I'm from old Europe, and many of us have this idea, this feeling about Americans being our children from a cultural aspect. And children are raised to be better, achieve more and fulfill life. Well done! I am proud of you. ❤
Thank you for this comment and for watching my video. America really is a country of the world’s children and grandchildren. I’ve never thought of it that way. Thats an interesting perspective.
Our family just moved here from the Spokane area 3-4 weeks ago. It's astonishing how much safer we feel as a family living in Idaho. I can take my kids to the park and not feel like I'm constantly looking over my shoulder (I still check my surroundings, but I don't feel as apprehensive as I did while living in WA). The parks are much cleaner, and there's always plenty of other families there too.
Welcome! My son lives in spokane and we hate going there. We are in the cda, hayden area. Love seeing people with similar values move in!! We are stronger together!!
Amen brother, very sorry for your loss. I am a native Californian in my 60's who does not recognized my home state. Don't be so tolerant of crazy ideas unless you what to look like California. That's my 2 cents.
Spent a whole week in CDA in May, went to research myself. Wow!!! What a clean and safe and conservative place. Always was drawn to ID, but learned about CDA through your channel. I do intend to purchase in the CDA lake area and will be reaching out to you for sure. CDA made me appreciate living in Kern County CA, its rural and conservative, plagued by Commiefornia policies, but still remains friendly and conservative. God Bless man!
I’m in rural western Washington and my husband and I have always been self-sufficient; hunting, homeschooling our kids, enjoying the beauty of the area and just wishing to be left alone as tax paying citizens. However, our state and county governments are making this near impossible here. Our county even sent us a notice to turn in our neighbors when we see them committing an ‘environmental” offense. Our house will be on the market next month and we’ve already started searching in North Idaho - the true USA.
Truth. Just got back from three days looking around Coeur D'Alene - just a bunch of friendly people, the polar opposite of the people here in western WA. As walked around the parks and hiking trails the one thing that stuck out was no litter and didn't hear a bunch of young people cussing like it was normal conversation etiquette. The move east can't come soon enough......
Currently living in Liberty Lake but the ever encroaching long arm of our draconian lawmakers here in Washington make me fearful, especially as a single dad of a 4 year old. Problem is prices in Post Falls/CDA/Hayden are crazy high. But I'm looking to get into Idaho soon and escape Washington.
Thank you for everything you are saying in this video. My family and I are actively searching for a new place to put down roots. I am grateful there are still places out there that align with our beliefs and core values.
I would sum it up in one word, freedom. I've lived in California and Washington and I'm here in Idaho for my freedom. I'm free to live life the way I want without anyone from my neighbor to the government telling me what to do.
As a Canadian that has visited Idaho many times, all i can say is it is beautiful, safe and smart. Alberta is still kinda like Idaho but our Federal government is trying to crush us. Hopefully our premier is willing to fight to save us from the woke culture. The world is changing.....
I know that home prices are rising quickly. Both rent and purchase. Yes I want to move and have chickens, and a garden, and be out doors. I wouldn't trust the government to run a lemonade stand. I have no interest in how to live my life.
Wow! So that’s been a thing for a long time. Where do you think it originated from? Do you think that sentiment grew from the ultra hardened mill workers, lumberjacks and miners watching wealthy, soft handed, smooth talking Californians come buy up their town and raise prices on everything? That’s something I never really thought about before. Interested to hear your thoughts.
I'm still in Southern California(behind enemy lines). I just went to the Dr. and had a good talk with him. Overall it seems that the insurance companies are moving everything to a digital database so AI will diagnose people and doctors will eventually lose their licenses if they try to go off of their experience. I know therapists will lose their licenses if they don't go along with children when they pretend and fantasize that they are something when they are not. Like when a girl says she's a boy or a tree. The same goes for schools. I know in the Boise area this is happening too. They are pretending there are a bunch of genders. I'm curious what's happening in Northern Idaho. BTW, did you know a bill passed called The Infrastructure Bill will allow the technology for a car to be able to turn itself off? They are requiring it to be installed by 2026. 19 Republicans who voted in favor of the bill. James Risch & Mike Crapo of Idaho both did.
Good job! So sorry about your brother. My younger brother also passed way to young. I've lived in the same house in the Spokane Valley since 1989 and boy has it changed (and not in a good way). Cheers, Kevin
love your vids! Idaho is WONDWEFUL! We moved up between Priest River and Priest Lake about 13 years ago. There is a price to be paid. we're now moving because we can sell our 20 acres here and get enough to pay cash for a 250 acre ranch in another similar conservative state. Idaho has always been beautiful, it also used to have a low cost of living. not so much anymore... :(
Well said Trent. After being away from Northern Idaho for a couple decades, I’ve been trying to convince my wife that we should retire up there somewhere. My parents had a place on Spirit Lake many moons ago, but I loved it up there. Priest Lake and someplace around Pend Oreille are my top choices. Bear with me, I will make a believer out of her yet! 😉Jack
Here’s the strategy, you just play my videos quietly late at night while she’s sleeping. Slowly you start changing computer backgrounds, cell phone backgrounds and photos around your house to beautiful images of Idaho. (Email explore@livinglifenorthidaho.com for some of my favorite photos I’ve taken over the years) Eventually she’ll “have the idea” that Idaho would be a neat place to live. “We should go check it out sometime.” Boom! It’s now here idea that she came up with all on her own… Or maybe this was the plot in the movie Focus and won’t work at all. Or maybe it will… Anyway, let me know how it goes. Fingers crossed for you. 😆
I was born in Idaho. Well, Jerome, Twin Falls area. My mother's family lived in the area, and many descendants still do. I have lived in western Washington most of my life. I have yearned to get away from this area since I graduated from college. My husband is finally on board with relocating to northern Idaho. But, we have a business and a household to move. How do we even begin?
It’s actually Huckleberry Mountain. I misspoke when I said Huckleberry Hill (Although that does have a ring to it.) You get to it by parking directly across from the Fernan Rod and Gun Club heading towards Fernan Saddle.
Great video Trent. I do have a question though. Why does the city of Coeur d’Alene allow gay pride day in June in the downtown parks, most of the people attending. These are not even from Idaho. They love to push their agenda down our throats, why doesn’t our mayor and city Council be strong and stand up against this abomination of homosexuality?
What is the breakdown of people moving there? Is it mostly retired public employees (police and fire) with pensions or people who need to find jobs after their move?
Hey man great video im from Canada. Im currently living on the border with Washington state and have been considering moving to a place like north idaho for these exact reasons. Canada isnt free anymore
There are many that feel and live the same in Oregon and we are desperately trying to change the representation boundaries to Idaho, unfortunately, we are outnumbered politically.
Yes. Sorry about that. My friends, the few conservatives I know here, moved 5 years ago but now nothing is affordable for me. So I’ll stay and fight here.
I'm reading that Idaho is telling farmers that they can't use the water they need. Conserving... yet the rivers are full and Mountains still have snow. Is there truth to this?
I personally feel this story is being blown way out of proportion. I’m not an expert in this topic but this is my understanding. Yes, down in southeast Idaho some farmers are being told to hold off on watering their crops. No I don’t think this is a conspiracy. Here’s why. There are two different types of water usage rights. Senior and junior. The junior water rights are only available for usage after the senior water right holders have exercised their usage rights. My understanding is the senior water right holders have used more than usual this year in combination with lower precipitation and snowpack the last few years lowering the water supply. So in order to not create a massive problem for everyone a law was put in to effect 10 years ago that would trigger if too much water was used. It would limit the junior water right holders usage rights. That’s why we’re seeing these stories on this issue. Now it sounds simple enough, use the water in the lakes and rivers because it’s there and food is important. But there are massive, long lasting effects from doing that and it is not a sustainable solution. We can say, Hey, the lakes and rivers are full, we have plenty of water.” But unless you have looked at the data and charts going back decades you really have no idea if it’s enough or not. Everything is interconnected so solving one problem with a quick fix always has an effect on something else. Our leadership isn’t new and they don’t have a track record of doing shady, conspiracy type things. This problem is complicated and I think we need to have a little faith they’re gonna figure it out.
