Spring & Autumn used to be longer in length, but since the geo engineering of the weather it's changed, South Dakota doesn't have natural weather anymore, it's all man made! I know because I lived here most of my life (50+ years) many other good reasons not to move to South Dakota, one being is there is no Constitutional courts here ( meaning they don't honor the United States Constitution or your God given rights!
@@timothydalton634 wOW: you are proof that SD is not entirely populated with boring people. Let's hear it for chemtrails, morgellans, aliens and bigfoot
I was born in South Dakota and grew up in Sturgis, 4 years ago I moved to Indiana. We are moving back to South Dakota this June. South Dakota is my home and I can’t wait to move back.
Hey currently seeing this living in Indiana. I was born in South Dakota but sadly moved to Indiana 4 years ago too. And I find this weird because I'm bout to move back too😂
I was thinking of moving to rural southern Indiana, to be closer to my Chicagoland family. Just wondering why everyone wants to leave Indiana. (I'll admit to wanting to avoid the Chicago Metro and Indy areas).
Briggs: The best part of South Dakota is the people. We honestly love our neighbor South Dakotans. I live in one of the small towns (that you may be doing a video on soon) and the only time we lock up our vehicle is early fall……because if you don’t lock your vehicle, you may find a box of zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in your front seat from the guy that over planted last spring.. Seriously - I’m not exaggerating. 55 year resident of Hamlin County. And we welcome EVERYONE to become sodaks.
We moved here from Las Vegas, 4 years ago. We bought a home, last year for under 200k in Canton. We love the schools, parks and people. We've made so many friends and live our neighbors. Should have made the move a decade ago, but glad to be here. We get cold, cold weather and a lot of snow but it's a lifestyle and we love it. The other 3 seasons are heavenly and we love what each season offers. We buy our beef from local farmers. We have had 4 successful gardens, we have beautiful wildlife and our children have agriculture classes in school. South Dakota has a lot to offer and a wonderful history. We love it. Our town has just 3,000 people and just love that!
Yeah but homes in Canton shouldn't be near 200k in the first place. It used to be much more affordable here and not that long ago either. The property taxes here are ridiculous, especially in Lincoln County where they like to complete assessments every.single.year therefore homeowners end up having their property taxes go up as well.
Lived in Rapid City for 3 years while in the military and loved it. Its the closest you'll ever get to a city in a Hallmark Christmas movie. People are super friendly, it has a small town feel but its large enough to have all the major big box stores/retail you want. Good food scene for the size city, breakfast at Tally's was *muah*. And the bike festival brings in some of the biggest names in concerts. Saw Blink 182 live at the Buffalo Chip for free.
I would like to add that South Dakota doesn't have a state income tax and they also don't have a inheritance tax, low excise tax, low vehicle registration and no estate tax. We became residents of SD this year because they make it easy to travel (we are on the road full time) and have residency in a state. It dropped out vehicle insurance by half and with better insurance. Love South Dakota
The Dakotas are highly rated. I made the mistake of moving to Florida last year to be closer to family but I'm heading back to fantastic Fargo where I had the highest quality of life out of anywhere I ever lived.
Grew up in SD, lived there 20+ years. Some things good, some things bad. Winter is 6+ months long, bone-chilling cold, always windy. Spring is wet and sloppy. Fall is really nice for 2 weeks. Summer is humid and windy, but that blows the mosquitos away. I have live in bone dry Utah for the last 30+ years. Love going back to SD for 2 weeks for fishing, seeing the color green, quick hunting trip, but the winters make it uninhabitable for me. I'll visit, but no way am I staying. Other than hunting or fishing there isn't much to do. Alcohol flows freely. You decide if that is good or bad.
Alcohol flowing freely is 👎 bad . Nothing good about Alcohol unless it's rubbing alcohol . It's poisin . Causes vehicle wrecks , injuries , ruins relationships , destroys marriages , makes people stupid , regrets about one's behavior , can't work well , causes depression , and can totally ruin lives . Other than that , it's great 👍! Oh yeah , can't think we'll and your IQ takes a dive .
So I drove to Montana this past November from New Jersey. And I drove through South Dakota for the first time ever. I stopped at Mount Rushmore in Badlands national Park, and I just wanna say the Black Hills national Forest area of South Dakota is one of the most beautiful places America has to offer
South Dakota does fly under the radar. The weather is on the extreme end of the spectrum for most Americans to consider it as a relocation hotspot but it’s worth talking about as a place to raise a family or spend part of the year in retirement. I spent an extended period of time there in 2021, specifically the northeast part of the state. It’s distinctly more “Midwest” with a strong sense of community and high quality of life even for people making average incomes. It surprised me that most families owned a boat or an ATV for example. It was hard to go anywhere without encountering talkative, friendly people and genuine, helpful customer service. Eastern SD is distinctly different compared with western SD, though, which looks and has a culture more in line with Wyoming or Montana. Cross the Missouri River and the corn fields turn into cattle ranches, towns into villages and houses into homesteads. It’s not for everyone, but if it is there are few places better.
@@michaelvandyke6715 the Dakotas aren't for wimps, that's for sure. It's very hard to live under a bridge here. Or under a tarp.. I've got family in Multnomah County Oregon If you want to be homeless, don't move here
I was born in Texas but grew up in South Dakota since I was 4. After being around the US in Virginia and California, and being around the world in Mexico and Africa I always miss my state. Low cost of living and the people themselves are great. Plus for me personally I actually like the cold lol
I honestly can't blame people for moving to South Dakota. It's an incredibly beautiful state and not all that many people living there. I could be mistaken but I think Sioux Falls is the most populated city in the state and it only has around 200k people living there, which is up a ton since I last visited.
Moved to Pierre, SD 2 years ago. Very friendly place! Now have lots of good friends. Beautiful scenery and high quality of life. My only regret is not moving here sooner.
I grew up in so cal as well. When I moved to Washington in my mid twenties I fell in love with how leaves started small, grew bigger, changed color and fell off. Who knew? LOL
My parents want to move out there, and at first I was hesitant, but after I visited the state near Yankton, I realized that there is a lot of charm South Dakota has to offer. The people seem to be friendlier than any other state I've visited
For the most part that is true especially the smaller towns and cities. I have lived near sioux falls for 71 years and have noticed a steady decline in curious drivers and if I happen to remark about something to a shopper in wall mart I get that " your weird" look. Still in all, if you smile and say hi you will likely get a pleasant response and a smile in return. I'm guessing the ones with the your weird attitude didn't grow up here.
I've met people from South Dakota that have moved to Wisconsin before I moved from thete. They are some of the friendliest people I have met. I would recommend moving there if you're looking for a new direction in life. Whether you're young or retired.
I love South Dakota, I drove through there in May going to Billings and on the way home to Illinois, everyone was very friendly and polite to me and they knew I was from Illinois. Again I love South Dakota
@@Tnado98 very doubtful. As an example, Minnehaha County is like the HMS Bounty sinking in to blue on fire as time goes by. Won’t be long until SD is no better than Ill-annoy or Commie fornicate. Broke and blown out.
I moved to Sioux Falls earlier this year and I don't regret it all.Friendly folks,low cost of living and low crime rate.The westside of the state is the more prettier side and it brings all the tourists and has the national parks but the eastern part is more populated and has the better shopping and restaurants.
My favorite thing about South Dakota is the wether especially eintet and hunting and fishing and any thing outdoors we saw a big big buck and go on a fishing trip every year so fun
South Dakota is very underrated. Its not perfect but I would recommend it to anyone from Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis that is sick of the crime and high taxes in those cities. It was the probably one of the few places in America where you could eat and drink at a bar when the entire nation was on lock down. The sense of freedom, the people there, the outdoors is amazing.
So you want to put allll those sh*tty people who do those crimes in SD. How bout they stay the fck where there at. Don't bring that shit here and you know it will happen.. more and more people doesn't fix anything in a city
Then the crime just comes here, in the past three years things have been snowballing down hill I'm born and raised here I'm also Lakota Sioux were a tourist state a large population boom has been really damaging. The housing market is also all kinds of screwed now almost no one except for those with deep pockets could even dream of being a home owner us locals are pretty heart broken and upset but I will say this if you do move to south Dakota head to Sioux falls and stick with the east river side of south Dakota
What the hell is wrong with you i tell people how bad it is so they won't come you keep telling people it a good place than we will end up in the same boat as the other shit holes keep your mouth shut and keep it a secret FJB
Don't forget there is a 3 hour drive to any bigger towns for medical, any shopping or even kids sports teams have to take day off school to drive up to 5hrs just for basketball or any other school sports. Very windy here sometimes it is nice out but cant do anything outside because of the wind. If your thinking of moving here please stay awhile first then decide if this is for you.
Medical care is now telemedicine. Technology can put a specialist in the room with you no matter where you are. When I was 70 I was hospitalized in a tiny rural hospital with a diagnosis of sepsis. A nurse practitioner was responsible for my medical care, but she was in frequent contact with an internist in Sioux Falls. That diagnosis, in a patient of that age, would never have been managed that way in the past. Air transport is available for people who must get to a tertiary care facility in a hurry.
