Yes to the winter inversions and they can last weeks. Obviously, they've gotten worse with the population increase. Gloomy. And, it snows and the snow stays and gets brown and ugly. It's important to get out of town and get some sun and fun..
If you snow ski, there is a great mountain just 16 miles out of town called Bogus Basin and it's always above the inversion layer. A nice dose of Vitamin D is yours for the drive, and as a bonus you can crank a few ski turns and get some exercise.
Fun fact, I've only seen The Stones once in my life, and it was in Boise - and that was fairly recently.
The Wood River Valley is only 3 hours from Boise. Home to World Class fly-fishing. And Sun Valley.
It's possible to snow-ski, water-ski and golf on the same day.
The majority of the population in Idaho leans right, politically; Boise and the Treasure Valley have a good number of progressives, however the rural areas are definitely mostly hard core right wing. The current Governor is a Mormon if I'm not mistaken (Butch Otter)
"Why's it always windy in Twin Falls? Because Utah sucks and Montana blows"
