Boise Fame Analysis

What we see in responses about being #famous

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In our analysis, we take a deeper look at our survey results and highlight the patterns and insights we find under the surface using segmentation across meaningful demographics (like age, gender, or location).

But when you slice the data like that, you need to be careful that you don’t have too few responses in each group. You don’t want to draw the wrong interpretations because the few you got were from weirdos (😜).

That’s why we’re now following a rule of thumb that we won’t do any segmentation with <50 responses in a survey. With your help spreading the word about us, we can grow to the point where we always have enough.

But we’re not going to leave you hanging either. When we don’t have enough responses for segmentation, we’ll still provide our take on the overall results. They’re still fascinating! And we’re happy to theorize with you. 🤔

And now, to the main event…

Boise Fame

You’ve seen them — it seems like every few weeks Boise’s on a new top 10 list. Boise’s gotten a ton of attention over the last few years, and not everyone’s happy about it.

We decided to take a look at what our respondents think on the topic. We surveyed about Boise fame and shared the results here. Looking through that, here’s what we think is most interesting:

More voted that it’s good

Ok, it’s mixed, but more people thought the fanfare is a good thing than that it’s a bad thing. And quite a bit of people thought it doesn’t really change much. Also, I was a little bit surprised to see how impactful folks considered the lists to be.

We’re proud of Boise

Almost without exception, Boise’s recognition brings warmth to our hearts. We’re proud of how it’s perceived. (Honestly, it seemed inconsistent to me that almost 20% voted that Boise fame makes Boise worse, but that only 5% didn’t feel proud. Maybe I just need to wrap my head around that more?…🤔)

We believe the hype, mostly

Close to 70% said it’s not over-hyped or that it’s only “A little”. But there’s a decently-sized group that thinks the other folks have drank the Kool-Aid…

The more the merrier

Despite all the recent concerns with affordable housing and growth, our respondents strongly approve of more people visiting Idaho. And they’re nearly as approving of people moving here as well; that surprised me a bit.

That’s all folks!

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