Only a small percentage of South Dakota's population lives 3 hours from a city with medical facilities and shopping. Most of South Dakota's counties are very sparsely populated (especially in the western half) and much of the state's population is very concentrated. Over 20% of the state's population is in Sioux Falls and probably somewhere around another 20% is within an hour or so drive of it. Well over half of the state's population is in or around Sioux Falls or Rapid City. In the eastern half where a large percentage of the rest of the population is there are some smaller cities (relative to Sioux Falls and Rapid City) scattered about that have medical facilities and shopping (although for major medical issues Sioux Falls is obviously better).
@@deepdude4719 exaggerating The furthest distance between Walmart Supercenters is between the stores located in Pierre and Rapid City, and google maps says they are 2 1/2 hours apart. Wherever you are in South Dakota, there is probably a Walmart nearby. If you are in the northern part of South Dakota, there are 6 walmarts spread out across I-94 in North Dakota. Western Nebraska, however, doesn't seem to have any, so residents of the southwest corner of South Dakota might find it more convenient to go to one in Wyoming
Moved from California to South Dakota almost two years ago. yes, winters are cold and the wind does blow often but we love this state. One of the best decisions we've ever made
Nice to hear. I grew up in Southern CA. Wife and I are conservative and looking for somewhere where we can enjoy the outdoors and a little bit of property. Tired of the people here. They are hostile, unfriendly and drive like shit. The stated is a money sucker crime friendly and should win a trophy for the stupidest governor the state has ever had.
SD is huge for pheasant Hunting. People come from all over the world. Born and raised here. Good place to raise a family. Humid hot summers,cold winters. Spring and fall are nice when we have them.
North Dakotan here. West North Dakota is great but just large towns mostly. The Black Hills are even more beautiful but they have Rapid City which is an actual significant city. When I'm done living everywhere I plan on settling there!
It's cute that you think 75,000 people is a significant city. I love Rapid and the Western part of SD. Lived there for 6 years and go back whenever I can.
@@billbowers4673 at last “count” it was more like 85,000 people but in reality the number is likely well over 100,000 because counting methods are inaccurate. What will be significant is the looming water problems on the horizon. Yes, there are far too many people there for that kind of carrying capacity.
We love South Dakota especially the Black Hills! We never took the opportunity to move there but we try and go ad much as we can ! It all started when we ride to Sturgis! We always stayed in Custer , which is a cute town ! Love Hill City as well! Thank you for sharing this info!
A lot of these residents don’t actually stay and live in South Dakota. It’s extremely easy to establish residency in SD. All you have to do is stay for a day or two in a hotel or campground and you can declare residency, get a license, address, etc. This is extremely appealing to a growing population of retirees and “Nomads” who live in RVs and travel around the country full time. They need a domicile and South Dakota has favorable tax rates as well as making it easy to “reside” there so it’s become a popular place to “move” to and that is undoubtedly skewing the population numbers. If you doubt this, go to an RV campground in a popular recreational area and half the license plates are from South Dakota.
Some of your comments seem to relate more to East River South Dakota as opposed to West River South Dakota. And yes, that's a thing. I live West River in the Black Hills and housing here is really expensive. Not NYC expensive, but way more than the average for the state. I live in the southern part of the Black Hills and our weather is very similar to Denver. It gets cold, dang cold, and snows. But the snow tends to melt quickly due to the strong sunshine. I grew up in a state with the "Midwest gloom" during the winter. Yes, that's a thing too. I love the sunny days here. North Dakota and Minnesota have far more brutal winters then we do.
There's a lot of information missing in this video. The biggest problem they didn't mention was the wages. Most ppl can't afford the housing and utilities because wages are extremely low. Don't be fooled into thinking it's cheap and easy here.
If you're just traveling through SD and going by way of Sioux Falls you really want to stop and see Falls Park. The pink quartz water falls are beautiful.
I love that you made this video about South Dakota. Us South Dakotans know how special it is. Interesting how you grew up in Southern California and felt sheltered. I grew up in Deadwood and felt sheltered. I do love it here though. The people and places are magic
@@ericsmith6677 Yep as a result elect politicians who pass stupid laws, like where those northerners came from. NC taxes you anyway it can. $500+ auto registration tax, high state income tax, very high gas tax, $800 doc fee to buy a car, they even charge you extra fees just to pay your bills online, annoying yearly auto inspections. Here in SD there's no state income tax, no auto inspections, cheap auto registrations, houses are cheaper, not crowded, more open space.
I've been at Hill City, South Dakota when I was a kid and I know about the old West feel. In fact, South Dakota is where Kevin Costner filmed his award winning film Dances With Wolves!
I love this video!! The occupants of Sanford Falls are going to be furious after you said all of South Dakota’s cities are small!! Keep up the good work!
Hey Briggs u ever been to Mt Rushmore? Being there made my head explode. I cried I was so overwhelmed. They were doing a change of command ceremony for the south Dakota national guard. The lady governor was there
The other thing to think about, in terms of statistics, is that a lot of vanlifers and RVers domicile in South Dakota... Meaning on paper they 'live' in SD, but in reality, they're all over the country.
This is why I love this channel. I used to always think Pierre South Dakota was pronounced like the French pronounce it pee-air. I would have never guessed it was pronounced pier from the way it's spelled.
I moved to hot springs 2 yrs ago and love it . Almost too quiet. But being from Colorado where its dry i hate the humidity for a few months in summer. Everyone says its nothing compared to their state but I was spoiled.
South Dakota is cheap because wages are so low across all sectors of the economy. Local businesses can't charge as much for services because people can't afford to pay higher prices. People save for years to put a 20% down-payment on a $150,000 home. If everything was really cheaper, it would be fine, but you're still paying the same as everyone else in the country for a new car, your health insurance, your cell phone bill, online retail, ... the list goes on. Some things like gas are marginally cheaper, other things like higher education are way cheaper, but then you have high property tax and heating bills. It's not as cheap as you'd think unless you're already retired or living off passive income. And as far as cheap hobbies go, there's not much across most of the state besides hunting, fishing, and internet stuff.
I’ve lived in South Dakota my whole life ❤ I believe its overall just a nice place to live you got a little of everything you got cities like Minneapolis that are really like the “Big City“but there’s just enough here in Sioux Falls where you have all you really need and west river feels like you’re in a totally different state when you’re not way different scenery and different atmosphere and for that matter even different weather. Then if you want to get away from the “city“ life it’s not that far of a drive away from Sioux Falls. Proud to live here ❤😊
Vermillion, Yankton, Brookings, Madison, Huron, Aberdeen, Watertown…..Rapid…..all incredibly great places…if you can’t handle winter…DO NOT MOVE THERE. I’d live there if I weren’t a Jazz musician. LOL
Loved hearing and looking at all the great things in my state. Also, I live in Sioux Falls, the largest city in SD and we have little tents on our sidewalks and dont think I have ever seen a police helicopter. We are a great state.
Too cold to live year-round in most tents. Winter-camping tents are prohibitively expensive and require significant structure to withstand winters. Ergo they’re not practical for most homeless. So, few tents…
Just moved to South Dakota this month! Al beit, for military. However, I grew up in SoCal myself and moved to Nebraska 12 years ago and absolutely loved the midwest vibe.
Hello from Minnesota! South Dakota is a wonderful state, wish I could move there. However when you have just 1 daughter you kinda feel obligated to stick around. My brother lived in California his whole adult life, he brought his friend who was born in California here one summer. He wanted to know how we knew how much food we'd need for the winter! When we got done laughing we explained we are not bears, we don't hibernate.
I’ve lived in SD my whole life and when I was younger we took a class trip to NYC and someone actually asked me if we “ride Buffalo to school” and if we had brought them with to NYC! 🤦🏼♂️ I told him that we had to rent out a huge storage unit to house our Buffalo. Crazy how the coasts seem to think we all still live the old west lifestyle 😂
I’m currently living in South Dakota and you can always adventure and enjoy the summer warm. Most of crimes in South Dakota are in Sioux Falls. You can visit South Dakota’s Landmarks (Mount Rushmore) we have some great water parks like wild water west in Sioux Falls, splash central in Huron and much more. Huron features the worlds largest statue pheasant with some fine dining in the city as well. Mitchell features the Worlds only Corn palace! In the summer there are many campgrounds and hotels. South Dakota’s state fair is featured in Huron. Storybook land in Aberdeen. And much more in between With Brookings, Watertown, Yankton, + much more!
Depending on where you got your data, it's quite possible many took advantage of the nomad life and set up residency in SD in 24hrs. That means the increase in numbers could encompass those who relocate to SD.
Good point. Lots of full-times take advantage of our residency laws. Wish it was that easy to establish residency for in-state tuition rates. USD requires a full year.
