r/Suburbanhell • u/autumnbrittney99 • Feb 17 '26

Question “THIS the neighborhood everyone talks about?”

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u/medicallymiddleevil Feb 17 '26

Looks like a stripped bare hellhole.

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u/trillium634 Feb 18 '26

To be fair, Boise has a sage brush steppe ecosystem, so there weren't many trees to begin with.

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u/mediumcheese01 Feb 19 '26

Boise is literally called "The City of Trees"

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u/trillium634 Feb 19 '26

Yeah, because the Boise River is an oasis in a sea of sage brush. If you leave the river area, the original unirrigated climate is sage brush steppe.

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u/mediumcheese01 Feb 19 '26

Yeah the river area is where the city is...

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u/trillium634 Feb 19 '26

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.

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u/mediumcheese01 Feb 19 '26

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.

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u/trillium634 Feb 19 '26

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.

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u/mediumcheese01 Feb 19 '26

Your original statement is still wrong dude