Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise

Kacey Gavin was “dead set” on staying in the Seattle area, where she grew up before enrolling at Washington State University. Then a series of internships took her across the country.

Her first move was to North Dakota. Her second was to Boise, Idaho, where she interned at semiconductor company Micron in 2023. The city was “fun” and “bustling,” and people were friendly, Gavin says. Plus, housing was cheap—she says she moved into a subsidized, furnished apartment for around just $250 a month. But mostly, Gavin loved the work. “I thought Boise was too far away,” she says, but after a positive experience, “I’m way more open to it than

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