I’m sorry, if I hear one more person say “I just moved here and I’m Conservative Christian” I’m going to scream. Idaho is the “you do you, I’ll do me, but if you need help let me know”. Not the. “My beliefs are the only way” state. Encouraging people to mind their business, but help their neighbors is really the only thing that matters to old school Idaho.
So Conservative Christians aren't welcome here? Most of them are actually "you do you, I'll do me, just don't expect me to affirm you" types of people.
We wish that we had moved there 25 years ago rather than where we are now. It was on our list but other things had taken precedence at the time. Things that are no longer as important as we thought they were at the time. Lol hundsight is better than foresight.
Well done video. Great that you tell it as it is without trying to be a simple money grabber real estate guy. Idaho is a state that deserves to stay its mainly conservative course.
I would like to know how Idahoans are going to survive when the farmers have their water shut down??? AG is the baseline to all Idaho economics!!! What say You?
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho Are you kidding me right now? Snake River. How do you not know this as a 32 year resident. Oh ya, you're busy selling homes to Californians
the problem is that most of the people moving here are bringing here all the problems they had in cali. at some point we have to realize that the problem may just be the people. i have lived here for a very long time. this idea that it is none of other people's business what i do is great in theory but our government in idaho is becoming more authoritarian every day. conservative? not if you actually understand what that is! corporate stooge? that is more like it. for example, suddenly, in this free state, cities cannot choose to regulate short term rentals that are severely damaging our towns. there are many more such authoritarian and stoogie dictates from the corrupt state bosses. the fact is that when you have monopoly of governance, you have disaster. the only real governance happens in balance in swing states and they are also the states who actually control our national politics. as soon as a state become either dem or republican, it goes to hell. now your government has monopoly and does not have to work for you which is the problem. that is why we call them public servants. just that with monopoly, that servant thing becomes a flag they wave to distract you while they pick your pockets clean.
I don’t disagree with you on many of your points. Right now we’re living in a time where it’s hyper focused on the problems with no real practical solutions to fixing them. In comparison of state governance nationwide, Idaho is doing well enough that it’s drawing in 1000’s of people. There is no perfect government and like all systems that are overhauled regularly they become stale and rotted. I know that most Idahoans believe in the Live and Let Live philosophy so that’s the slogan we need Idahoans to have and with enough people holding that as a truth it’s more likely for them to vote with that mentality in mind. With that said, I don’t think we have a governance problem, we have worsening governance because of our voting problem. The power of our collectivism has been challenged and the value of our vote feels degraded more than ever. They’re either too dismissive of the power of their vote or attempting a sort of silent protest by not voting. And what’s worse, those who are voting vote for the people they’re told to vote for without any real research so we keep getting these radicals and corporate shills wrecking our communities. If we can just Make Voting Powerful Again we may still have a chance to change the course of this country without getting bloody in the streets. That’s my belief anyway.
