Boise

Population: 202,832 (Metro : 587,689)

Boise is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Idaho. Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, this is the principal city of the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon. Boise passed Spokane in city population in 2001 census estimates and is now the third largest in the northwest U.S., behind Seattle and Portland. Boise serves as the primary government, economic, cultural, and transportation center for the area.

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isn't Boise in Idaho state??

5.

Incredibly tiny skyline. Yellowknife, NWT in Canada has a bigger skyline, and it has a population of only 17,000! 4.5/10

Nothing special. Awful. 5.

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that's not even a city - a saw a village in Russia that had more scrapers than this!

I'm not havin' it!! 4

Boise??? You're kidding me right?

5/10 and that's a stretch. Most of it is pity points. ;)

Nice set of scrapers. Not too tall.

5/10

not much of a skyscraper skyline.... too small to have one in the first place 4/10

Doesn't look very spectaculair.

4/10

Nothing to be proud of, but still more than any polish city of that size.
4

That last pic is the Boise Tower, its not built, and theres a good chance it never will be.

For a city its size, that is a small skyline. NOT TO MENTION IT IS UGLY. I rate it a 1.

who the HECK gave it a 10?????


ok so bloise has a ten and i see ppl giving shanghai a 5 and hongkong lower............

It's OK for a 130.000 people city. Hong Kong with those ugly 30 plus residential buildings looses a bit of beauty doesn't it?

It gets a 10/10 for natural beauty. What a fantastic city! It's skyline is quite small... but it's a small city too. It's good for a city that size.

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.............I was just about to say that. Considering this is a Skyscraper and Skyline site, I have to take few point off, but because of the beauty of the nature around Boise, it gets an 8 in my book.

nothing too special, but i think its more than enough for a place of only130000 people.. 6/10

5/10

Cmon guys, This is Rate the Skyline. Not rate the natural beauty. :D The skyline diserves a 5.

very spactaculair skyline for population at 130000....:) 6.5/10

its fairly good, 7

3/10

Nothing special

Jesus...why do people think a good skyline has to be a mini New York/Hong Kong? Judging cities like Boise with the same criteria one uses for places like Sydney, LA, Chicago etc is just ridiculous. If everyone's going to do that...why don't the admin guys just shortlist the table to include the top 20?

Boise is a small city in the middle of a sparcley populated state. Quite how anyone's thought of building up when there's so much space and land around deserves credit. Great scenery, great aspect, modest and unpretentious skyline: 7/10

Yeah,whatever.This skyline doesn't deserve a mark higher then a 5....so i give a 4.5;)

Hamnet, I have to agree with you totally. Boise has a pretty good skyline in my opinion. I give it a 7/10. For where it is located and the size, its modest. Just because certain cities don't have the sheer numbers and sizes of the giants doesn't mean its bad. And IMO, natural settings is very key to a city's skyline looks. Any skyline doesn't look good if you put a blank white screen behind the buildings.

8/10

Not Bad !!

5

3.5/10


I can see only some few ugly mid-rises.

very ugly buildings..........all old and brown..........yuck......

if they dont build boise tower in boise........then they should build it in Bellevue WA! it would fit perfectly. Bellevue tower! :guns1:

Nice, very nice...

Boise, a name to remember.... 7/10

8/10

I see it everyday, and I can't get enough of it. If only they would finish the Boise Tower!

The skyline isn't very stunning. My sister and my cousin live there now becuz of college, and when I went to go see my cousin in June, I was bummed. It was almost a joke from where I come from, it was in the classification of Pasadena. But hey whatever, it's alright for a population of 130,000.

I give it a 7. Compared to other NW cities its size (Eugene and Salem), Boise is quite impressive.

If you think this skyline is good for a city of its size, wait till you see Yellowknife. This skyline sucks.

5.5

Doing good for a city of such small population, has a nice well-formed cluster, but too much emptiness surrounding it.

7/10....and thats from my memory of it.

Boise is the "city of trees" and that's about it. As for the skyline, many trees are taller than it's buildings. It is a nice city though.

Looks like El Paso. 6/10

Skyline? Easy to miss. 3/10

6/10 cuz for a little city known for nothing but potatos the skyline isn't bad

7/10

Good for its size. I give it a 5/10.

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boise isnt no new york or tokyo but for its pop., its a pretty nice skyline its not overly nice but its not horrible, i have to give it a 8/10 someone has to average out the ppl who voted under a 3 when its really a 5/10 so im voting higher but i do like the city i dont really think its ugly and some of the buildings are cool

and the mountains make it beautiful

The skyline deserves a 7/10...Great :D

There really aren't many pics in this thread....

http://news.boisestate.edu/outdooridaho/images/BoiseSkyline.jpg

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I give it a 4/10

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Thanks for the pics.
Skyline is quite small but looks OK. 6/10

3.5/10
Towson,MD is a suburb of Baltimore with 50,000 people, and I think it has a better skyline than Boise.

4.5

I've been through Boise, and spent the night there when we drove across the country. The skyline is ultra weak. But the cleanliness, the orderliness, the beautiful environment made being there quite pleasant. For this reason I give Boise a (generous) 6.0

A panorama of the Boise, ID, skyline is seen from a subdivision near Table Rock. Photos taken June 5, 2003, by Pete Yamagata.

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The landscape saves it from being completely dull. 4.5/10

Skyline--5/10. I kind of expected a little more from Boise. Setting--9/10. Nice mounds.

Eh?? 4.5/10

5/10

5.5/10 -- not very impressive at all.

I am disappointed in Boise. Seriously, it is probably the cleannest and classiest cities you'll ever visit. The cleanliness of it is almost creepy to a point, if that makes any sense. Coeur d'Alene which has like 1/5 population of Boise literally has a better skyline. I hope that Boise tries to get some taller buildings, or at least more of the midrises.

indeed skyline 4.5/10

The pictures don't do it justice. 6/10.

looks nice, so 7.5, but i'm generous now ;)

the last pic tell's it all

ye,and that's all.
1/10

5/10

7/10

5/10

I´m sorry, but this skyline deserves, in mi opinion, 3.5/10

6/10- it can be much bigger for its pop.

3/10

2.5

Relax, guys and pop a Valium. It is somebody's home town, and I am happy to see pictures of a place I have never been to.

7/10

Very green 5/10

5/10
small for a state capital, and largest city in state

Sometimes you have small skylines that look great this is not one of those cases.

I love the skyline. Better then "a russian village" or yellowknife. IMO. ^And yes, it is one of those cases. Also, just look at the second picture on the first page and you may change your mind

not impressive. 3.5/10

4.5

I was expecting a little better skyline from Boise.

BORING BY ANY STANDARDS - VERY SMALL - CITY IS VERY SMALL THOUGH.

3/10

5.5/10

6.5/10

4/10

I'd like to see something better 4/10

5/10

Missing Boise...
But, its 5.5

7/10

7.5/10

2/10

7/10

Oklahoma has small towns with better skylines. 4/10

5/10

4/10

3.5 Sucks!!

8/10 :)

3.5/10 dissapointing :ohno:

6/10

1/10

5/10

5/10

7. Regards.

6.5/10

5/10

5/10

6/10

5.5/10

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wow 9/10

3/10

5/10

4/10. Needs more height.

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Banner Bank Building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/idahocommerce/6438789621/) by idaho commerce (http://www.flickr.com/people/idahocommerce/), on Flickr

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4.5/10