After the winter we are having i got 6 ft of snow and it's going to be 20 below this week there will be alot of homes for sale in April the califuckinfornias and texasasses that came up here will be heading out FJB
Yes, let's see digital nomads make yet another innocent state too expensive. The trend now seems to be remote workers moving in, driving up costs in an area, and then leaving because the new place is now too expensive. Remote workers have been cited to be the primary cause of the national housing crisis. NBC News wrote an article, called, "The remote workers have left, but the housing havoc they created remains." Look it up. There are many other news outlets that've written about the problem. "Geographic arbitrage," ruins communities and backfires in the end. Worse, high rents are driving our current inflation. Look that up, too. There is no such thing as free money. You win in the short run but in the long run, everybody loses, including yourself. Also, some of these areas will be left with a high cost of living for years even after you leave. If you move in and wonder why locals don't like you, look to see if your area has a housing crisis. Don't write off the scorn you receive with stupid stereotypes about the state you've relocated to. Stereotypes are for ignorant people. This is an important issue, which deserves due consideration because it's even making people with good jobs homeless. Vice Magazine did a lovely video on remote workers and gentrification. The video is about how local workers a digital nomad hot spot in Colorado are forced into homelessness and or leaving. The irony is that town, like so many similar to it, is running out of people to run the restaurants, schools, and other town businesses. What is happening right now with our national crisis is causing untold damage to countless lives. It's very vexing to see that the only thing seem to care about is their wallets, while forgetting that there are other people who deserve shelter.
.. thank you Briggs! I'm 81, and have lived in South Dakota most of my life. The Black Hills are a wonderful part of our state. The Black Hills have a lot of national forest land, with free camping everywhere... also, we have recently legalized medical cannabis, so this is great for people who want a medicine that is safe and efficacious... and our first cannabis dispensary was opened in flandreau, South Dakota, by Native Americans. The Indians are way ahead of us w h i t e s on some things.
Didn’t the Native dispensaries get shut down in Flandreau? It’s been a while since I’ve kept up with SD politics, but I know that Kristi Noem shut down the will of the people who voted for legal medical cannabis, because she received word from law enforcement that it would be difficult to distinguish hemp from marijuana. Also, is Mad Mary’s in Flandreau still the best steakhouse ever? I miss that place.
@@samgould8567 .. the last I heard, the native nations cannabis dispensary in Flandreau was still open. I have talked to them on the phone a couple of times.
@@samgould8567 they were shut down briefly but not by the governor. The state doesn't have jurisdiction on the reservations It's complicated. The reservations are under federal jurisdiction so I guess they have to be set up outside the rez in order to be legal. Everybody blames the state government for what the federal government does on the reservations.
@@samgould8567 The governor didn't throw out the law that legalized recreational marijuana, the state supreme court did. I think it was law enforcement that challenged it on constitutional grounds. As usual the proponents of an initiated measure didn't bother to write a viable bill, we have a legislative research council which will look over bills before they go on ballots as initiated measures or before they are introduced to the legislature, and they can make recommendations and explain "you wrote it wrong," but they can't force anybody to make corrections, (the stupid is strong here at times) and in the case of initiated measures, the Attorney General will write up a paragraph explaining what an initiated measure will do and that's printed on the ballot right above the measure. unfortunately the voters don't bother to read caveats like "if passed, this will be challenged on constitutional grounds." which is just legalese for "this f--king thing is crap." I mean, if you want to put a measure on the ballot re-establishing slavery here you can do it, you can actually get enough signatures from idiots to put such a thing on the ballot. Really. We get a lot of crap measures on the ballot, and then people who didn't bother to read what they were voting for complain when the state supreme court tosses it out, or the legislature passes an emergency measure to nullify it. If you want to write a viable bill you need to listen to the lawyers when they tell you what you need to fix. On the other hand, if you want to craft an initiated measure requiring the state treasurer to give you a million bucks every year on your birthday, and then tell people it's a poverty-relief measure, you can easily get enough bone-headed people to sign the petition, get it on the ballot and vote for it. And then you, too, can complain that "they're ignoring the will of the people!" when it gets tossed because only the legislature is allowed to make appropriations.
yes well we have seen what marijuana does to people:,it makes them unemployable It's an excellent drug for somebody in hospice care because it induces the apathy of demerol, and the euphoria of morphine, without all the negative side effects of either. It's fine for a retiree of 81 years of age, go ahead. But nobody wants to hire stoners. Nobody wants to work with stoners. And therein lies the trouble with it. The same effects that it has on somebody dying of a terminal disease are the effects that make a user unemployable: the combination of apathy and euphoria aren't good on the job. While an employee with euphoria might be fun at times, couple that with apathy and you have an absolutely worthless person on your staff. They aren't going to do a good job, if they even bother to show up.
South Dakota has many dif types of land, mountain forest in the far west (Blackhills), desert like (the Badland), Grasslands and flatland that is some of the best farmland anywere.
As of 2021, Bill Gates owns farmland in Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska (plus many states to the west and east) and the North Dakota government just facilitated his buying up farmland there. The North Dakota government argued that he said he'd lease it out to locals. Lol. Hopefully, South Dakota will keep him out. Gates absolutely is working overtime to get his hands on that South Dakota farmland.
@@betsyj59 I think I saw that the S.D. governor was telling about her passing or trying to pass a bill to keep Bill Gates and foreigners from buying up S.D. land. She is one of our best and has me thinking of moving back after leaving S.D. over 20 years ago.
Born and raised rapid City I'm still here been around the block and made it back this place is pretty cool I need to get out to the hills more I know they're still gold out here...
I left Seattle and moved to smithwick SD and I got a home for $350,000 on five acres of land. In seattle area the same home would cost 2.5 millions to 3 million dollars. Property taxes in seatlle for that land would be $12,000. And in smithwick property tax is $ 4,400 a year.
I was born in sd and the one of the bad things that I don’t like about a lot of people moving here is that not a lot of them are used to driving in the snow or know how to. Also there’s more crime
I agree. I grew up in SD every once in a while before many people started moving here. I would come across gang members in bars down town. On more than one occasion. They stick out like a sore thumb running there mouth act all tuff. I'd ask them why did you come here. To quit gang life. Unfortunately they seem to bring it with them. In jail in a couple months or weeks.
Just so you guys know the winters here are brutal they are long, dark, It doesn't snow that much and it's just bitterly cold. At least a few times a year it gets down to -40 actual temp, and the wind blows all the time. Literally all the time, you notice when it stops. If you do move here, remember South Dakota is the way it is because of what we believe, do not try and change it. Otherwise South Dakota will just turn into whatever crappy place it was that you moved from.
I went to South Dakota last year, and had such a pleasant time I went again a couple months ago. I absolutely love it there and want to move there when I’m older. Yeah there’s some parts where there’s nothing but grass for as far as the eye can see, but it’s a really interesting and serene state! Perfect place to get away from the madness. And for those wanting to visit, I was in Box Elder, just outside Rapid City, early September… it was 105 degrees! Also there’s this town quite literally in the middle of nowhere in near Murdo that is completely the original buildings from the 1880s. It’s a whole small town with train cars, a museum, gas station, and old school vibes. Dancing with Wolves was filmed there! I really hope South Dakota doesn’t get too touristy, but I know for myself I’ll definitely be going back when I have the chance again. I love the state.
Recently stayed in Spearfish SD while on a cross country road trip. Was surprised at the fact that they had a decent sized hospital and just a mile a way an urgent care center. Seemed like alot for a city of about 12k. Nice little town from what i could see in my overnight stay.
Basically it sux everywhere. One can find awesomeness anywhere they live. The problem is so many of us have moved from our nest to others nests. And then expect everyone in new nest to have same views. Obviously won't happen so what has happened is too many kids born in the 90s /early 2000 and even now moved. We use to get along better. But some odd reason kids thought about a better life elsewhere under the thinking life would be better. Never really is. Remember the place you want to Vaca or move to is usually someone else's hell they want out of.
@@penguinking4830 It might be if you are of the wrong political party, as much of the US is today. But seriously, I read about what I stated about people who live and travel in RV's, and have a mail forwarding service in SD, and find the residency and driver's license regulations convenient too. 🙄
Residency requirement is that you stay one night in a motel or campground and take your receipt from your stay to the driver's license bureau. You state you plan to settle in SD and pay a mail service to act as your "home address" and you don't have to stay in the state to be considered a resident from then on.
Already live here we've expanded so much and so many houses have come up since I moved here in 2014. It's so beautiful here. Even tho we retired the air force we stuck around here. Winter this year hasn't been showing itself much yet. 💜🌻 if your a crafter and move here we should be friends. Haha 😄 Ugh sturgis is awesome and sucks at the same time because the traffic gets insane. I love Deadwood ❤️ 😍 try the all you can eat prime rib and crab buffet.
I’d move to SD in a heart beat! I have a sick kid so hospitals are very very important. A more realistic location for us would be Cincinnati because it has the number one pediatric G.I. clinic in the US but SD would be awesome!
Sanford hospital has a really excellent pediatric hospital in sioux falls. They even biult a large biulding that looks like a fairytale castle. Denny sanford established premier bank and he and his wife have donated billions to the hospital and sports facilities. They may not be no 1 but they are world class. My girlfriend has 6 different diseases and had 6 specialists . They were excellent .
