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Posted: 11/13/2018 8:56:43 PM EDT
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Sioux Falls area has lots of opportunity within 30 minutes of town. Sioux Falls has a large network of health care and is their main economy, your wife will fit right in.
250k is a little light for 10 acres near town. And the terrain is rather flat, so that limits shooting unless you build a berm or find a place with some hills. Rapid City would be a good choice, but job opportunities aren't as great as Sioux Falls. But I imagine you'd like the terrain much better as the Black Hills surrounds it. I would recommend Mitchell, Chamberlain or Yankton, towns of 15k or so and have hospitals. Perhaps you could find more affordable housing around these places. The James River and/or Missouri River goes by these towns with hills and great hunting and sparse population. Depends on your preference. I would never live in Sioux Falls again, it's becoming a liberal shit hole just big enough to afford some anonymity which has led to a decent increase in crime over the past decade. But living in one of the several small towns surrounding it and commuting wouldn't be bad. Just beware of commute times - in the winter road conditions they can be brutal especially if your wife is on call for her job duties. |
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Posted: 11/14/2018 3:42:10 AM EDT
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Sioux Falls area has lots of opportunity within 30 minutes of town. Sioux Falls has a large network of health care and is their main economy, your wife will fit right in. 250k is a little light for 10 acres near town. And the terrain is rather flat, so that limits shooting unless you build a berm or find a place with some hills. Rapid City would be a good choice, but job opportunities aren't as great as Sioux Falls. But I imagine you'd like the terrain much better as the Black Hills surrounds it. I would recommend Mitchell, Chamberlain or Yankton, towns of 15k or so and have hospitals. Perhaps you could find more affordable housing around these places. The James River and/or Missouri River goes by these towns with hills and great hunting and sparse population. Depends on your preference. I would never live in Sioux Falls again, it's becoming a liberal shit hole just big enough to afford some anonymity which has led to a decent increase in crime over the past decade. But living in one of the several small towns surrounding it and commuting wouldn't be bad. Just beware of commute times - in the winter road conditions they can be brutal especially if your wife is on call for her job duties. |
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Posted: 11/14/2018 10:19:27 PM EDT
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No problems with gun rights. The governor shot down a constitutional carry law so you'll have to continue to pay $10 every 4 years for a concealed carry permit which is basically just a background check. Other than that, you're basically free to own whatever you want, I'm not aware of any state law that is more restrictive than federal.
As you get settled into your community, you'll quickly find other enthusiasts. Lot of the farmers have FFL's and do machining and stuff while not farming - and have much more reasonable prices than big box stores. Small towns still do trap shooting and tournaments down by the town ball diamonds. Lot of people into pheasant, prairie dog, deer and coyote hunting. Lot of people into 1000 yard shooting. It's pretty cool living here. Sioux Falls is still overall a conservative city, but it's starting to turn. Next decade or so I'm sure it'll turn the state blue. It was very close this last governor election. We have Lutheran Social Services bringing in refugees, and Sioux Falls keeps getting voted "Best city" in different categories which really attracts a lot of people who don't align with classical SD values. I moved an hour away several years ago and couldn't be happier. There's never a dull moment out here, keeping busy in my off time mostly with gun stuff and outdoors. |
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Posted: 11/18/2018 1:02:52 PM EDT
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Sioux Falls area has lots of opportunity within 30 minutes of town. Sioux Falls has a large network of health care and is their main economy, your wife will fit right in. 250k is a little light for 10 acres near town. And the terrain is rather flat, so that limits shooting unless you build a berm or find a place with some hills. Rapid City would be a good choice, but job opportunities aren't as great as Sioux Falls. But I imagine you'd like the terrain much better as the Black Hills surrounds it. I would recommend Mitchell, Chamberlain or Yankton, towns of 15k or so and have hospitals. Perhaps you could find more affordable housing around these places. The James River and/or Missouri River goes by these towns with hills and great hunting and sparse population. Depends on your preference. I would never live in Sioux Falls again, it's becoming a liberal shit hole just big enough to afford some anonymity which has led to a decent increase in crime over the past decade. But living in one of the several small towns surrounding it and commuting wouldn't be bad. Just beware of commute times - in the winter road conditions they can be brutal especially if your wife is on call for her job duties. |
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Posted: 11/19/2018 5:31:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The part in red is true with the exception of the medical field. It pays well and is in great demand here. The downside of what you want is that land is a bit more money out here due to the "scenery". There are some restrictions on where you can shoot and how close to your neighbors just be aware of that. |
