It’s been better in Boise and Helena for most of the last 10 years before this recession. That’s a broad average. There are other cities I could have mentioned, but I’ll just stick with the ones I’ve previously mentioned. Muah.I bet it's about the same in Boise and Helena.
I suppose you could find some odd duck small town with plenty of land and surprisingly high wages, probably skewed by a big government complex or defense base, where if you got a job there you'd be king of the hill and if not youd be in the same situation or worse than SLC.
Housing prices have a funny tendency of matching what people can afford. For 30 years out.
I bet it's about the same in Boise and Helena.
I suppose you could find some odd duck small town with plenty of land and surprisingly high wages, probably skewed by a big government complex or defense base, where if you got a job there you'd be king of the hill and if not youd be in the same situation or worse than SLC.
Housing prices have a funny tendency of matching what people can afford. For 30 years out.
*What people coming in from other states/countries can afford. Not people in the state and not me, unfortunately (yet)
Forgot about this thread.
6 months later and we have decided not to pursue a move anymore. I read what everyone said here and that’s exactly why I posted here because I knew I’d get good and honest feedback.
My baby girl just turned 1 this month and we have a baby boy due in May. We live comfortably to the point where my wife doesn’t have to work thankfully. Plan is to stay here for a couple more years and then look at moving again.
My job has promotion opportunities every once in a while at the corporate level and they are located in a much better area near Phoenix that we both love. Hopefully, that will become a realistic option in the future for us.
We did end up going on vacation to Utah back in July and we love it every time. The reality is we’d rather live comfortably here and go on vacation to Utah rather than moving there and being house broke essentially which is what I learned would happen based on the responses in this thread.