I lived in or near Sioux Falls for almost 50 years. When a kid, are street was gravel and S.F. was about 60,000 people and when I left around 2001, it was over double that. I wouldn't dought it's now doubled even that. Last time I was there, much of the farmland around there had turned to houses. I went to high school in a small town called Harrisburg, that was around 500 people and about 7 miles from S.F., it was almost part of it that last time. I think it was when my daughter was in the 2nd grade that in her class she had fellow students from something like 18 dif countries. I never heard why so many people from all over the world were coming to S.F. or maybe it was just that little school we lived accrost the street from. Never heard of those flex pants either, but if they last like that and feel good like blue jeans, were can I find some?
My home state was South Dakota. I was born and raised in the Black Hills region. I attended elementary school, Middle School, and most of high school in Rapid City South Dakota. Alot of what I learned in South Dakota has come in handy here in Medford Oregon. One example is to dress for the weather and to not let the harsh elements slow you down. Not that it gets anywhere near as extreme here in Medford Oregon as it does in Rapid City South Dakota, but still good skills 👍 ro have.
Glad you pointed this out. In most parts of the world, dressing for the weather is instinctual and just common sense. But in South Dakota, it is an acquired skill. Hmmmm. That pretty much says it all.
I live in South Dakota the weather is brutal in the winter but it's still a beautiful place to live. It is getting pretty expensive to live here though bc so many people are moving here everything is going up in price but the wages are staying the same so it's getting harder and harder to live. I have a family of five kids and my wife and man is it getting tough to stay afloat bc of the rising costs.
Dont listen to this guy, Poverty is unreal? Ha Try living in Denver or Minneapolis. All I can say buddy is if you cant make it in SD you aint gunna make it anywhere. One of the cheapest states to live unless you live in the Swamp down south and have crime up the ass. You can do it.
I'm 20 and I've lived in Rapid City for more than 95% of my life. I live in Rapid City, SD. Yes we do get harsh winters with very cold cold front and it feels like every year we get less and less snow. Last summer was the hottest in years. We had about 3 days in a row with
You sort of missed pheasant and waterfowl hunting. Those are the two huge game options that typically bring people to SD for hunting. Also whitetail deer.
i live in ND and go to SD regularly in winter and the winters in SD are so much nicer than here for no reason they’re not even that far from each other all i can think of is the wind
You said, "Aside from TX, the people leaving blue states are already Republicans." I believe this applies to TX, too. I would wonder much more about GA.
@@BlockchainMoney87 I’m a freelancer. So, I don’t have personal experience in the SD job market. But according to the Department of Labor’s website: Unemployment decreased by 0.6% as of October 2022. That sounds like a decent downward trend to me.
@@texastea5686 I moved here from Southern California my entire life and I thought it was going to be like Alaska or something! No way! It was no where near as severe as I've heard! But we are in the very Southwest SD. Beautiful here!! Ran in to a guy a couple weeks ago who moved his entire family here from Texas! They love it here. He bought 70 acres!
Just to clarify...South Dakota does have four seasons but Spring and Autumn are only a week long. It's either hot or cold and almost always windy.
Windy? Where? I disagree
That's because Nebraska sucks and ND blows. 😒
Spring & Autumn used to be longer in length, but since the geo engineering of the weather it's changed, South Dakota doesn't have natural weather anymore, it's all man made! I know because I lived here most of my life (50+ years) many other good reasons not to move to South Dakota, one being is there is no Constitutional courts here ( meaning they don't honor the United States Constitution or your God given rights!
@@ryankueter8396 the fckn snow falls down sideways in the south Dakota plains and the black hills.
@@timothydalton634 wOW: you are proof that SD is not entirely populated with boring people.
Let's hear it for chemtrails, morgellans, aliens and bigfoot
I was born in South Dakota and grew up in Sturgis, 4 years ago I moved to Indiana. We are moving back to South Dakota this June. South Dakota is my home and I can’t wait to move back.
All five of us here (not counting the corn) are glad for you
Hey currently seeing this living in Indiana. I was born in South Dakota but sadly moved to Indiana 4 years ago too. And I find this weird because I'm bout to move back too😂
@@Nae_jaelynn what a coincidence lol, we South Dakotans always come back 😂
I was thinking of moving to rural southern Indiana, to be closer to my Chicagoland family. Just wondering why everyone wants to leave Indiana. (I'll admit to wanting to avoid the Chicago Metro and Indy areas).
There's nothing better than Indiana. It's literally paradise. In my humble opinion.
Briggs: The best part of South Dakota is the people. We honestly love our neighbor South Dakotans. I live in one of the small towns (that you may be doing a video on soon) and the only time we lock up our vehicle is early fall……because if you don’t lock your vehicle, you may find a box of zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in your front seat from the guy that over planted last spring.. Seriously - I’m not exaggerating.
55 year resident of Hamlin County.
And we welcome EVERYONE to become sodaks.
What a beautiful way of life.
thanks for the tip. now i know where to go to steal my next vehicle.
@@rabidgoon great idea. Give it a try. 😂
@@rabidgoon Oh yeah, everyone there carries at least 3 days a week. You get to guess which days.
How lovely!!! I wouldn't mind that, I'd consider it a gift ^_^
We moved here from Las Vegas, 4 years ago.
We bought a home, last year for under 200k in Canton. We love the schools, parks and people.
We've made so many friends and live our neighbors. Should have made the move a decade ago, but glad to be here.
We get cold, cold weather and a lot of snow but it's a lifestyle and we love it. The other 3 seasons are heavenly and we love what each season offers.
We buy our beef from local farmers. We have had 4 successful gardens, we have beautiful wildlife and our children have agriculture classes in school.
South Dakota has a lot to offer and a wonderful history. We love it.
Our town has just 3,000 people and just love that!
Yeah but homes in Canton shouldn't be near 200k in the first place. It used to be much more affordable here and not that long ago either. The property taxes here are ridiculous, especially in Lincoln County where they like to complete assessments every.single.year therefore homeowners end up having their property taxes go up as well.
@@ebgbjo2025 yep, we noticed tax thing, already it went up, of course and still no pool. That is disappointing
@@christinalovescolorado sorry, witch. I'm not a foreigner.. I'm an American. Keep up and you'll be ok. Fall behind and keep crying
Do you respect the natives?
@@yardiknow7962 yeah, I serve a lot of them at the Rehab. They have a pretty rough go...
Lived in Rapid City for 3 years while in the military and loved it. Its the closest you'll ever get to a city in a Hallmark Christmas movie. People are super friendly, it has a small town feel but its large enough to have all the major big box stores/retail you want. Good food scene for the size city, breakfast at Tally's was *muah*. And the bike festival brings in some of the biggest names in concerts. Saw Blink 182 live at the Buffalo Chip for free.
@@DeeBagIII sorry you had the experience. Wasn't my experience there at all. Was one of the better places in the US I got to live.
@@DeeBagIII I too found little racism or bigotry in Rapid. Maybe one out laying incident is not worth maligning an entire city population.
hey how bout you shut your fucking mouth how about. SD is ass and you would say the same if you don't want fucking liberals moving here.
I would like to add that South Dakota doesn't have a state income tax and they also don't have a inheritance tax, low excise tax, low vehicle registration and no estate tax. We became residents of SD this year because they make it easy to travel (we are on the road full time) and have residency in a state. It dropped out vehicle insurance by half and with better insurance. Love South Dakota
I was waiting for him to mention anything about this.
And they have sh*tty roads, etc.
Isn't the property tax high?
@@johndouglas7787 no sure.
Don't advertise the state or it will become as fu_ked as the place they left to come here keep a secret FJB
I visited the Black Hills of SD a couple years ago. Incredible scenery
Rocky Raccoon lived there.
It was beautiful when I visited there.
The Dakotas are highly rated. I made the mistake of moving to Florida last year to be closer to family but I'm heading back to fantastic Fargo where I had the highest quality of life out of anywhere I ever lived.
ND is a nice state. Gets a bad rap cause C O L D
As a Floridian, many of us want out.
@@uselesscause6128 Wrong. And too many moving in!!
Fargo is the best city in the USA! Best people, ethnic restaurants, low traffic, no crime, and every big box store you could need!
Fargo and the whole state of nd is horrible lmao
Grew up in SD, lived there 20+ years. Some things good, some things bad. Winter is 6+ months long, bone-chilling cold, always windy. Spring is wet and sloppy. Fall is really nice for 2 weeks. Summer is humid and windy, but that blows the mosquitos away. I have live in bone dry Utah for the last 30+ years. Love going back to SD for 2 weeks for fishing, seeing the color green, quick hunting trip, but the winters make it uninhabitable for me. I'll visit, but no way am I staying. Other than hunting or fishing there isn't much to do. Alcohol flows freely. You decide if that is good or bad.
Alcohol flowing freely is 👎 bad . Nothing good about Alcohol unless it's rubbing alcohol . It's poisin . Causes vehicle wrecks , injuries , ruins relationships , destroys marriages , makes people stupid , regrets about one's behavior , can't work well ,
causes depression , and can totally ruin lives . Other than that , it's great 👍! Oh yeah ,
can't think we'll and your IQ takes a dive .
Exactly correct. Most people that can afford a winter home, head south. Those stuck here, most detest winter.
Nothing like piling it on high is there Jim.
@@skidoorulz4914 well, it's his opinion..... lol
also from South Dakota, I concur with assessment.
