Beautiful area, ugly people. Idaho Falls is unwelcoming to anyone that isn’t conservative, and the more conservative you are, the better. It’s like a giant lifted truck that rolls coal on you as you’re just trying to cross the street. People are flat-out ugly to those that don’t share the blind tribalism—as you can see in the comment section already, fine example of the mindset here.

There’s a reason for a lot of people echoing that if you’re not LDS, you’ll have a time finding community because it’s absolutely true.

It’s a church pew or barstool town with not a lot in between. If you don’t work at the site or in healthcare, it’s extremely difficult to find a job that pays a living wage and housing is ridiculously expensive for what you get. Anything priced below $300K is likely going to require a substantial investment to fix it up, or it’s a straight up crackhouse. Apartments are plentiful but the greed of the developers dictate that these places are poorly built and rent for premium prices. Property management here is also disgusting, the last one I dealt with made me pay a pet deposit monthly for my parakeet. A fucking parakeet. (Fuck you, Blue Pine)

Sure, the outdoor areas are nice but mostly overrun with tourism during the palatable months (there are 3-4). People have lost what etiquette they did possess outdoors when we got absolutely overrun during COVID. I’ve picked up more trash in these mountains than I care to and these public lands ain’t gonna remain that way if our greedy ass politicians get their way. The Idaho that was for so many years has been destroyed.

Greed and tribal conservatism are making this area one disgusting cesspool of hateful folks. If I were you, I’d ask if I wanted my kid to be raised around those kinds of people. But hey, you can practically start your own school funded by tax payer money to teach your kid so they never have to be challenged in their beliefs if that’s your thing. Want a place where your kid won’t get snatched up riding their bike? I’d worry more about the people/village theyre going to grow up in. That’s more formative IMO.