstrung on even basic verifiable information, even if from politically charged institutions, its impractical, paranoid driven, and nonsensical. Giving people that share your general views (such as me) poor optics.
Purity spiraling is truly one of the weaknesses on the right. The lack of pragmatism even on the most seemingly benign of matters.
Rock on us here think for ourselves the CDC can f off.
I live in a snow belt in Spirit Lake. Snow and ice on the ground for 6 months a year. No go for CA transplants.
I grew up in Sunny San Diego when it was an amazing place. Went to college here 24 years ago and loved it but left right after I graduated b/c the dark winters depressed me. Found out I suffer from seasonal depression bad and never knew it. I always wanted to come back though and moved back 3 years ago, hoping age would help with the seasonal depression, sadly, I still struggle with it and the long, dark winters get to me, takes away my sunny disposition (pun intended) and energy. Things have def changed here from 24 years ago and not necessarily for the good, overcrowded, overpriced and the enjoyment of nature is hard to come by with the more than average number of tourists and transplants. It's sad to see, I saw all this happen to San Diego obviously on a bigger scale. Hope Idaho stays red though! Love everything about here except the winters, the loud, obnoxious trucks and motorcycles, too many tourists and obnoxious people from Spokane and def not the place to be if you're a foodie.
Try Colorado
Wonderful honest review, thank you.
Too many people moving to Idaho and bringing their problems with them
My husband and I used to go to visit my in laws every year, it was okay for a visit but not to live there. Last time we went it was in March and that did it for us .l never in my entire life froze like that ,the wind took your breath away. Yes we were all bundled up but not enough. No thank you. We stay in Arizona for sure .
Idahoans are fiercely independent. Love guns, to hunt big game and eat natural organic meet. Idaho has too much freedom. If your sensitive, want govt assistance, or feelings get easily hurt, Idaho is not for you.
Great video - very educational. Thank you.
Idaho is full. CDA has an over capacity of people. Just the drive on the 95 HWY about afternoonish and it's bumper to bumper. Even the I90 is a bottle neck driving through CDA. Too many people in one place. Boise is like a different state with a different time zone. Just my two cents since I didn't hear anything on the traffic getting worst in CDA or Idaho. At lease it's not like LA or Sea yet.
I retired 2 1/2 years ago and moved to McCall Idaho from western Washington. One thing you did not mention in your video is the guy with toy's. If you are in a part of Idaho that gets a lot of snow you need storage. Classic cars boats RV's motorcycles need to be winterized and stored. Rental storage is expensive and hard to find. Finding that perfect home with lots of storage can be hard to find and costly.
Excellent points! I’ll be sure to mention that in an upcoming video.
Sounds perfect!!!
this was super educational thx
If you're from California, please just tell everyone you're from Oregon.
Oregon is 2nd to Cali. I know :{
My pastor used to say...... Don’t Californicate.
Dude im from la calif and it took me 5 yrs to over come the shock of your life style i cant take it even to this day its like leaving the country lol
@lady bug for many is a very different culture and lifestyle. Like going back 20 or 30 years in some ways.
@@LivingLifeNorthIdahomy father took us camping all our lives and i lived in the mountains to gor 20 yrs its not that its the 4 hours to the store i cant stand and the gas station shopping and how women well it rough on them too
Born a raised in Massachusetts (Not MY choice) Moved out to Oregon in 1979 to escape the Lunacy. I watched as the State went Blue (Think Vote my Mail) and as the rats were leaving their sinking State with their bags of money and left wing ideology we became Califoricated. I had the chance to move to Bonners Ferry 3 years ago. 5 acres of land 2000Sq feet with a view for under 300K. I still regret not jumping on it. Idaho is Oregon 1990. Now I get to hang out here and watch Portland burn.
Czech out S Dak. & Missouri
I grew up in a small town in upstate ny. Outsiders complain about snow. Honestly I love a good snowfall. Snowshoeing and skiing are great.
born and raised in Phx AZ. Ive been thinking to move to Idaho the past 15 years. All the reasons you say people regret Idaho is exactly what I want. AZ has some incredible outdoorsmen areas but few and far between. Have to travel 2 hours to get in the woods, then crowded with drunk fools every weekend. Elk season and the woods are packed with people. Not enough truly wilderness areas anymore.
HATE the AZ desert summers. Want to move where lakes, streams, mountains everywhere. Hunting, camping, fishing, hiking...
Been living in Sedona lately and its beautiful but ridiculously packed with tourists no matter what time of year.
I did the move myself a year ago never been happier
Just recently moved up from Mesa and not missing the heat at all. Beautiful country here
Drove up to Twin Falls for the eclipse a few years ago and fell in love. Can’t stand Nevada politics and it’s climate. Not in a position yet but hope in the next year.