So I drove to Montana this past November from New Jersey. And I drove through South Dakota for the first time ever. I stopped at Mount Rushmore in Badlands national Park, and I just wanna say the Black Hills national Forest area of South Dakota is one of the most beautiful places America has to offer
Liar😅
@@stronghold8266 naw man, he’s right. I’m in California and I can say the Black Hills are the one of the best places to visit. Go there, you’ll see.
@@roninbruh Liar
I agree. Loved it there because of the nature.
I'm not much of a hunter, I just love how everyone treated me like a neighbor when I was passing through the beautiful state and great scenery
South Dakota does fly under the radar. The weather is on the extreme end of the spectrum for most Americans to consider it as a relocation hotspot but it’s worth talking about as a place to raise a family or spend part of the year in retirement. I spent an extended period of time there in 2021, specifically the northeast part of the state. It’s distinctly more “Midwest” with a strong sense of community and high quality of life even for people making average incomes. It surprised me that most families owned a boat or an ATV for example. It was hard to go anywhere without encountering talkative, friendly people and genuine, helpful customer service. Eastern SD is distinctly different compared with western SD, though, which looks and has a culture more in line with Wyoming or Montana. Cross the Missouri River and the corn fields turn into cattle ranches, towns into villages and houses into homesteads. It’s not for everyone, but if it is there are few places better.
Just like ND, people move in and see what the winters are like and move right back out ..
See it hundreds of times while living there..
East River represent! I take it you were around Watertown?
@@michaelvandyke6715 the Dakotas aren't for wimps, that's for sure. It's very hard to live under a bridge here. Or under a tarp.. I've got family in Multnomah County Oregon
If you want to be homeless, don't move here
@@abeal49 I am certain no one in a state of homelessness would aspire to go north in the winter.
@@peggygenoway nope they are all in Portland
I was born in Texas but grew up in South Dakota since I was 4. After being around the US in Virginia and California, and being around the world in Mexico and Africa I always miss my state. Low cost of living and the people themselves are great. Plus for me personally I actually like the cold lol
I honestly can't blame people for moving to South Dakota. It's an incredibly beautiful state and not all that many people living there. I could be mistaken but I think Sioux Falls is the most populated city in the state and it only has around 200k people living there, which is up a ton since I last visited.
hey how bout you shut your fucking mouth how about. SD is ass and you would say the same if you don't want fucking liberals moving here.
Sioux Falls is the most populated city
Most populated, but also very spread out. Plenty of space for 200k people in those 81 sq miles.
Moved to Pierre, SD 2 years ago. Very friendly place! Now have lots of good friends. Beautiful scenery and high quality of life. My only regret is not moving here sooner.
I grew up in so cal as well. When I moved to Washington in my mid twenties I fell in love with how leaves started small, grew bigger, changed color and fell off. Who knew? LOL
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My parents want to move out there, and at first I was hesitant, but after I visited the state near Yankton, I realized that there is a lot of charm South Dakota has to offer. The people seem to be friendlier than any other state I've visited
For the most part that is true especially the smaller towns and cities. I have lived near sioux falls for 71 years and have noticed a steady decline in curious drivers and if I happen to remark about something to a shopper in wall mart I get that " your weird" look. Still in all, if you smile and say hi you will likely get a pleasant response and a smile in return. I'm guessing the ones with the your weird attitude didn't grow up here.
South Dakota is beautiful. And we (Nebraskans) call them center states the Great Plains States 😆😂. Excellent material on your vidios, 💕
Yeah, SD and ND are Great Plains States.
Yes, grew up in SD, and we were taught that they were the Great Plains. Huron has the Plainsman paper, and a motel called The Plains. 😂
Yo, lots of love you awesome Nebraskan! From your northerly neighbor 😄👍
I've lived in SD all my life. In my opinion this video was very well done. It is objective and accurate. Two thumbs up.
-Gus
I've met people from South Dakota that have moved to Wisconsin before I moved from thete. They are some of the friendliest people I have met. I would recommend moving there if you're looking for a new direction in life. Whether you're young or retired.
Is there discrimination there though? I’m thinking of moving there…..
@@Silver77cyn Racism, very very blatantly racist people.
@@Silver77cyn Nope!☺️
As soon as I win the lottery, I’m summering on South Dakota. The people are genuine. The scenery is awesome.
I love South Dakota, I drove through there in May going to Billings and on the way home to Illinois, everyone was very friendly and polite to me and they knew I was from Illinois. Again I love South Dakota
Enjoy cuz the blues from California are working hard to change that.
@@b-genspinster7895 90% of new movers to SD are registering Republican.
@@Tnado98 very doubtful. As an example, Minnehaha County is like the HMS Bounty sinking in to blue on fire as time goes by. Won’t be long until SD is no better than Ill-annoy or Commie fornicate. Broke and blown out.
I moved to Sioux Falls earlier this year and I don't regret it all.Friendly folks,low cost of living and low crime rate.The westside of the state is the more prettier side and it brings all the tourists and has the national parks but the eastern part is more populated and has the better shopping and restaurants.
Low crime rate for now. Just like so many other states invaded by Californians, the peace and quiet may be coming to an end.
@@m.redleg252 you are correct. Outsiders not welcome.
@@kirbyjohnson4312 Well that depends. I mean your neighbors to the west and north aren't so bad.
After a year how is it going? My wife and I are looking specifically at Sioux Falls because of the cost of living.
My favorite thing about South Dakota is the wether especially eintet and hunting and fishing and any thing outdoors we saw a big big buck and go on a fishing trip every year so fun
South Dakota is very underrated. Its not perfect but I would recommend it to anyone from Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis that is sick of the crime and high taxes in those cities. It was the probably one of the few places in America where you could eat and drink at a bar when the entire nation was on lock down. The sense of freedom, the people there, the outdoors is amazing.
The bigger We grow and get people from those states the higher our crime goes
So you want to put allll those sh*tty people who do those crimes in SD. How bout they stay the fck where there at.
Don't bring that shit here and you know it will happen.. more and more people doesn't fix anything in a city
Then the crime just comes here, in the past three years things have been snowballing down hill I'm born and raised here I'm also Lakota Sioux were a tourist state a large population boom has been really damaging. The housing market is also all kinds of screwed now almost no one except for those with deep pockets could even dream of being a home owner us locals are pretty heart broken and upset but I will say this if you do move to south Dakota head to Sioux falls and stick with the east river side of south Dakota
@@sirmitts7865 agree!
What the hell is wrong with you i tell people how bad it is so they won't come you keep telling people it a good place than we will end up in the same boat as the other shit holes keep your mouth shut and keep it a secret FJB
My favorite towns are Rapid City and Hartford, GOD BLESS THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE TOWNS. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄
Hello Briggs! Love the vids, hoping this one will be great too!
Don't forget there is a 3 hour drive to any bigger towns for medical, any shopping or even kids sports teams have to take day off school to drive up to 5hrs just for basketball or any other school sports. Very windy here sometimes it is nice out but cant do anything outside because of the wind. If your thinking of moving here please stay awhile first then decide if this is for you.
Medical care is now telemedicine. Technology can put a specialist in the room with you no matter where you are.
When I was 70 I was hospitalized in a tiny rural hospital with a diagnosis of sepsis. A nurse practitioner was responsible for my medical care, but she was in frequent contact with an internist in Sioux Falls.
That diagnosis, in a patient of that age, would never have been managed that way in the past. Air transport is available for people who must get to a tertiary care facility in a hurry.
No big stores in the area?
Only a small percentage of South Dakota's population lives 3 hours from a city with medical facilities and shopping. Most of South Dakota's counties are very sparsely populated (especially in the western half) and much of the state's population is very concentrated.
Over 20% of the state's population is in Sioux Falls and probably somewhere around another 20% is within an hour or so drive of it. Well over half of the state's population is in or around Sioux Falls or Rapid City. In the eastern half where a large percentage of the rest of the population is there are some smaller cities (relative to Sioux Falls and Rapid City) scattered about that have medical facilities and shopping (although for major medical issues Sioux Falls is obviously better).
@@deepdude4719 exaggerating
The furthest distance between Walmart Supercenters is between the stores located in Pierre and Rapid City, and google maps says they are 2 1/2 hours apart. Wherever you are in South Dakota, there is probably a Walmart nearby. If you are in the northern part of South Dakota, there are 6 walmarts spread out across I-94 in North Dakota. Western Nebraska, however, doesn't seem to have any, so residents of the southwest corner of South Dakota might find it more convenient to go to one in Wyoming
@@deepdude4719 when I lived in McLaughlin SD on the Standing Rock Reservation I went to Bismarck ND to have a baby and did a lot of shopping there.
Moved from California to South Dakota almost two years ago. yes, winters are cold and the wind does blow often but we love this state. One of the best decisions we've ever made
That’s soothing to hear. My family is moving there in the next few months. We are nervous.
@@Moniqueramirez88 You are moving to South Dakota?
