Sandwiched between the music-industry-centric SXSW and the U.S.’s most high-profile music festival, Coachella, Treefort couldn’t be much more different than either: It’s a music festival with almost no industry presence or corporate sponsorships, and operated almost entirely by volunteers. How does the city - dubbed “The West’s Best-Kept Secret” - continue its sprawl without encroaching on the precious wilderness? Or become overpriced, overcrowded, and overhyped like the PacWest’s two bigger cities, Seattle and Portland? Meanwhile, how does Treefort expand without going the way of South by Southwest, which crescendoed about three years ago after oversaturating its hometown of Austin, Texas? Now, Boise and Treefort are facing a similar predicament. They could indulge in their favorite local acts, as well as national artists that might not otherwise visit Boise, by walking just a few blocks. Finally, Boise residents didn’t have to drive seven hours to attend Bumbershoot in Seattle or MusicfestNW in Portland. Six years ago, the City of Trees also climbed aboard the music-festival train, launching the Treefort Music Fest.
Boise is a bright blue dot in an otherwise crimson-red state. On the other, the growth isn’t surprising given the city’s enthusiastic embrace of trends like buy-local branding, craft-beer brewing and food composting (the latter of which was just introduced citywide two weeks ago). On the one hand, Boise’s growth is remarkable in mostly rural Idaho at a time when America’s white working class is dwindling - and despairing.
Most of them set up camp in the city so they can conveniently revel in the nearby wilderness and all its trappings: ski runs, bike paths, hiking trails and hot springs.
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Even in downtown, a 1-square-mile patch in a river-lined valley beneath scenic mountains, it’s not unusual to see people make way for ducklings or spy a stray rabbit.Īlso living in Boise (pronounced BOY-See, not Boy-ZEE) are about 215,000 human beings - a significant uptick from the 136,000 who lived in the Pacific Northwest city in 1990. It just feels like the right place."įoxes, beavers, deer, cranes, hawks, and even golden eagles reside in Boise, Idaho, the remotest large city in the U.S. " I have a feeling I'm going to live here someday.
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