Since February, William Nyhuise has put 18,000 miles on his car. On any given day, he spends nearly 45 minutes commuting each way from Mountain Home to Boise for work.
But there’s no doubt in Nyhuise’s mind that he is saving money by choosing to live outside the Boise metropolitan area. “I view myself as coming out way ahead [financially],” Nyhuise told the Statesman in a phone interview.