@@LivingLifeNorthIdaho i agree 100%. the problem is that the people who are coming are increasingly not of the live and let live variety but low information hyper partisans who vote against everyone's benefit. i gave up on parties in the 70's when it became too obvious that they were only focused on gaining monopolies of power so they could benefit themselves instead of serving the people. we can blame the voters all we want, and i do quite a lot of that too, but with all the money going into pure lies, it is almost a full time occupation to educate one's self to recognize fact from fiction. as long as the parties mislead and manipulate everything, it is no wonder that majority of the citizens have opinions based on pure and provable bs! corporate takeover of everything is the problem and most people agree with that but then they fall for the partisan games that both parties play because they are both mostly owned by corporations. the few members who are not corporate stooges are constantly lied about by corporate media. we are a welfare state for the rich and the inequity of earnings between the rich few and the rest of us for the past 50yrs is the unarguable proof. cda area, kootenai county is going through the same thing that la county went through. i can't see much of the night sky anymore. look at the traffic. going from 13k to over 52k population in 30 or so years is just insane. yes, it is still beautiful here but our aquifer cannot handle the current population, never mind more growth. already many wells have dried up on the east side. a couple of dry years and our aquifer which is not an underground lake but an underground river will dry up. still we all act as if growth is an option. i predicted this in the 80's. mark my words. in the next 25yrs, we are going to have water shortage, major fire, major flood, major mud slide, and quite possibly volcanic and seismic activity not to mention other less probable but quite possible major disasters. i studied this area for my geo-physics research. you are young and will be here. i will be, thank God, long dead. you just remember this if you live through it. we have far surpassed the sustainable population in this county. mother nature is about to correct that short sited human folly.
I'm born and raised in California and I absolutely hate it here! This state is so corrupt and anti-Constitution it is insane! I'm looking into moving there. How do they treat California people? I'm definitely a patriot., not a libtard!
I've not seen or heard of any real aggression towards folks from California, but there does seem to be a stigma. Just get your Idaho plates as soon as you can. Love living here, it's like going back in time to the America/California I grew up in many years ago. We're not perfect here, and it's getting crowded, but it's still a great place to be and so completely different from Cali. Bring your patriotic love for this country and join us.
I’ve meet 50/50 so far. 50% California and other states which are trash for coming here and 50% knowing and having the right mentality for being here. I’ll eventually leave the USA and Idaho is the last stand I have.
Great no help if you need it? I guess if you can’t feed yourself your screwed? You just take a gun out and go hunt? I have hunted there with a guide in the 1990’s with my dad! It was a great horse ride into the mountains to a camp! I remember a 7x7 elk was just across a ridge and within 30 yards and he knew I didn’t have a tag! My dad used his earlier in the week! Asked the guide to sell us one he said I have only one! It’s to fill my freezer at the end of the season! Boy was that a disappointment! But we left with 3 female elk and 2 deer between 4 of us! I was young! I was about 16 or 17! Boy was I upset! But I loved the magnificent power and beautiful animal he was! He stood there for about 20 minutes while we stopped and sat on the horses and just watched him!
You seem like a good guy, and we’d probably get along just fine. I find it interesting though that all the folks who are for government staying out of our business rarely are really for government staying out of our business. As long as their belief systems are held up, all is well. And they’re just fine pushing their beliefs on other folks! I’m not for the government taking your guns away, well, not your hunting guns and maybe a small firearm used to protect your family, but when has a gun toter ever risen to the occasion when we’ve had school shootings, mall shootings, post office, etc.? I don’t think most good ole fashioned folks see their own hypocrisy. I’d probably be better suited for living in Idaho than I would California but I’d raise my Pride flag just as quick as some of the backwoods cuckoos raise their tRump flag, or sedition flags, or any other ideologies they want to preach.
I feel sorry for you guys, I live in Scottsdale, just outside of Phoenix Arizona the California people moved here in droves in the 90s and have already screwed our state up. They are like locust they ruin one area and pick up and move to another. They leave California but take their politics with their. Good luck
Man, nobody, and I mean NOBODY from Cali WANTS to move to that potato state. Californians are FORCED to move because of politics and cost of living in their home state. Get over yourselves.
Morality is not a virtue i would be willing to give up to live in your state. What is done in private will one day be paraded down the street. America was great, because America was good and when she ceased to be good she did in fact cease to be great. You lectured us in your video about live and let live then you went on to moralize about the very issues you said done speak about. What this tells me is that Idaho people want their cake and to eat it too. Unless people have the freedom to speak truth in the marketplace, you do not embrace true fredom.
I am and live in California If you are educated or have a business California is for you!! No other States compared to California,I been to Idaho many times NOT for me Thank you anyway 🌉
