To Jerome Residents (Twin Falls, Gooding, Kimberly: crime rate, home, construction)

[dogsmusicpizza]

Is Jerome ( near twin falls ) a problematic place to live, given the construction ?

I keep hearing from various social media posts, that there is yet another power outage and that Idaho Power takes a while to get back working.

My remote job boss would fire me if I couldn't work a day here and a day there.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by dogsmusicpizza

Is Jerome ( near twin falls ) a problematic place to live, given the construction ?

I keep hearing from various social media posts, that there is yet another power outage and that Idaho Power takes a while to get back working.

My remote job boss would fire me if I couldn't work a day here and a day there.

It's a remote area.

[dcisive]

LOL hardly what I'd call "remote". It's grown big time and is home to many a milk and grain processing plant. It's largely Hispanic and the crime rate in that town is not a desirable thing. It's 10 minutes from Twin Falls right off I-84. Personally, I wouldn't live there but to each their own.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by dcisive

LOL hardly what I'd call "remote". It's grown big time and is home to many a milk and grain processing plant. It's largely Hispanic and the crime rate in that town is not a desirable thing. It's 10 minutes from Twin Falls right off I-84. Personally, I wouldn't live there but to each their own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome,_Idaho

https://www.city-data.com/city/Jerome-Idaho.html

[banjomike]

Jerome isn't remote by Idaho standards.

It's only 15 miles away from Twin Falls. That's about the same distance from Twin as Wendell, while Kimberly is a little closer to Twin, and Gooding a little farther away.

Even Murtaugh, Gooding, and Hagerman seem to be closer to Twin once on the ground than they are because traffic congestion is next to non-existent in the entire region between one city and the next. Except for the Interstate, as I-84 is the sole Interstate, so it's always busy.

Compare Jerome to Arco to see what remote means here.
Arco is the Butte County seat, and Butte County only has about 3,000 residents. Arco is the largest city in the county. The closest city with any major services is 60 miles away, via a 2-lane highway.

I like to use Google maps' street views a lot to see what a small town actually looks like.

While the view won't say much about the people, it always implies a lot about a community's prosperity, age, and it's growth.
Or growth potential; the street view will often inform me that some small towns have been shrinking for a while, and others are getting ready for more residents.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Power outage is no big deal. If you absolutely must have power, you invest in a generator.


However, if you absolutely must have internet, my internet and the cable TV both go out occasionally when there is a power outage. I'm assuming that some sort of relay station is affected by the power outage.

[banjomike]

Idaho is like California; we have a lot of very old transmission lines and relay stations.

Most are still working, but when one breaks down, the power company often makes some major replacement work on them, as they're the weakest spots.

If there's no way to switch the power over to another line or relay, the outage can last for several days when the line is rural.

[dogsmusicpizza]

Thank you all