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Posted: 11/19/2018 11:18:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What about 2 to 5 acres about 5-10 miles outside of Rapid City? I can’t seem to find much that is stand alone with out covenants. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong areas or need to use a realtor? Sioux Falls has big hospitals and a city. If you want that is up to you. Small town/city living in eastern South Dakota is not for everyone. Some love it. Some hate it. Hot Springs has a VA, but they were going to close it a few years ago. RN can be tough to get hired. We enjoy Sioux Falls but will probably move west when the kids are grown. |
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Posted: 11/23/2018 2:59:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rapid City and Sioux Falls are 6 hours and a world apart. Everyone wants a small acreage outside of Rapid they can shoot on. Gonna be expensive. Sioux Falls has big hospitals and a city. If you want that is up to you. Small town/city living in eastern South Dakota is not for everyone. Some love it. Some hate it. Hot Springs has a VA, but they were going to close it a few years ago. RN can be tough to get hired. We enjoy Sioux Falls but will probably move west when the kids are grown. |
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Posted: 11/23/2018 9:40:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you know of any realtors that are pro 2-A in SD? Maybe I could talk to one and see if my "wants" are realistic with my budget. Thanks! I consider realtors slightly less distasteful than attorneys so no, I don't know any. You will just have to start looking. SD property, especially what you desire, is in demand. |
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Posted: 11/23/2018 4:39:41 PM EDT
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@SkagSig40, I have a realtor for you if you need one. Good friend of mine and a real chill dude. I tried to IM you but your IM box is full.
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Posted: 11/26/2018 5:21:53 AM EDT
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@SkagSig40, I have a realtor for you if you need one. Good friend of mine and a real chill dude. I tried to IM you but your IM box is full. |
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Posted: 11/26/2018 5:22:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The first post is pretty clear on what's happening. 250k is light for the Sioux Falls area for sure. Same for the Black Hills. Not impossible though. Property goes on and off the market in a flash. You pretty much need to be financed and ready to buy or it's kind of pointless. I consider realtors slightly less distasteful than attorneys so no, I don't know any. You will just have to start looking. SD property, especially what you desire, is in demand. |
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Posted: 11/27/2018 12:21:36 AM EDT
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It still says your box is full.
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Posted: 11/27/2018 5:12:13 AM EDT
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It still says your box is full. |
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Posted: 11/30/2018 8:42:10 PM EDT
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@SkagSig40, I have a realtor for you if you need one. Good friend of mine and a real chill dude. I tried to IM you but your IM box is full. Can you email me at [email protected]? Thanks! |
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Posted: 12/3/2018 9:28:50 AM EDT
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We looked for a year before finally buying some land and building a house. We got our land because the realtor called us as we were driving there. We bought the land with cash. One hour later the neighbor behind us put in an offer. So yeah, be ready to jump when you see what you want.
We made a lot of trips up there, looking at different areas to figure out where we wanted to be. That helped so when we went back home to CO we knew what areas to watch on realtor.com. It also helped us see what our money could buy. I thought housing and land would be cheap and I was really wrong. Long way of saying do your homework. On the west side of the state land is expensive near any of the cities. Watch the realty web sites and plug in what your looking for to get an idea of what your money can buy. |
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Posted: 12/3/2018 11:52:15 PM EDT
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We looked for a year before finally buying some land and building a house. We got our land because the realtor called us as we were driving there. We bought the land with cash. One hour later the neighbor behind us put in an offer. So yeah, be ready to jump when you see what you want. We made a lot of trips up there, looking at different areas to figure out where we wanted to be. That helped so when we went back home to CO we knew what areas to watch on realtor.com. It also helped us see what our money could buy. I thought housing and land would be cheap and I was really wrong. Long way of saying do your homework. On the west side of the state land is expensive near any of the cities. Watch the realty web sites and plug in what your looking for to get an idea of what your money can buy. ETA: I hear you were in touch with the realtor I recommended. He will take care of you. |
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Posted: 12/5/2018 5:22:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is spot on. I own a couple of sections right next to Rapid City and its staggering what it's current value is. ETA: I hear you were in touch with the realtor I recommended. He will take care of you. 
