When I moved to Boise in '90,
there was no world wide web back in '90... and I think not even internet in Boise, maybe not even today

Uh, really?
Google Micron Technology.
Boise/Treasure Valley area is a high tech mecca like Silicon Valley. There was, of course, no internet because there was no internet anywhere

But we had tech. That was why it was so hard to get an apartment. Zilog, HP, Micron, and several startups were hiring like mad. Boise doubled in size in the early 90's on a high tech boom.