[quote=spdrun]Looks like a whole lot of cookie-cutter McHouses on that broker’s site. 🙂

But I have a question: the video (best played at 50% speed!!!) showed a lot of deciduous greenery, including “wild” areas along hiking trails. The mountains behind Boise look like desert, something you’d find in AZ or NV. Is Boise in a valley with a micro-climate, or is this all due to irrigation?

BTW – if you search for “idaho corruption”, you can see that Idaho isn’t immune. And also has a large problem with fruits and nuts of the wannabe Nazi persuasion.[/quote]

Large scale farm irrigation. Boise is on Great Basin Plateau. Think San Bernandino or maybe Fallbrook.

There is a natural forest on the ridge above so for the trees in city, those may be natural with run off from the snow pack. Boise itself gets only 11 inches of rain a year. Fallbrook averages 16.