Qualla: Boise: The Idaho Capital Where California Refugees Landed https://qualla.com/boise en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Boise: The Idaho Capital Where California Refugees Landed https://qualla.com/boise Boise: The Idaho Capital Where California Refugees Landed: Introduction https://qualla.com/boise/ Boise spent a century as a nice place no one had heard of - the Idaho capital, surrounded by mountains and sagebrush, growing slowly while everyone moved to California. Then California became unaffordable, remote work became possible, and Boise became a destination. The city of 230,000 (metro area of 750,000) has grown faster than almost anywhere in America, housing prices tripling, traffic appearing on roads designed for a smaller population, the question of identity suddenly urgent. Is Boise still the laid-back Western town that residents loved, or is it becoming a suburb of everywhere? The growth has brought restaurants and culture and diversity; it's also brought the problems that the refugees were fleeing.

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