My family moved to the US from Venezuela when I was 13 years old (I'm 26 now). Before that, It was not un-common to see Boas around abandoned/neglected patches of land where trees and weed would grow unatended.

We used to live in a tall apparment which had a big parking lot and next to the parking lot, there was a neglected piece of land with tall trees/weed/grass. Now and then Iguanas, lizzards and the occasional snake would cross over to the parking lot, where we were usualy playing games. One time a Boa crossed over and everyone freaked out, but I was just standing there watching from a distance. I felt in love at that point. Sadly, everytime this would happen, the Janitor would rush out with a big machete....

Anyways to this day Im yet to own a Boa, Im waiting untill I own a house of my own for that, and also for "the one" for me