Have you seen Sasquatch yet 😂😂 when I visited there some years ago a lot of people stated they had seen it smh🤦🏾♂️
@@Marz62 lol. 😃
Nice to hear. I grew up in Southern CA. Wife and I are conservative and looking for somewhere where we can enjoy the outdoors and a little bit of property. Tired of the people here. They are hostile, unfriendly and drive like shit. The stated is a money sucker crime friendly and should win a trophy for the stupidest governor the state has ever had.
SD is huge for pheasant Hunting. People come from all over the world.
Born and raised here. Good place to raise a family. Humid hot summers,cold winters. Spring and fall are nice when we have them.
North Dakotan here. West North Dakota is great but just large towns mostly. The Black Hills are even more beautiful but they have Rapid City which is an actual significant city. When I'm done living everywhere I plan on settling there!
Bring u a big ol bag a muny. Cuz several hundred thousand people have the same plan as you. Bring water too.
Please don’t nd-ans are too lib keep moving to red places and ruining it
It's cute that you think 75,000 people is a significant city. I love Rapid and the Western part of SD. Lived there for 6 years and go back whenever I can.
It has been ruined by the outsiders.
@@billbowers4673 at last “count” it was more like 85,000 people but in reality the number is likely well over 100,000 because counting methods are inaccurate. What will be significant is the looming water problems on the horizon. Yes, there are far too many people there for that kind of carrying capacity.
We love South Dakota especially the Black Hills! We never took the opportunity to move there but we try and go ad much as we can ! It all started when we ride to Sturgis!
We always stayed in Custer , which is a cute town ! Love Hill City as well! Thank you for sharing this info!
A lot of these residents don’t actually stay and live in South Dakota. It’s extremely easy to establish residency in SD. All you have to do is stay for a day or two in a hotel or campground and you can declare residency, get a license, address, etc.
This is extremely appealing to a growing population of retirees and “Nomads” who live in RVs and travel around the country full time. They need a domicile and South Dakota has favorable tax rates as well as making it easy to “reside” there so it’s become a popular place to “move” to and that is undoubtedly skewing the population numbers.
If you doubt this, go to an RV campground in a popular recreational area and half the license plates are from South Dakota.
I’m one of those that really enjoyed my stay in South Dakota while on pilgrimage to Sturgis. The western part of the state is so beautiful.
Some of your comments seem to relate more to East River South Dakota as opposed to West River South Dakota. And yes, that's a thing. I live West River in the Black Hills and housing here is really expensive. Not NYC expensive, but way more than the average for the state. I live in the southern part of the Black Hills and our weather is very similar to Denver. It gets cold, dang cold, and snows. But the snow tends to melt quickly due to the strong sunshine. I grew up in a state with the "Midwest gloom" during the winter. Yes, that's a thing too. I love the sunny days here. North Dakota and Minnesota have far more brutal winters then we do.
For small towns, Brandon, SD is incredible! The schools were voted best in the state, people are friendly, and the homes are beautiful and affordable.
I live in Brandon. Moved here from Sioux Falls a year ago. It's great for families. Absolute HELL for singles. I'm moving next year.
I've always hated Brandon, their police are the strictest as well.
When I worked in the chemical dependency field Brandon was one of the top schools in the area for hard drug use.
@@budgetwithlinds149 Whoah. I know the Brandon teenagers that walk to school through the neighborhoods are garbage but I didn't expect the drug use.
Brandon is VERY uppity!
I love living in SD but we definitely have cold winters and hot summers so if you come here please be prepared for sub-zero & top temps over 100.
Don’t forget to add humid in front of the hot temps😂😂
And snow with the occasional blizzard.
Western South Dakota doesn’t get as humid
@@dudedude949 eastern
Having lived in both CO & Northern WI..SD Winters are pathetic.
There's a lot of information missing in this video. The biggest problem they didn't mention was the wages. Most ppl can't afford the housing and utilities because wages are extremely low. Don't be fooled into thinking it's cheap and easy here.
Wages suck. They are very low.
If you're just traveling through SD and going by way of Sioux Falls you really want to stop and see Falls Park. The pink quartz water falls are beautiful.
I love that you made this video about South Dakota. Us South Dakotans know how special it is. Interesting how you grew up in Southern California and felt sheltered. I grew up in Deadwood and felt sheltered. I do love it here though. The people and places are magic
And we don't care for all the newcomers.
I just moved to South Dakota from North Carolina. Best decision I ever made.
@@ericsmith6677 Yep as a result elect politicians who pass stupid laws, like where those northerners came from. NC taxes you anyway it can. $500+ auto registration tax, high state income tax, very high gas tax, $800 doc fee to buy a car, they even charge you extra fees just to pay your bills online, annoying yearly auto inspections.
Here in SD there's no state income tax, no auto inspections, cheap auto registrations, houses are cheaper, not crowded, more open space.
Why do you think one state is better for you than the other?
Has the novelty worn off seven months later?
Welcome!
Always a good show. THANK YOU.
I've been at Hill City, South Dakota when I was a kid and I know about the old West feel. In fact, South Dakota is where Kevin Costner filmed his award winning film Dances With Wolves!
I love this video!! The occupants of Sanford Falls are going to be furious after you said all of South Dakota’s cities are small!! Keep up the good work!
i live in SD. Rapid City crime is blowin up. its mostly cold. cant wait to move out. 20yrs was plenty long here.
Hey Briggs u ever been to Mt Rushmore? Being there made my head explode. I cried I was so overwhelmed. They were doing a change of command ceremony for the south Dakota national guard. The lady governor was there
She's a hottie
I lived in Doland S.D. for years. S.D. is a very nice place. Winters can be vicious.
The other thing to think about, in terms of statistics, is that a lot of vanlifers and RVers domicile in South Dakota... Meaning on paper they 'live' in SD, but in reality, they're all over the country.
Never disappointed with your work!!!
This is why I love this channel. I used to always think Pierre South Dakota was pronounced like the French pronounce it pee-air. I would have never guessed it was pronounced pier from the way it's spelled.
I moved to hot springs 2 yrs ago and love it . Almost too quiet. But being from Colorado where its dry i hate the humidity for a few months in summer. Everyone says its nothing compared to their state but I was spoiled.
They also have a new Hospital and are on the edge of the general tourist area, not too far but not too close.
Lived there in 92 and 93, loved it. If I was rich I'd stay there in the summer and come back to Louisiana in the winter!
South Dakota is cheap because wages are so low across all sectors of the economy. Local businesses can't charge as much for services because people can't afford to pay higher prices. People save for years to put a 20% down-payment on a $150,000 home. If everything was really cheaper, it would be fine, but you're still paying the same as everyone else in the country for a new car, your health insurance, your cell phone bill, online retail, ... the list goes on. Some things like gas are marginally cheaper, other things like higher education are way cheaper, but then you have high property tax and heating bills. It's not as cheap as you'd think unless you're already retired or living off passive income. And as far as cheap hobbies go, there's not much across most of the state besides hunting, fishing, and internet stuff.
Very good information 👌
Spitting facts.
Oddly enough I met a Sam Gould once and he was a very cool dude very informed reminds me of you with how you formally made this comment.
@@RighteousUserMan11 Prolly is him
I would get a remote job based in California....get that West coast money but live in a cheap area
I’ve lived in South Dakota my whole life ❤ I believe its overall just a nice place to live you got a little of everything you got cities like Minneapolis that are really like the “Big City“but there’s just enough here in Sioux Falls where you have all you really need and west river feels like you’re in a totally different state when you’re not way different scenery and different atmosphere and for that matter even different weather. Then if you want to get away from the “city“ life it’s not that far of a drive away from Sioux Falls. Proud to live here ❤😊
I moved from LA to Worthing, SD. Trust me it was worth it.
South Dakota proud! 😁
Vermillion, Yankton, Brookings, Madison, Huron, Aberdeen, Watertown…..Rapid…..all incredibly great places…if you can’t handle winter…DO NOT MOVE THERE. I’d live there if I weren’t a Jazz musician. LOL
Loved hearing and looking at all the great things in my state. Also, I live in Sioux Falls, the largest city in SD and we have little tents on our sidewalks and dont think I have ever seen a police helicopter. We are a great state.
The best part of your comment is that as a SD resident you aren't aware that he's referring to tents on the sidewalks that people are living in.
Too cold to live year-round in most tents. Winter-camping tents are prohibitively expensive and require significant structure to withstand winters. Ergo they’re not practical for most homeless. So, few tents…
We relocated to SD in 2022. Great state!! The people are THE FRIENDLIEST!!
Just moved to South Dakota this month! Al beit, for military. However, I grew up in SoCal myself and moved to Nebraska 12 years ago and absolutely loved the midwest vibe.
Hello from Minnesota! South Dakota is a wonderful state, wish I could move there. However when you have just 1 daughter you kinda feel obligated to stick around. My brother lived in California his whole adult life, he brought his friend who was born in California here one summer. He wanted to know how we knew how much food we'd need for the winter! When we got done laughing we explained we are not bears, we don't hibernate.
