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Question: Is Idaho Getting Too Big for You

Item: Idaho’s cities grow fast as state becomes more urban /Gregory Hahn, Idaho Statesman

Idaho’s urban areas keep growing, and a new U.S. Census estimate shows the state’s 11 most populous areas grew almost three times faster than the rest of the nation’s cities.
Idaho’s 11 largest communities grew by 2.8 percent from mid-2005 to mid-2006, while the 927 similar areas around the country grew by just 1 percent. These larger cities now hold 84.9 percent of Idaho’s population.

Question: Will Idaho ever become so big that you’ll feel like moving on?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog