43 Reasons to Love Boise

There's so many reasons to love this beautiful city of ours - we picked 43 of our top reasons why we love it here so much. They're in no particular order (except #43 of course, couldn't pass up that opportunity) because there's no way we could all agree on ranking! What would you add?

1. The Greenbelt
2. The food scene
3. The potatoes + fry sauce (how do other states not have this??)
4. Hyde Park
5. The downtown area
6. Boise State University
7. The trees, so many trees!
8. The weather/seasons (all four seasons, sometimes in one day)
9. The "bikeability"
10. How nice people are
11. The speed limit on the freeway
12. Shakespeare Festival
13. Local wineries
14. Trails (all of them! Hiking, biking, UTV)
15. Bogus Basin
16. Camping nearby
17. Parks
18. Saturday Farmer's Markets
19. Renaissance Fair
20. Axe Throwing
21. Close proximity to larger cities (road trip!)
22. Boise Art Museum
23. Lake and River Access
24. Mountain Access
25. View of the mountains!
26. Low crime
27. Treefort Music Fest
28. Western Idaho Fair
29. Walkability in Downtown
30. We're the Gem State
31. Botanical Gardens
32. Wildlife
33. Dog friendly city
34. Train Depot
35. Rafting the Boise River
36. Sustainable Restaurants
37. Wine country (Ranked #1 in wine consumption for 2020, we're proud of it)
38. Winter activities (ice skating, sledding, skiing!)
39. Freak Alley
40. The Basque Block
41. White Water Rafting
42. The community - all of you!
43. Hotel 43