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Anyone on here from Idaho?

LogGrad98 said:
Vast oversimplification, but mostly accurate. Rexburg is insanely quiet. The church is pretty strong there, and there is next to nothing ever going on. There is a decent amount of redneckery, but not overwhelmingly so. My wife went to Rick's (at the time.....BYU Idaho now) and we have visited many times to keep in touch with friends, and I would never consider moving there, and she wouldn't either. She liked her time in college, and made some very good friends we have both become friends with, and with whom we keep in touch, but there is nothing about the town or the general area that would make us want to move there. In fact I had a job opportunity, oh maybe 10 years ago, in that area, and we decided they would have to offer me somewhere north of 50% more than I was making at the time to make the move. But to each his own. Some people might really like that rural-trying-to-be-a-real-town-like-Logan feel. It just isn't for us.
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Exactly, I think I will die if I live in Rexburg. I will be making about 40-50k more than I am now but that is still not really worth it for me. I here Idaho Falls is nice so if I live there and commute to Rexburg I will try and make it work. Does anyone know if that's doable?
 
I have a buddy who lives in Xberg and commutes to IF every day... he says it is no big deal unless weather is bad then you ahve to be sure to plan cuase that stretch of road can get pretty nasty. also look out for cops, they lie in wait for college kids to drive by going to fast but they wont think twice about pulling someone over such as myself.... (happend twice last year)

its is doable though.... is it desirable?... prob nots.
 
Hack said:
I like potatoes
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There are the potatoes they serve in heaven.

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Beantown said:
Exactly, I think I will die if I live in Rexburg. I will be making about 40-50k more than I am now but that is still not really worth it for me. I here (sic) Idaho Falls is nice so if I live there and commute to Rexburg I will try and make it work. Does anyone know if that's doable?
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^ hear

good luck


By the way, eons ago I was a bit of a groupie of the Famous Potatoes, a basic bar band made up of guys primarily from Idaho. They could really rock the house. They'd hit the Chicago bar scene circuit every few months.
 
I've spent 2 afternoons in Rexburg. They both sucked.

On the bright side my bro is Mormon and when he lived there he hated it.
 
Ever seen Napoleon Dynamite? It really isn't far off that.
 
Places don't suck. People suck. If you don't suck as a person, you can make a place fun.

*Life lessons learned from growing up in Mississippi*
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Places don't suck. People suck. If you don't suck as a person, you can make a place fun.

*Life lessons learned from growing up in Mississippi*
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I think there is so some truth to that. I also think a big consideration is just time though. If you have hours to blow, place probably matters a bit more. The one thing I've always wondered though when people are contemplating moving anywhere for job purposes is how much time do they think they have to be "different" from place to place? Because if you have job, your schedule isn't likely to shift that much. You'll still put in your 30-60 hrs/wk or whatever depending on what you do, and often time these so called "desirible" places are more demanding on your work time and/or require a commute. Then say, you work out 3-10 hrs/week or whatever.....that wouldn't change depending on place. Hours spent sleeping wouldn't change. If you enjoy any screen entertainments, the hours you put into that wouldn't likely change. The time you spent with family...probably wouldn't change. Reading...wouldn't change. Most people are probably squabbling over a mere few hours a week where anything would be drastically different in their lives from place to place.
 
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Idaho Falls has a lot of growth on the east side (shopping, housing), which is in my opinion, where I would look for housing. It's also a bit closer to Rexburg.
The drive isn't to bad, it's a spilt highway, basically like a freeway. As stated though, watch for the cops.

I lived in St Anthony, (Northeast of Rexburg) and drove to IF daily. I'm more of a small town rural hick that likes that life, but still want to be close enough to the city for the city life when wanted.




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midnight_hwy said:
Idaho Falls has a lot of growth on the east side (shopping, housing), which is in my opinion, where I would look for housing. It's also a bit closer to Rexburg.
The drive isn't to bad, it's a spilt highway, basically like a freeway. As stated though, watch for the cops.

I lived in St Anthony, (Northeast of Rexburg) and drove to IF daily. I'm more of a small town rural hick that likes that life, but still want to be close enough to the city for the city life when wanted.




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Good to know thank so much for the input.
 
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