IdahoBeav
WKR
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2017
- Messages
- 868
My house appreciated 60% in the two years before I bought it. This was a lot of money. Had the economy kept on pace. I would no longer be able to afford if I were to buy it today. I and others priced out anyone that wanted to live in Idaho and could not afford a $0.5 million+ house, which is a lot of people.You mentioned moving in recently and tradesmen having to move out of the area, who exactly do you think you priced out of the market when you bought your place?
These are all irrelevant whataboutism questions.Do you think they loved the area for the public lands (that can be for recreation, not just wildlife)?
Do you think your opinion is shared amongst the community in which you reside?
Or did you just move there and go "ah hell man this is great, we should sell a slice to everyone so no one has a good view"?
Yes, I'm a civil engineer. It's part of my job.Have you ever thought about what human population a landscape can tolerate, and if your area has reached (or breached) that point?
Not very many are making a living in the mountains, but I suppose you're living near the mountains if you're making a living there. Who else should be able to live near the mountains? Just you? No one else should be allowed to build a house there?Also you can speak for yourself on playing mountain man every fall, some of us actually live in & make our livings in the mountains. Your opinion that "barren lands" should be sold off is a joke. No one wants to move to actual barren lands like what exists in BFE SoCal/NV. They will move in to critical winter habitat that has drillable water and views of the mountains.
Yes, a lot of people want to live in barren lands. See Corona, CA, Vegas, South Boise, etc. Much of these areas border federal lands that are not critical to wildlife.