People often compare Spokane and Boise, with good reason. They're both cities of 200,000, give or take, and they share a regional geography. So we thought we'd stage a statistical cage match between the cities, based on a range of the most recent federal statistics.

*People with a college degree: Spokane, 25.4 percent; Boise, 33.6 percent.
*Rate of home ownership: Spokane, 58 percent; Boise, 64 percent.
*“Female persons”: Spokane, 51.8 percent; Boise, 50.5 percent.
*Population age 65 and older: Spokane, 14 percent; Boise, 10 percent.
*African-American population: Spokane 2.1; Boise, 0.8.
*Burglary rate, per 100,000 people: Spokane, 895; Boise, 671.
*Unemployment rate, 2006: Spokane, 5; Boise, 3.

Question: How do you compare Spokane and Boise, on a non-statistical scale?

Cross-posted from Shawn Vestal/The Falls

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