If not here, then where?

[sobo]

Since I posted above, we travelled and spent a few days in Northern Idaho. I can retire when I want. Our house is paid off. The wife could likely transfer to another job with the Postal Service.
We are currently looking for a place south east of Coeur D'Alene near where our friends live. Nice, quiet, conservative.

St. Maries is nice. I'll be moving about 100 miles further south than that...

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

St. Maries is nice. I'll be moving about 100 miles further south than that...

What happened to Bonner County?

 

[orygun]

St. Maries is nice. I'll be moving about 100 miles further south than that...

That is one of the places where we are looking. Our friends live in Medimont.

 

[sobo]

What happened to Bonner County?

Sandpoint (county seat of Bonner County) happened...

Once a really cool town in which to hang out, that poor city has morphed into a libtard cesspool over the past 20-25 years. Can't even (legally) carry at the county fair anymore. Screw that place now...

 

[Bobbygun]

Sandpoint (county seat of Bonner County) happened...

Once a really cool town in which to hang out, that poor city has morphed into a libtard cesspool over the past 20-25 years. Can't even (legally) carry at the county fair anymore. Screw that place now...

Are you serious? I've never been there, but I've always envisioned Sandpoint as being the kind of place conservatives would make their last stand if need be. If it has turned blue, what's to keep the rest of Idaho from following suit? Man, that's just depressing

 

[sobo]

Are you serious?

I am. Last time I was there (ca 2005), the place was fraught with purple-haired Goth characters that look like they'd fallen face-first into a tackle box. They hold jobs in almost every bar, tavern, movie house, store, and local governmental agency. The town is infested with them like locusts.

I've never been there, but I've always envisioned Sandpoint as being the kind of place conservatives would make their last stand if need be.

That used to be true, back in the 90s, when Randy Weaver-esque types ruled the roost. But times have certainly changed. Sandpoint became very vibrant during it's downtown renovation in the early- to mid--90s, and that drew a bunch of Commiefauxnia liberals there, just like what happened in CDA. "Old" Sandpoint is gone now...

If it has turned blue, what's to keep the rest of Idaho from following suit?

Diehards like myself, once I move there. Stay away from the Boise metro area, CDA, and Sandpoint, and any county where those cities are the county seat. I'm looking at Idaho, Clearwater, and Lewis Counties for the homestead in which we will make our last stand...

Man, that's just depressing

Indeed. They are just like locusts...

 

[Tlock]

Are you serious? I've never been there, but I've always envisioned Sandpoint as being the kind of place conservatives would make their last stand if need be. If it has turned blue, what's to keep the rest of Idaho from following suit? Man, that's just depressing

Idaho is turning blue fast! It wont be long now and once a great state will fall

 

[Cavedweller]

Bonner's Ferry?

 

[sobo]

Idaho is turning blue fast! It wont be long now and once a great state will fall

I'm not seeing the hinterlands fall. Boise has a Dem mayor, but the city's website claims all of the council positions are "nonpartisan".

State Senate is 29:6 red (83%) vs blue, and the HoR is 61:9 red (87%) vs blue. Don't see a lot of leftward lurch going on there for quite a while, probably (and hopefully) not even in my remaining lifetime.

Congress members representing Idaho are all red, and have been for decades. Both senators have all been Repubs since 1980, and House reps have all been red since 1993 except for one 2-year stint (2009-2011) when one of the two House reps was a Dem (Walter Minnick). He lost his reelection bid by 10 percentage points in an upset, despite his polling numbers. Sound familiar...?

 

[sobo]

Bonner's Ferry?

Bonners Ferry is in Bonner County, the county seat of which is Sandpoint. Bonners Ferry is a no-go place to settle now...

Correction: Bonners Ferry is the county seat of Boundary County, and is not in Bonner County. My bad...

 

[Tlock]

I'm not seeing the hinterlands fall. Boise has a Dem mayor, but the city's website claims all of the council positions are "nonpartisan".

State Senate is 29:6 red (83%) vs blue, and the HoR is 61:9 red (87%) vs blue. Don't see a lot of leftward lurch going on there for quite a while, probably (and hopefully) not even in my remaining lifetime.

Congress members representing Idaho are all red, and have been for decades. Both senators have all been Repubs since 1980, and House reps have all been red since 1993 except for one 2-year stint (2009-2011) when one of the two House reps was a Dem (Walter Minnick). He lost his reelection bid by 10 percentage points in an upset, despite his polling numbers. Sound familiar...?

I hope your right. I just have friends that live there and say otherwise. California is taking over and now they even shut downtown bosie down for colorful parades. If its in Boise it'll spread like cancer

 

[sobo]

I hope your right. I just have friends that live there and say otherwise. California is taking over and now they even shut downtown bosie down for colorful parades. If its in Boise it'll spread like cancer

Well, northwest Arkansas (and to a lesser extent, southwest Missouri) is the fiancé's fallback state. We can always move... again...