Where in MN I'm in SD and will trade ya
Omg that’s hilarious!! 🤣🤣
I’ve lived in SD my whole life and when I was younger we took a class trip to NYC and someone actually asked me if we “ride Buffalo to school” and if we had brought them with to NYC! 🤦🏼♂️ I told him that we had to rent out a huge storage unit to house our Buffalo. Crazy how the coasts seem to think we all still live the old west lifestyle 😂
@@jmoe-10 😄😄😄😄
I’m currently living in South Dakota and you can always adventure and enjoy the summer warm. Most of crimes in South Dakota are in Sioux Falls. You can visit South Dakota’s Landmarks (Mount Rushmore) we have some great water parks like wild water west in Sioux Falls, splash central in Huron and much more. Huron features the worlds largest statue pheasant with some fine dining in the city as well. Mitchell features the Worlds only Corn palace! In the summer there are many campgrounds and hotels. South Dakota’s state fair is featured in Huron. Storybook land in Aberdeen. And much more in between With Brookings, Watertown, Yankton, + much more!
Rapid City has a higher homicide rate than Chicago I do believe.
Sioux Falls is by the Somalian border, so that makes sense.
Sioux Falls Sucks
@@whyisblue923taken Wow. Talk about a dog whistle.
Amazing state. The first time I went there I was drawn to it!
Wow, I’m a South Dakotan and all I want to do is move somewhere tropical…
Lennox resident here….the winters are awful it would be so much better if it wasn’t for the wind.
As a former S Dakotan, it’s a great place to be from, and a great place to retire, but spend the rest of your time elsewhere
have fun with crime and illegals goin south! we wont miss ya!
As a Floridian I want to move somewhere that isn’t Florida lmao
Please go. We're emty, but more empty will be appreciated.
Depending on where you got your data, it's quite possible many took advantage of the nomad life and set up residency in SD in 24hrs. That means the increase in numbers could encompass those who relocate to SD.
Good point. Lots of full-times take advantage of our residency laws. Wish it was that easy to establish residency for in-state tuition rates. USD requires a full year.
After the winter we are having i got 6 ft of snow and it's going to be 20 below this week there will be alot of homes for sale in April the califuckinfornias and texasasses that came up here will be heading out FJB
Yes, let's see digital nomads make yet another innocent state too expensive. The trend now seems to be remote workers moving in, driving up costs in an area, and then leaving because the new place is now too expensive. Remote workers have been cited to be the primary cause of the national housing crisis. NBC News wrote an article, called, "The remote workers have left, but the housing havoc they created remains." Look it up. There are many other news outlets that've written about the problem. "Geographic arbitrage," ruins communities and backfires in the end. Worse, high rents are driving our current inflation. Look that up, too. There is no such thing as free money. You win in the short run but in the long run, everybody loses, including yourself. Also, some of these areas will be left with a high cost of living for years even after you leave. If you move in and wonder why locals don't like you, look to see if your area has a housing crisis. Don't write off the scorn you receive with stupid stereotypes about the state you've relocated to. Stereotypes are for ignorant people. This is an important issue, which deserves due consideration because it's even making people with good jobs homeless. Vice Magazine did a lovely video on remote workers and gentrification. The video is about how local workers a digital nomad hot spot in Colorado are forced into homelessness and or leaving. The irony is that town, like so many similar to it, is running out of people to run the restaurants, schools, and other town businesses. What is happening right now with our national crisis is causing untold damage to countless lives. It's very vexing to see that the only thing seem to care about is their wallets, while forgetting that there are other people who deserve shelter.
its actually very hard to. plus its not worth it. this video is missleading.
Winter is brutal. That's a "Nope" for me no matter what else it has got good.
.. thank you Briggs! I'm 81, and have lived in South Dakota most of my life. The Black Hills are a wonderful part of our state. The Black Hills have a lot of national forest land, with free camping everywhere... also, we have recently legalized medical cannabis, so this is great for people who want a medicine that is safe and efficacious... and our first cannabis dispensary was opened in flandreau, South Dakota, by Native Americans. The Indians are way ahead of us w h i t e s on some things.
Didn’t the Native dispensaries get shut down in Flandreau? It’s been a while since I’ve kept up with SD politics, but I know that Kristi Noem shut down the will of the people who voted for legal medical cannabis, because she received word from law enforcement that it would be difficult to distinguish hemp from marijuana. Also, is Mad Mary’s in Flandreau still the best steakhouse ever? I miss that place.
@@samgould8567 .. the last I heard, the native nations cannabis dispensary in Flandreau was still open. I have talked to them on the phone a couple of times.
@@samgould8567 they were shut down briefly but not by the governor. The state doesn't have jurisdiction on the reservations
It's complicated. The reservations are under federal jurisdiction so I guess they have to be set up outside the rez in order to be legal.
Everybody blames the state government for what the federal government does on the reservations.
@@samgould8567 The governor didn't throw out the law that legalized recreational marijuana, the state supreme court did. I think it was law enforcement that challenged it on constitutional grounds. As usual the proponents of an initiated measure didn't bother to write a viable bill, we have a legislative research council which will look over bills before they go on ballots as initiated measures or before they are introduced to the legislature, and they can make recommendations and explain "you wrote it wrong," but they can't force anybody to make corrections,
(the stupid is strong here at times) and in the case of initiated measures, the Attorney General will write up a paragraph explaining what an initiated measure will do and that's printed on the ballot right above the measure. unfortunately the voters don't bother to read caveats like "if passed, this will be challenged on constitutional grounds." which is just legalese for "this f--king thing is crap."
I mean, if you want to put a measure on the ballot re-establishing slavery here you can do it, you can actually get enough signatures from idiots to put such a thing on the ballot. Really. We get a lot of crap measures on the ballot, and then people who didn't bother to read what they were voting for complain when the state supreme court tosses it out, or the legislature passes an emergency measure to nullify it. If you want to write a viable bill you need to listen to the lawyers when they tell you what you need to fix.
On the other hand, if you want to craft an initiated measure requiring the state treasurer to give you a million bucks every year on your birthday, and then tell people it's a poverty-relief measure, you can easily get enough bone-headed people to sign the petition, get it on the ballot and vote for it. And then you, too, can complain that "they're ignoring the will of the people!" when it gets tossed because only the legislature is allowed to make appropriations.
yes well we have seen what marijuana does to people:,it makes them unemployable
It's an excellent drug for somebody in hospice care because it induces the apathy of demerol, and the euphoria of morphine, without all the negative side effects of either. It's fine for a retiree of 81 years of age, go ahead.
But nobody wants to hire stoners. Nobody wants to work with stoners. And therein lies the trouble with it. The same effects that it has on somebody dying of a terminal disease are the effects that make a user unemployable: the combination of apathy and euphoria aren't good on the job. While an employee with euphoria might be fun at times, couple that with apathy and you have an absolutely worthless person on your staff. They aren't going to do a good job, if they even bother to show up.
South Dakota has many dif types of land, mountain forest in the far west (Blackhills), desert like (the Badland), Grasslands and flatland that is some of the best farmland anywere.
As of 2021, Bill Gates owns farmland in Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska (plus many states to the west and east) and the North Dakota government just facilitated his buying up farmland there. The North Dakota government argued that he said he'd lease it out to locals. Lol. Hopefully, South Dakota will keep him out. Gates absolutely is working overtime to get his hands on that South Dakota farmland.
@@betsyj59 I think I saw that the S.D. governor was telling about her passing or trying to pass a bill to keep Bill Gates and foreigners from buying up S.D. land. She is one of our best and has me thinking of moving back after leaving S.D. over 20 years ago.
Born and raised rapid City I'm still here been around the block and made it back this place is pretty cool I need to get out to the hills more I know they're still gold out here...
I left Seattle and moved to smithwick SD and I got a home for $350,000 on five acres of land. In seattle area the same home would cost 2.5 millions to 3 million dollars. Property taxes in seatlle for that land would be $12,000. And in smithwick property tax is $ 4,400 a year.
Do not bring your disgusting Seattle politics to my state of South Dakota.
I was born in sd and the one of the bad things that I don’t like about a lot of people moving here is that not a lot of them are used to driving in the snow or know how to. Also there’s more crime
I agree. I grew up in SD every once in a while before many people started moving here. I would come across gang members in bars down town. On more than one occasion. They stick out like a sore thumb running there mouth act all tuff. I'd ask them why did you come here. To quit gang life. Unfortunately they seem to bring it with them. In jail in a couple months or weeks.
That sucks 😕
Just so you guys know the winters here are brutal they are long, dark, It doesn't snow that much and it's just bitterly cold. At least a few times a year it gets down to -40 actual temp, and the wind blows all the time. Literally all the time, you notice when it stops. If you do move here, remember South Dakota is the way it is because of what we believe, do not try and change it. Otherwise South Dakota will just turn into whatever crappy place it was that you moved from.
Yip about right.
"Do not try and change it." Sorry to break it to you, but you cannot resist change pal, it is a law of the universe. Adapt or die lol
South Dakota is one of the lamest places I have ever been.
South Dakota sucks!
@@jstravelers4094 exactly don't come here.
This...
Great video Briggs!
Your followers should check out Lead South Dakota. Gold mining town from 1876 with an elevation of 5,280ft. It's a mile high city!
You stopped at 1880 town. I stay there summers and go to Texas for most of the winters. Love the beauty of the Black Hills
We moved to SD from MN. This is a wonderful place to live!