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Posted: 12/5/2018 6:45:44 PM EDT
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You are welcome.
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Posted: 12/11/2018 6:25:57 PM EDT
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For cost of living vs job opportunities medically, Aberdeen, Watertown, & Pierre would be worth looking at if your not interested in Sioux Falls.
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Posted: 12/12/2018 4:56:04 AM EDT
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For cost of living vs job opportunities medically, Aberdeen, Watertown, & Pierre would be worth looking at if your not interested in Sioux Falls. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 12:29:16 AM EDT
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For cost of living vs job opportunities medically, Aberdeen, Watertown, & Pierre would be worth looking at if your not interested in Sioux Falls. 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:10:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why don't you just tell the poor guy to live in the ass end of Hell while he is at it? LOL |
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Posted: 12/15/2018 12:56:33 AM EDT
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Pierre is liking living back in the 70's to me. Everything seems behind. The Hills are the place to live. Best looking area in the state and only an hour from the Badlands.
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Posted: 12/15/2018 7:46:34 AM EDT
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Pierre is liking living back in the 70's to me. Everything seems behind. The Hills are the place to live. Best looking area in the state and only an hour from the Badlands. |
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Posted: 12/15/2018 9:55:14 AM EDT
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Pierre is liking living back in the 70's to me. Everything seems behind. The Hills are the place to live. Best looking area in the state and only an hour from the Badlands. We really like Sturgis. In April. And the southern Black Hills are amazing. In September. That whole space in between is a little overwhelming for me. "Welcome to South Dakota. Don't forget to set your clocks back 20 years."-Pierre
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Posted: 12/15/2018 10:59:17 PM EDT
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Mmmmmmm....... Tourists and 500,000 stinking bikers. We really like Sturgis. In April. And the southern Black Hills are amazing. In September. That whole space in between is a little overwhelming for me. "Welcome to South Dakota. Don't forget to set your clocks back 20 years."-Pierre Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Pierre is liking living back in the 70's to me. Everything seems behind. The Hills are the place to live. Best looking area in the state and only an hour from the Badlands. We really like Sturgis. In April. And the southern Black Hills are amazing. In September. That whole space in between is a little overwhelming for me. "Welcome to South Dakota. Don't forget to set your clocks back 20 years."-Pierre
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Posted: 7/8/2019 12:14:00 AM EDT
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You're getting old enough, I wouldn't bother with anything east river. The pretty, enjoyable side starts around Kadoka and ends at the Wyoming border. If I was in my 40s and moving back to SD, I'd be looking around Spearfish or Bell Fouche to settle and enjoy the rest of my life.
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Posted: 7/8/2019 4:00:07 PM EDT
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Rapid is great.. but the hospital is a wreck.
Sioux Falls is not as great, but the hospitals are good. In between any hospital other than Rapid City will be affiliated with one of the two in Sioux Falls. The other thing you are going to run into if you move to Black Hills is all the Californians moving in there... in 15-20 years it will be mini Colorado. Sioux Falls does not get the California people. ETA: The new Gov did sign Constitutional carry, went into effect July 1. |
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Posted: 7/8/2019 6:03:01 PM EDT
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Rapid is great.. but the hospital is a wreck. Sioux Falls is not as great, but the hospitals are good. In between any hospital other than Rapid City will be affiliated with one of the two in Sioux Falls. The other thing you are going to run into if you move to Black Hills is all the Californians moving in there... in 15-20 years it will be mini Colorado. Sioux Falls does not get the California people. ETA: The new Gov did sign Constitutional carry, went into effect July 1. 
