What Makes Idaho So Sensible? What Are They Drinking?

Idaho Secretary of State's Office ^ | 17 May 2012 | Idaho SOS

[Vigilanteman]

A friend of mine from a previous life has been lobbying me to move to Idaho before TSHTF. If I could only afford to retire, I'd take him up on it. But I'm gainfully employed now and need the income.

Next, he sends me a transcript of Idaho Primary Election Results to prove even the lowest vote candidate in most GOP primaries still gets more votes than all total votes in the Democrat primary. How can a state so big and so geographically dispersed have such uncommonly common sense?

[Myrddin]

Plenty of locations fit your list from Pocatello to Ashton. Blackfoot has lots of farm land. Ditto for Shelley and Firth.

[Myrddin]

Pocatello is high desert. 4600 ft. 17 inches of annual precipitation. 4 inches (liquid) expressed as 40 inches of snow. Typically 3 “big” snow storms with about a foot of snow. Minimal shoveling. Streets plowed by 7 AM. Plenty of shopping. High speed internet. Airport 7 miles west with free long term parking.

[Fightin Whitey]

The secret of Idaho!

Sssshhhhh!!

Don’t tell nobody else!

(’specially them city boys!!)

[bigheadfred]

Yeah. I know about losing that good money job. So for now I guess I’m stuck in Shelley.

[Fully Awake DAV]

Ha ha....nothing better than living in a county without cell service, banks, stoplights, convenience stores, 1 gas station open at night or interstate highway. Can count the number of paved roads on 1 hand. Idaho is a bad place for liberals or liberal ideas. OMG...no 4G.

[cookcounty]

"Lot of retired Caucasian cops live in Idaho."

You must have been reading the C.J. Box novel, "Blue Heaven."

[cookcounty]

I explored the ice caves at remote Craters of the Moon with my dad when when I was 12 years old....I will never forget it.

[MamaDearest]

I’m sorry but Idaho is presently filled.

Yep, with dratted Californian liberals who drive a Prius with Obama bumper stickers on them. It's also filled with grizzlies, wolves, and black bears. The southern part of the state has rattlesnakes.

[Myrddin]

My wife is happy with her job at Chubbuck PD. I'm confident that I can find "coverage" that will put me back at the house. The current tasking has to be in the San Diego facility. No options there. A position at INL/EROB in Idaho Falls would be an expensive commute from Pokey. I'm paying $500 rent + utilities + commute + very high San Diego food prices + CA state income taxes. That's a lot of overhead to keep the good salary.

Shelley is a nice area. Had I spent a bit more time researching, I might have selected a house in Ammon. It's the smaller city east of IF that is better managed than IF. I'm actually in Chubbuck, a smaller city north of Pocatello and better managed. My wife and I enjoy trips to Yellowstone, so Ammon would have been closer. Still close to a good airport and good shopping. I like the mountains around my home in Chubbuck compared to the relative flatness of Ammon. Less traffic in the Pokey area too.

[Myrddin]

Verizon 4G LTE is active in Idaho Falls and Shelley. The footprint extends to about exit 80 on I-15. Coming to Pocatello shortly. I was home in late August and enjoyed the LTE on my Droid Bionic while traveling in IF and down I-15.

[Myrddin]

I love exploring Boy Scout cave. A good light and a good digital camera with a flash reveals superb colors. Stuff you can see with the naked eye in person.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**damn liberals spoil one state and then move on to the next..California about 30 years ago was pretty nice place***

40 years ago Colorado was a nice place till it was Californicated. Now they are ruining New Mexico!

[Kickass Conservative]

>”Because the corrupt LDS leadership has embraced amnesty for illegals as part of its new false doctrine”<

Just like my own Catholic Church. The Los Angeles Diocese is a mecca for Illegal Aliens and the Church endorses Amnesty to support a large part of their Parishioner's.

[Liberal Bob]

Yep, with dratted Californian liberals who drive a Prius with Obama bumper stickers on them. It's also filled with grizzlies, wolves, and black bears. The southern part of the state has rattlesnakes.

Don't forget the dirty water and dirty air (smoky from WA), oh yeah and skinheads and Sarah Palin look-alikes.

[mesoman7]

I’m in Chubbuck also. Moved here about 11 years ago from Illinois...need i say more?

[Myrddin]

We'll have to tag up some day when I'm making a visit home. We moved into our place in Dec 2000. My neighbor Sanju just opened up his Middle Eastern restaurant in the old Sinclair station on Yellowstone across from the park. My wife, son and daughter-in-law gave it high marks.

I rode my Fat Bob home for my birthday (from San Diego). The gravel coming off the round-a-bout on Chubbuck Rd near I-15 was tricky. I hope the contractor finished the job and made the surface bike friendly again.

Welcome to a rational town. It's refreshing to have a city council with their heads screwed on straight.

[rjamesca]

“Is high-speed internet readily available there?”

Nope, all of us smile with both teeth, have 3rd grade educations and marry our cousins. We need to get indoor plumbing and electricity before we can do computer.

No high-speed internet up here!

[goat granny]

I have a grandson that works in TV out in California, he works in videography...Out in California he says they consider him a conservative, but don't hold it against. When he comes home we all tease him cause he turned liberal. I guess you are what you are compared to...He makes good money, but not for living in California, he's be doing well in michigan if he make the same amount...I think he lives in Santa Monika now....he also does editing on trailers for new seasons.

[goat granny]

They must carry a liberal virus/bacteria. Maybe its time to give california back to Mexico......but not as long as my grandson lives there along with Free Republic :O)

[goat granny]

I went out after dark dipping smelt when I was 7, taught by daddy, but not alone, we fished together...had to clean what we got in the bucket, each had our own smelt dipping net...We never made it to the moon, lucky you...