I went to South Dakota last year, and had such a pleasant time I went again a couple months ago. I absolutely love it there and want to move there when I’m older. Yeah there’s some parts where there’s nothing but grass for as far as the eye can see, but it’s a really interesting and serene state! Perfect place to get away from the madness. And for those wanting to visit, I was in Box Elder, just outside Rapid City, early September… it was 105 degrees! Also there’s this town quite literally in the middle of nowhere in near Murdo that is completely the original buildings from the 1880s. It’s a whole small town with train cars, a museum, gas station, and old school vibes. Dancing with Wolves was filmed there! I really hope South Dakota doesn’t get too touristy, but I know for myself I’ll definitely be going back when I have the chance again. I love the state.
The black hills are definitely the more beautiful side of the state
@@Mydogstealssox driving thru Needle Point was such a memory
If you can handle -50 wind chill during winter and winter being 6 months long then it's a perfect place
@@idiotinabandanna8701 aye winter is pretty in the mountains too, in my opinion
We don't need or want you moving here.
Recently stayed in Spearfish SD while on a cross country road trip. Was surprised at the fact that they had a decent sized hospital and just a mile a way an urgent care center. Seemed like alot for a city of about 12k. Nice little town from what i could see in my overnight stay.
It's a college town is why it's prospered so well. Beautiful during fall
Spearfish Canyon is gorgeous, especially in fall
@@DeeBagIII You do realise the Sioux stole that land and ran off the previous tribe right? Go take your meds.
@@DeeBagIII how the hell do you know it was stolen
that is the only hospital nearby for hundreds of miles.
Basically it sux everywhere. One can find awesomeness anywhere they live. The problem is so many of us have moved from our nest to others nests. And then expect everyone in new nest to have same views. Obviously won't happen so what has happened is too many kids born in the 90s /early 2000 and even now moved. We use to get along better. But some odd reason kids thought about a better life elsewhere under the thinking life would be better. Never really is. Remember the place you want to Vaca or move to is usually someone else's hell they want out of.
I went through a lot of horrible stuff in South Dakota for no reason
South Dakota born and raised 💪🏼
I heard it is very easy to stay in SD and get
residency and a driver's license.
You make it sound like a different country.
@@penguinking4830 It might be if you are of the wrong political party, as much of the
US is today. But seriously, I read about what
I stated about people who live and travel
in RV's, and have a mail forwarding service
in SD, and find the residency and driver's
license regulations convenient too. 🙄
Residency requirement is that you stay one night in a motel or campground and take your receipt from your stay to the driver's license bureau. You state you plan to settle in SD and pay a mail service to act as your "home address" and you don't have to stay in the state to be considered a resident from then on.
@@sissinoklahoma2057 Yes, that sounds familiar. Thank 😊 you.
@@raymondmartin6737 True! Did it
Already live here we've expanded so much and so many houses have come up since I moved here in 2014. It's so beautiful here. Even tho we retired the air force we stuck around here. Winter this year hasn't been showing itself much yet. 💜🌻 if your a crafter and move here we should be friends. Haha 😄
Ugh sturgis is awesome and sucks at the same time because the traffic gets insane.
I love Deadwood ❤️ 😍 try the all you can eat prime rib and crab buffet.
I’d move to SD in a heart beat!
I have a sick kid so hospitals are very very important. A more realistic location for us would be Cincinnati because it has the number one pediatric G.I. clinic in the US but SD would be awesome!
The Sanford Health System in Sioux Falls includes a Children's Hospital. The healthcare here is top notch.
I've Cincinnati is way better as far as Healthcare
@@jkschnik6952 thank you. I’ll look it up.
Sanford hospital has a really excellent pediatric hospital in sioux falls. They even biult a large biulding that looks like a fairytale castle. Denny sanford established premier bank and he and his wife have donated billions to the hospital and sports facilities. They may not be no 1 but they are world class. My girlfriend has 6 different diseases and had 6 specialists . They were excellent .
@@ronskancke1489 thank you, Ron.
I live in south dakota. I wouldn't trade it in for else. I love the black hills to do the fly fishing and camping . Tfs jen in south dakota
I live in Hot Springs, SD. Previously Boise and Salt Lake City. It's a great little town in a beautiful area.
No one in South Dakota says Mamaw or Papaw. People there are rural, but they are not hillbillies. Grandma and Grandpa is the correct terminology.
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yeah u said it Brother. This clown in the video smells like a Libby to me.
Thanks for the clarification, slappy. What would we do without you? 🙄
Dommo arregotto gonziemas 🙏.....🏹🤠👍
Lol what gratification do you have that saying “mamaw” and “papaw” are hillbilly terminology you ignorant f-k?
I lived in or near Sioux Falls for almost 50 years. When a kid, are street was gravel and S.F. was about 60,000 people and when I left around 2001, it was over double that. I wouldn't dought it's now doubled even that. Last time I was there, much of the farmland around there had turned to houses. I went to high school in a small town called Harrisburg, that was around 500 people and about 7 miles from S.F., it was almost part of it that last time. I think it was when my daughter was in the 2nd grade that in her class she had fellow students from something like 18 dif countries. I never heard why so many people from all over the world were coming to S.F. or maybe it was just that little school we lived accrost the street from. Never heard of those flex pants either, but if they last like that and feel good like blue jeans, were can I find some?
Harrisburg is a bigger suburb now I live down a bout an hour south near Sioux City but all those surrounding towns grew big as hell
When I left Sioux Falls after graduating from Augie in 2001, it was 125,000.
@@augiegirl1 Both my mom and dad both went to and met at Augie in the early 1950's.
I live in Harrisburg and even with our population growth we still only have 1 highschool. Crazy
My home state was South Dakota. I was born and raised in the Black Hills region. I attended elementary school, Middle School, and most of high school in Rapid City South Dakota. Alot of what I learned in South Dakota has come in handy here in Medford Oregon. One example is to dress for the weather and to not let the harsh elements slow you down. Not that it gets anywhere near as extreme here in Medford Oregon as it does in Rapid City South Dakota, but still good skills 👍 ro have.
Glad you pointed this out. In most parts of the world, dressing for the weather is instinctual and just common sense. But in South Dakota, it is an acquired skill. Hmmmm. That pretty much says it all.
thanks for leaving 🙏
@@JohnHohn-f9w lol..i just got that.
We moved to deadwood on memorial day 2022. Best decision ever.
I live in Sioux Falls South Dakota. It's awesome
I live in South Dakota the weather is brutal in the winter but it's still a beautiful place to live. It is getting pretty expensive to live here though bc so many people are moving here everything is going up in price but the wages are staying the same so it's getting harder and harder to live. I have a family of five kids and my wife and man is it getting tough to stay afloat bc of the rising costs.
What about wages? Too low? What is the average income in the area?
@@deepdude4719 wages are definitely way too low the poverty level here is unreal
Dont listen to this guy, Poverty is unreal? Ha Try living in Denver or Minneapolis. All I can say buddy is if you cant make it in SD you aint gunna make it anywhere. One of the cheapest states to live unless you live in the Swamp down south and have crime up the ass. You can do it.
@@deepdude4719 yep if you think you will live for cheap you have another thing coming. Housing is high as hell doubled since the outsiders came here.
I'm 20 and I've lived in Rapid City for more than 95% of my life. I live in Rapid City, SD. Yes we do get harsh winters with very cold cold front and it feels like every year we get less and less snow. Last summer was the hottest in years. We had about 3 days in a row with
your winters arent diddley squat compared to Northern MN, WI or ND buddy. Not to mention CO. Anyone who's lived north its cake.
How cold does it get in Rapid City in the winter?
You sort of missed pheasant and waterfowl hunting. Those are the two huge game options that typically bring people to SD for hunting. Also whitetail deer.
i live in ND and go to SD regularly in winter and the winters in SD are so much nicer than here for no reason they’re not even that far from each other all i can think of is the wind
Those darn winters, now that I have arthritis there is no way I could handle the cold.
You said, "Aside from TX, the people leaving blue states are already Republicans." I believe this applies to TX, too. I would wonder much more about GA.
I just moved to South Dakota in July, and I absolutely love it! ❤
How is the jobs
@@BlockchainMoney87 I’m a freelancer. So, I don’t have personal experience in the SD job market. But according to the Department of Labor’s website: Unemployment decreased by 0.6% as of October 2022. That sounds like a decent downward trend to me.
Like McDonald's... lol
Dress for the weather this month - it’s snow joke!
It’s safe for African Americans?
What area do you recommend for AA in SD?
As a cyclists, I must say that the Black Hills has some very scenic highways for road cycling, and good single track for mountain biking.
Great place to visit.
Terrible place to live.
Just got 30 inches of snow here this week. Going to be under 0 degrees for the rest of the month
😵💫 nope, nope, nope
I’ve lived in South Dakota since 1984 and love it
Oof, but the wimters!!!????
@@texastea5686 I moved here from Southern California my entire life and I thought it was going to be like Alaska or something! No way! It was no where near as severe as I've heard! But we are in the very Southwest SD. Beautiful here!! Ran in to a guy a couple weeks ago who moved his entire family here from Texas! They love it here. He bought 70 acres!