ITS
ITS NO
ITS NO SECRET .. THAT IDAHO IS NO LONGER THE UNDISCOVERED GEM
STATE.
2020 CENSUS DATA
SHOWS IDAHO IS THE
FASTEST GROWING STATE...
WITH A POPULATION
INCREASE OF 2.12
PERCENT FROM 2019.
THE BOISE VALLEY
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
FOUND THAT OVER A
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD,
CALIFORNIANS MADE UP
46 PERCENT OF
MIGRATION TO THE
VALLEY.
MANY NATIVE IDAHOANS
HAVE WATCHED THEIR
STATE TRANSFORM OVER
THE YEARS. AND SOME
FEAR THAT IDAHO IS
BECOMING THE NEXT
CALIFORNIA.
OUR KATIJA STJEPOVIC
DID SOME DIGGING INTO
EXACTLY WHY
CALIFORNIANS ARE
FLOCKING TO THE AREA AT
SUCH RAPID RATES. AND
THE IMPACT THAT MANY
IDAHOANS ARE SEEING
UNFOLD RIGHT BEFORE
THERE EYES.
THERE EYES.
1:28
1:28 OUR
1:28 OUR BIGGEST REGRET RIGHT NOW IS NOT DOING IT SOONER1:32
DYLAN ANDERSON
MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY
TO THE TREASURE VALLEY
IN JULY.
THEY CAME FROM SAN
DIEGO CALIFORNA FOR
THE VERY SAME REASON
SO MANY OTHERS MAKE
THE MOVE
9:08 TO RAISE A FAMILY IN
A FUN ENVIRONMENT,
CLEAN ENVIRONMENT,
SAFE ENVIRONMENT,
WHICH YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIA IS KIND OF
GOING TO THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION 9:12
WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO
CHANGE ANYTHING 1:47
AS OPPOSED TO RED
VERSUS BLUE OR
ANYTHING ALONG THOSE
LINES,
BUT MANY NATIVE
IDAHOANS LIKE CARRIE
DESPOT SAY CHANGES
OVER THE YEARS ARE
BECOMING MORE
NOTICABLE NOW AND THE
CONCERN? NOT
NECESSARILY POLITICS
2:16 I GREW UP CAMPING
EVERY WEEKEND AND WE
HAVE MY FAVORITE SPOTS
THAT I ALWAYS GO TO
AND I CAN'T EVEN TAKE
MY KIDS THERE BECAUSE
THEY'RE FULL 2:25 ,
THERE'S TRASH LEFT
BEHIND 2:35 YEAH WE
COULD SAY ITS ALL
CALIFORNIAS BUT THE
FACT OF THE MATTER IS
ITS ALL THE PEOPLE
MOVING HERE
DESPOT SAYS THE
CONCEPT OF PEOPLE
MOVING TO IDAHO FROM
OUT OF STATE WASN'T
FOREIGN GROWING UP,
BUT SHE SAYS OVER THE
LAST FIFTEEN YEARS, THE
GROWTH HAS BEEN HARD
TO IGNORE.
:25 WHEN I GREW UP
HERE THIS WAS KIND OF A
SLEEPY, BORING TOWN
LIKE I ALMOST COULDN'T
WAIT TO MOVE AWAY
NOW, DESPOT LONGS FOR
A LIFE IN THAT SLEEPY
LITTLE TOWN.
EVERY TIME I TURN
AROUND THERE'S A PIECE
OF LAND THAT'S BEEN
DEVELOPED ON AND NOT
ONLY HAS IT BEEN
DEVELOPED BUT MAYBE
INSTEAD OF BUILDING 30
HOUSES, THEY BUILD 60
1:20 BUTTED
1:40 AS AN IDAHO NATIVE,
THE LOOK AND FEEL OF
OUR STATE HAS CHANGED
A LOT AND THERE'S PROS
AND CONS
CLARK KRAUSE IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT
BOISE VALLEY ECONOMIC
PARTNERSHIP AND HE
AGREES, THERE ARE PROS
AND CONS.
HE SAYS THE PERCENTAGE
OF CALIFORNIANS
MOVING TO IDAHO
INCREASED BY TEN
PERCENT IN THE LAST 5-10
YEARS AND HE DOESN'T
BLAME THEM
8:58 PEOPLE HAVE
DISCOVERED THIS PLACE
IN THE MOST NATURAL
WAY AND NOW ARE
GETTING ACCOLADES DAY
IN A DAY OUT ABOUT
HOW
HOW GOOD
HOW GOOD THIS PLACE IS FOR COVID RECOVERY, UNEMPLOYMENT, WHERE
TO FIND A JOB, WHERE IS
THE OPPORTUNITY,
QUALITY OF LIFE, AND
LIVING
KRAUSE SAYS OVER THE
LAST THREE TO FOUR
YEARS, MANY NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA COMPANIES
MOVED TO THE VALLEY...