I'm one of many conservative life-long Californians trying to find a suitable place to escape to. I think it would be better, though, if more conservatives from other states would move to California... Let's transform this state! Make California Great Again!
It is going to be interesting to see what happens to California because. liberals will continue on their path. and unless the very rich move there willbe no change. hollywood rules Cal. and they are above with the politicians the crap. They can dodge th crap
I sure wish we could, but the demonrats are so entrenched in Cali. I'm native and left Cali a long time ago. Lived in Sandpoint for a few years and it was wonderful. Would love to go back but it may be too pricey. 🤔 My brother still lives there. Cheers.
Just move to Idaho and make it more red. The quality of life is just so much better here. I’m an ex Californian.
Good video! Thank you
Sitting up here in Alaska laughing at the sunshine bit 🤣
Everything you just listed is a +
All the reasons I want to go there. I am Christian Republican fleeing Commiefornia with my wife. We would be in Boise area. I had to laugh with the tax section. I currently have 8% sales tax
My paycheck once you subtract taxes, medical insurance for me and wife, I take home only 68% of my pay. That's 32% guys!
We would love to make the State more Red!
Hey Trent, where is that first golf course with the elevated tees? when you talked of churches and golf course?looks beautiful. What’s the name?
Hey @About Time, that was Rock Creek just south of Cd’A. One of the most beautiful courses in Idaho IMO.
Dang, It’s private. Looks nice though
I have lived in Idaho most of my life 🤣 Everytime I have moved away something always brings me back
I love the mountains and conservative thought! The big concern, forest fires (does Idaho manage their forest lands) and driving in winter.
Manage their forests? Is that a joke? Log, plant trees, thin them out, log again. Thats a lifetime span. Its more like don't be stupid enough to light a fire when the conditions are too dry. No the forests are not raked.
We have terrible forest fires here and when they aren't here, we have terrible air quality b/c of forest fires in Montana, Washington and Oregon. Just as bad as California. I think we keep getting this in all western states until we learn to manage and prevent fires.
@@laura-zu4yz
If they still allowed slash burning there wouldn't be such huge fires. Loggers used to pile all the slash and burn it through the rainy seasons. They were comtrolled burns in a safe season. The rain and winter winds kept the smoke down and from collecting in stagnent areas. That was good forest mamagement. Now instead they let huge amounts of slash lie on the ground and the fires are so hot in it that it is easy to catch the trees on fire. Green wood is not easy to burn without dry tender. But the snivelers that didn't like the minimal smoke smell from the slash burns sniveled until they got their way. Now look what happens when fires start. When it comes to managing something as huge as the massive forests in the PNW, the old ways are still the best, and the snivelers need to shut TF up. They want to live here but they don't want to take care of it. F them.
@@justme-dm7sb Truth! Def needs to change. So much damage and destruction to people and nature. And it would be better for the environment if we did it the way you recommended.
@@laura-zu4yz
People didn't like the smoke that drifted through once in awhile when we did controlled burns. I wonder how they like the endless smoke clogged summers now? Its as if they never considered the trade off that would occur until we don't have any forests left to burn. Then it will be too late. There is a cycle in the forests and it includes fire. Either we do it controlled, or we continue to let wildfires destroy everything until there is no beauty left. Which will also kill the rain cycle and the oxygen cycle. If we kill these huge NW forests, we kill ourselves. We need control burn to start again NOW. We can't afford to wait another year.
I love snow, seasons and cloudy weather!! I hated living in SoCal because the weather was ALWAYS the same!! 😂
Excellent Video..... Right on the money. Wish we had never gone back to Washington.
Many in the homesteader youtubers have moved to Idaho. I think this is causing the move rush. And people want to be in a American loving community.
IDAHO is Not an American loving community, You are confused!
Moved to Idaho in 2018. Left Oregon after 47 years, not the state I grew up in, absolute pit. Love this place, has it all, just have to drive a bit to enjoy it all. Have a piece in every 🚗, as well as our Harleys. ARs near the door, a 457 on wife's side of bed, a 45 on mine. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
SCARED to death!
Sounds like heaven to me. If were younger I would move there.
I’m from Texas, and I’m moving to Idaho. I feel like Texas and Idaho are very similar in their ideals (and big flashy trucks)
I think you’re probably right!
So far everything you say I’m cool with it.
It's very disturbing seeing how many people in the comments moved to Idaho from CA. Very disturbing.
Notice to Californians, I have been open carrying since 1996 daily in Idaho and if that bothers you to see, then don't move here. Carrying guns is normal here and that's not going to change.
@Nun of the Above Please keep repeating this propaganda to everyone you know and who will listen. I would love for Californians to stop flocking to our state to escape the shit-hole California has become.