MOVIN’ ON UP
Urban Immigration Movement Hits Idaho City
By Headwaters News, 2-20-07
Boise is starting to look a lot like U.S. cities in the early 20th century, when rural folk moved into the city for the jobs and cheaper living. A study done by and reported on by the Idaho Statesman shows that 43 percent of newcomers to Ada and Canyon counties from 2000 to 2005 moved from other places in Idaho. Only 11 percent came from California.
The data used comes from IRS tax-return address changes from 2000 to 2005 collected by the Charlotte Observer, a newspaper in North Carolina. It shows that the top four of five counties funneling people into the two urban counties are Idaho counties, while the fifth is Maricopa County in Arizona.
The Idaho Statesman reports, though, that while many Idahoans are moving to the “big city” for the jobs, the affordable housing and the amenities, those moving from out of state are attracted to the city’s smaller size. All told, that influx is increasing traffic and congestion, and much of the blame for burgeoning urban problems still falls on Californians — deserved or not.
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