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Posted: 7/9/2019 10:28:53 AM EDT
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Maybe not so much Rapid City, but the folks I talk to West of there tell me the Californians are moving in like crazy.
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Posted: 7/9/2019 10:45:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2019 10:52:49 PM EDT
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Maybe not so much Rapid City, but the folks I talk to West of there tell me the Californians are moving in like crazy. |
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Posted: 7/10/2019 8:43:21 AM EDT
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Hill City, Custer, Spearfish area...
The folks I am referring to work in an industry that provides a basic human need these days and thus know the details of where the folks needing new service, and account name changes, are from/coming from. I ain't gonna say they didn't embellish some, but when I ask them what's new I hear "The Californians are moving in everywhere". |
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Posted: 7/10/2019 10:15:17 AM EDT
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I work in an industry where I coordinate daily with mortgage brokers, lenders, real estate agents, etc. Not a single one of them has mentioned Californians moving in and I have not personally seen any more Californians than from any other state. My coverage area is from Belle Fourche to Edgemont. I have co-workers in Spearfish and Sturgis and neither of them have noticed an increase either. I really don't know what they are talking about.
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Posted: 7/10/2019 10:45:11 AM EDT
[#35]
Good to know! A place in the Hills has been one of the options I have been considering for retirement so it had me thinking. If a mortgage broker isn't seeing an uptick then no worries. Maybe it is just the ones from California that are giving them bigger headaches, thus the topic of conversation!
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Posted: 7/10/2019 4:27:52 PM EDT
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I will say the few Californians I have had to deal with are a pain in the ass. No polite way to put it. The sense of entitlement coupled with the attitude that we are dirty hicks. Don't get me started.
ETA: I will say I see the most eastern Nebraskans as far as out of state people moving in. |
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Posted: 8/26/2019 7:45:52 PM EDT
[#37]
Guys, how is Brookings, SD? My son played junior hockey out there back in 2012 and sure seemed like a nice booming little city with a good economy.
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Posted: 8/26/2019 9:42:28 PM EDT
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Guys, how is Brookings, SD? My son played junior hockey out there back in 2012 and sure seemed like a nice booming little city with a good economy. |
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Posted: 8/27/2019 1:34:44 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Brookings is a good town. Clean, low serious/violent crime. Decent job opportunities. Shopping is not so good but it’s equidistant between Sioux Falls and Watertown. The town is dominated by SDSU. It’s more liberal than a lot of towns, but not as much as Sioux Falls. I'd guess "liberal" in SD is nothing close to numbers of raging communists in MN? 
Ya'll got a great state hope it remains strong conservative state. |
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Posted: 8/28/2019 11:38:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I will say the few Californians I have had to deal with are a pain in the ass. No polite way to put it. The sense of entitlement coupled with the attitude that we are dirty hicks. Don't get me started. ETA: I will say I see the most eastern Nebraskans as far as out of state people moving in. |
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Posted: 8/29/2019 5:01:07 PM EDT
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So how's the Watertown area? I see they built a brand new outdoor shooting facility recently, anyone shoot there?
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Posted: 9/10/2019 9:51:22 PM EDT
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I've been in Sioux Falls for 21yrs. Liberal as hell just as the other posters described. Lived in West River also. Better than here. The only reason I'm still here is because of my daughters and grandkids.
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Posted: 9/16/2019 2:21:46 AM EDT
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I've been in Sioux Falls for 21yrs. Liberal as hell just as the other posters described. Lived in West River also. Better than here. The only reason I'm still here is because of my daughters and grandkids. |
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Posted: 9/18/2019 9:03:07 AM EDT
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I grew up in Sioux Falls for the most part, and while it's changed a lot (not for the better) and gotten more liberal it's still FAR less liberal than most cities in the US. 
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Posted: 9/18/2019 9:03:30 AM EDT
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Dble tap.
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