WHICH IN THE LONG
TERM, BRINGS MORE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
TO IDAHOANS.
10:26 THERE'S JUST BEEN
THIS AMAZING ORGANIC
GROWTH HERE AND NOW
I THINK WE ARE SEEING
PEOPLE DISCOVER THAT I
THINK WE WILL ALWAYS BE
ONE OF THOSE PLACES
THAT, THE GREATEST
THINGS THAT ARE GOING
TO GROW ARE GOING TO
COME FROM WITHIN 10:32
BUT IS GROWTH REALLY
SOMETHING NEW TO
IDAHO? OR HAS IT BEEN
DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE
GEM STATE'S PAST?
8:25 THOSE TRIGGERS
WHEN YOU FIND OPPORTUNITY AND THERE
IS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS A
PATTERN THAT EXISTS
THROUGHOUT HUMAN
HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY
IN THE HISTORY OF THE
AMERICAN WEST 8:39
BUTTED 14:16 SO WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE PACE
AND THE MOVEMENT OF
VOLUME TODAY IT MAY
NOT BE AS DIFFERENT AS
THE MIGRATION PATTERNS
THAT THE STATE HAS SEEN
IN THE PAST 14:28
HANNALORE HEIN, AN
IDAHO STATE HISTORIAN
SAYS.. IDAHO HAS A
DIVERSE AMOUNT OF
GROWTH IN ITS PAST.
20:13 AT ONE POINT
IDAHOS POPULATION
INCLUDED ALMOST 25
PERCENT PEOPLE OF
CHINESE DESCENT AND
OUR BASQUE POPULATION
IS VERY LARGE IN
RELATION TO OTHER
BASQUE POPULATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD, WE
HAVE A VERY STRONG
MORMON INFLUENCE
AND THAT ACTUALLY
SPANS ALL THE WAY BACK
TO BEFORE WE WERE EVEN
CONSIDERED A TERRITORY
20:48
THEN WHY DOES IT SEEM
LIKE SO MUCH CHANGE
SO QUICKLY? ONE
FACTOR..
FACTOR.. IDAHOS LANDSCAPE.. 24:18 MORE THAN HALF
OF OUR STATE IS NOT
OPEN TO SETTLEMENT A
LARGE PORTION OF THAT
LAND IS ACTUALLY HELD
WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF
NATIONAL FORESTS AND
SO I THINK THAT ALSO
IMPACTS AND ALSO
DRIVES
DRIVES TO
DRIVES TO AN EXTENT, WHY PEOPLE COME HERE BUT ALSO WHERE THEY
CAN GO WHEN THEY GET
HERE. 24:40
THE REASONS MANY
IDAHOANS CHOSE NEVER
TO LEAVE THE STATE THEY
GREW UP IN.. ARE THE
SAME REASONS SO MANY
CALIOFORNIAS ARE
FLOCKING TO IT
:43 ITS A GREAT PLACE TO
RAISE A FAMILY, THERE'S A
LOT OF NICE PEOPLE HERE,
YOU HAVE THE
OUTDOORS, WE HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CITY, WE
HAVE OUR RURAL
COMMUNITIES, BUT WE
HAVE THE MOUNTAIN THE
RIVER AND ALL OF
THAT:58
DESPOT SAYS WHETHER
YOU ARE NEW TO THE
STATE OR HAVE LIVED
HERE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE,
YOU TOO CAN HELP KEEP
IDAHO, IDAHO.
9:58 AS AN IDAHO
NATIVE, I DON'T WANT
EVERYONE TO THINK THAT
I HATE THEM AS THEY
ENTER OUR STATE ITS NOT
MY STATE14:15 YOU CAME
HERE FOR A REASON, SO
LET'S TRY TO KEEP IT
PRISTINE, LETS TRY TO
KEEP IT AS BEAUTIFUL AS
IT IS AND LETS TRY TO
WORK TOGETHER
BECAUSE THERE'S NO
SENSE IN FIGHTING IT
1:43 WE WANT TO BE LIKE
IDAHO, WE WANTED TO
GET OUT OF CALIFORNIA,
WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO
CHANGE ANYTHING 1:47
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