 

[nwslopoke]

I hear Californianization but how strong is the base? I see that there is a trickle of Californians heading back home since 2020 but it still cost 3x more to move out of California than to come back. That is the physical move not the house.

I don't know about Idaho, but Oregon/WA already had their counter culture established. It didn't take much to push it to the mainstream. Portland/LA/Seattle are the Leftist capital cities as well as the population-voter hubs of those states.

The point is, there was already a thin line of rationalism holding back this current state of chaos. I look at the live stream of the Portland ICE protesters and it's hard to believe that band of losers are actually a problem. Normally 3 Boy Scouts and a Doberman should be able to handle that.

 

[Idaho44]

Idaho! The fantasy of your dreams. Idaho is FULL of escapists, while there are still a few enclaves of 'old' Idaho, they are nowhere near a urban area! Hence, no jobs, low pay if you get one or work on you own, very limited Medical and expensive for the basics (food, shelter etc)! Idaho is a Realtors dream, not yours! Note the same can be said of many "western locals".

PS: Salmon, ID is way more expensive than Boise!

 

[sobo]

Idaho! The fantasy of your dreams. Idaho is FULL of escapists, while there are still a few enclaves of 'old' Idaho, they are nowhere near a urban area! Hence, no jobs, low pay if you get one or work on you own, very limited Medical and expensive for the basics (food, shelter etc)! Idaho is a Realtors dream, not yours! Note the same can be said of many "western locals".

PS: Salmon, ID is way more expensive than Boise!

I do not intend to move from a WA urban area to an ID urban area. That would be foolish.
Hence, rural Idaho, Clearwater, and Lewis Counties are where I'm looking to settle, i.e., "old" Idaho...
Won't need a job, cuz I retire in 13 months. Finances are not an issue anymore, as I am well-set in that regard.
And I will have an expert witness gig (for civil engineering) in place by then, too, to keep occupied and sharp, and for some extra smackers...

 

[sobo]

Idaho! The fantasy of your dreams. Idaho is FULL of escapists, while there are still a few enclaves of 'old' Idaho, they are nowhere near a urban area! Hence, no jobs, low pay if you get one or work on you own, very limited Medical and expensive for the basics (food, shelter etc)! Idaho is a Realtors dream, not yours! Note the same can be said of many "western locals".

PS: Salmon, ID is way more expensive than Boise!

And I get it. You're just trying to keep all of us transplants out so you can soak up all the loveliness to yourself...

 

[Cavedweller]

Bonners Ferry is in Bonner County, the county seat of which is Sandpoint. Bonners Ferry is a no-go place to settle now...

According to Google Maps, Bonners Ferry is the county seat of Boundary County, and sits to the north and east of the Bonner County line.

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[Croat]

Idaho Or Montana would be at the top of the list for me, too damn hot and humid in the southern states. Oh and the occasional twister or hurricane makes the middle part of the country a no go. But we probably wont be going anywhere any time soon

Ever live in Montana? Those winters are no joke. I'd take Idaho over Montana eight days a week and twice on Sunday. Yeah, Idaho can get a snowmageddon every so often, but it's nothing compared to Montana.

 

[sobo]

According to Google Maps, Bonners Ferry is the county seat of Boundary County, and sits to the north and east of the Bonner County line.

Google Maps

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Correction: Bonners Ferry is indeed the county seat of Boundary County, and is not in Bonner County. My bad...

I was looking in Bonners Ferry a couple-3 years ago, but my sights have since turned more to the south, between CDA and Boise, along the US-12/ID-13 Orofino-Grangeville corridor. Still, I would not move to Bonners Ferry and thereby place myself so near to Sandpoint and its rampant leftism. Three hours (185 miles) south of CDA and four hours (200 miles) north of Boise seems to be the sweet spot for avoiding leftists in the major cities of Idaho...

 

[Cavedweller]

Correction: Bonners Ferry is indeed the county seat of Boundary County, and is not in Bonner County. My bad...

I was looking in Bonners Ferry a couple-3 years ago, but my sights have since turned more to the south, between CDA and Boise, along the US-12/ID-13 Orofino-Grangeville corridor. Still, I would not move to Bonners Ferry and thereby place myself so near to Sandpoint and its rampant leftism. Three hours (185 miles) south of CDA and four hours (200 miles) north of Boise seems to be the sweet spot for avoiding leftists in the major cities of Idaho...

I considered Grangeville some years ago. Looks like a nice place to live. The remoteness was an attraction then. Out of the question for me now. Here's a video you might enjoy. It's not nearly as negative as the title implies.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpzLLoLQ2MI