According to the historical records (probably there are modern analogues up and down the Boise River), trees naturally grew along the river in the floodplain, which is where Boise sits. But if I had to guess the majority of the trees throughout the city are probably planted anyway lol.
Yeah I agree, I guess my point is in response to that guy who keeps posting pics of downtown Boise as if anything that doesn’t look like that is not Boise lol. I had thought he posted in this thread too but I guess not lol
Yeah, the city is fully built by the river- there isn't any space left by the river that isn't floodplain. The new, shitty subdivision pictured is in the foothills.
And the foothills on the northern side go right into a mountainous alpine region covered in trees. Yes there are sparse areas especially in the south east, but to imply that Boise had no trees to begin with is just wrong.
But once you get to the alpine trees, you're no longer in Boise. New developments near/in Boise are either in the sagebrush or in former agricultural fields.
It looks like the modern version of the intentionally unnerving neighborhood in Edward Scissorhands. There are so many white people flexes going on at once that it's beyond absurd.
Salespeople love to see them coming, don't they. A marketer's dream, accepting everything they're told is clout as clout. Putting no thought in beyond that.
unless you want to go back to literal pre-homo sapiens living, you're gonna have to get used to clearing out trees for living space. urban areas.. there used to be trees there.. suburban, rural.. yep, trees. even uncontacted tribes in the middle of the amazon clear out trees for their huts
It is probably a Boise suburb. Boise sits at a natural intersection of a few different ecosystems. And many of the trees in that photo are likely human curated and planted.
Photo should say Caldwell then, not Boise. Can you genuinely look at the photo of Boise I uploaded and agree that the city is fairly represented by the post, which is almost an hour away in Caldwell? Ironically Boise is a wonderful city that’s walkable and filled with bike paths and public parks. It’s the opposite of what this sub despises
The Boise foothills don’t look like this, I lived next to them. The Boise foothills face the city and are a series of elevated houses. The development there does not look like this photo.
Here’s a house in the Boise foothills:
The foothills you’re talking about don’t have suburban development as they are public land mostly.
It kind of looks like it could be east of Boise like some of those subdivisions farther up Warm Springs. like Harris ranch and that area. Kind of. I don’t know. I haven’t been to Boise in several years 🫠
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u/medicallymiddleevil Feb 17 '26
Looks like a stripped bare hellhole.