Living In South Dakota - Things They Don't Tell You!

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  • Living In South Dakota - Things They Don't Tell You!
    There are a lot of things to consider before you move somewhere like South Dakota.
    These are some of the more important things to think about when moving to South Dakota!
    I have so many people contacting me who are moving here to Rapid City and the Black Hills and I love it! Honestly if you are moving or relocating here to Rapid City or in the Black Hills I can make that transition so much easier on you!!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 886

  • @m.englewood3732
    @m.englewood3732 3 роки тому +121

    Well done Christian!
    Top 4 must-haves for living more than a mile outside any town in the Black Hills:
    1. Availability of Century Link dedicated service line (DSL) fiber internet.
    2. If you don’t want covenants, buy on the border of National Forest to avoid the neighborhood junk yards.
    3. Plan to buy groceries by the week and SHOP LOCAL for everything possible.
    4. Buy a 4x4 vehicle and learn how to safely drive on snow and ice.

    • @janicenunn101
      @janicenunn101 3 роки тому +8

      Is there much available housing over There? I want to move to SD this summer or fall while awaiting RV availability.

    • @Green4321
      @Green4321 3 роки тому +2

      Yes! You've listed four very important items to consider.

    • @puppyeyes9368
      @puppyeyes9368 2 роки тому

      Well each inch of the way we live will be chipped away. As liberals and alians take it. But what the hell the money's good.
      It hurts to see the glorious hills bulldozed down to put some rich jerks house on it. Who then leaves it, because the winter's are so harsh. Can't replace that scenic hill. Will our hill's be just a memory, flattened by housing? But, hay the money is good. With no care for ruining that part of the Black Hills. But, hay the money's good.
      Voting liberal, bringing an end to our freedoms, well crap that's to bad!! But hay the money's good.
      Ruing the water with waste from factories. Well crap that's to bad. But, hay the money's good.
      With the influx of people comes their bad habits. Well all be dealing with all the bullshit crap we've manage to avoid. It's okay the money's good!
      It's funny how it appears to me, when this decision was made, THE BIG TALL SECURITY FENCE went up! How many of the regular people have one? Hell it's okay, the money's good! What's safety for our children an our selves mean. The money's good.
      The more they push to "Develop" South Dakota, the more our state will be "Distroy" !! BUT HAY THE MONEY'S GOOD! GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

  • @adriansavedbygrace4045
    @adriansavedbygrace4045 3 роки тому +71

    Ive lived in north central SD my whole life. Ive been all over the country and this is the only place I would call home. Great fishing great hunting and a quiet safe place to raise a family. The winter's can be brutal but thats the price you pay to live in Gods country.

    • @az21bob666
      @az21bob666 Рік тому +2

      I live in Mn. So how bad are winters

    • @Nahome-c8w
      @Nahome-c8w 6 місяців тому

      South Dakota is trash. Can't wait to go back to New York

    • @KaLiGr
      @KaLiGr 5 місяців тому +1

      Hey, thats interesting. Im from Germany 🇩🇪 Would you accept me as a german guy if I move to South Dakota ?😊

  • @KiltedVeteran
    @KiltedVeteran 3 роки тому +55

    I would just like to add for the veteran community. I have lived in many place and have been to many VA hospitals. The Black Hills VA Healthcare system is by far the best VA system I have been to. They take care of the vets here.

    • @TheAnimeAtheist
      @TheAnimeAtheist 2 роки тому +4

      Can confirm, the South Dakota VA centers for w/e reason all across the state somehow have their shit together. very unusual

    • @dennispeltier6142
      @dennispeltier6142 Рік тому +2

      as one vet to another I've been hoping to find a place with a solid VA. Thank you for posting!

    • @dennispeltier6142
      @dennispeltier6142 Рік тому +1

      as one vet to another I've been hoping to find a place with a solid VA. Thank you for posting!

    • @gregpettis1113
      @gregpettis1113 Рік тому

      Probably because there's less diversity

    • @KiltedVeteran
      @KiltedVeteran Рік тому

      @@gregpettis1113 Stop with the race bullshit

  • @DaleKalk
    @DaleKalk 8 місяців тому +3

    I have lived rural . I know what it is like to go to town 20-30 min away. I love the privacy, peaceful, quiet.

  • @kwilson2783
    @kwilson2783 2 роки тому +46

    I’m gonna add to it.
    1. Be polite, on a 2 lane highway wave at traffic you meet on the road. Say “thank you” to people. Don’t drive like a donkey, we let people merge into lanes, don’t be in such a rush. Be pro 2A, not a tree hugger but respect nature as it provides for you. & don’t give beggars $, you only make it worse(like feeding wild animals they become dependent)

  • @vashmatrix5769
    @vashmatrix5769 3 роки тому +117

    Constitutional carry, & only state that didn't pull some kind of mandates or restrictions. Sounds good to me.

    • @jodidonaldson2923
      @jodidonaldson2923 3 роки тому +3

      And north dakota

    • @vashmatrix5769
      @vashmatrix5769 3 роки тому +11

      @@jodidonaldson2923 ND wasn't as bad as most blue states but like my red state they had a few. Only SD had zero mandates.

    • @paulconnors2078
      @paulconnors2078 3 роки тому +7

      @@jodidonaldson2923 Except ND has a state income tax.

    • @osakasim
      @osakasim 2 роки тому +9

      I've lived in SD all my life, can confirm no bullshit

    • @nick8243
      @nick8243 2 роки тому +4

      Sounds awful actually.

  • @lakenneth374
    @lakenneth374 3 роки тому +71

    The smaller the city the more gossip.

    • @joes0406
      @joes0406 2 роки тому +2

      Not if you’re far enough away from your neighbors 😁

    • @Apistevist
      @Apistevist 6 місяців тому

      The bigger the city the worse the people. When you're anonymous shit people do shit things more often. Why do you think 'x' and 'y' types of people flood to giant cities like NYC, SanFran, Chitown.

    • @izaakweyer6967
      @izaakweyer6967 4 місяці тому

      My town is >900 people in population

  • @dougiep2769
    @dougiep2769 6 місяців тому +2

    Ive been all over the country. Your doing ok out there. Nothing is perfect but it would be a great place to raise a family

  • @mwr0585
    @mwr0585 3 роки тому +12

    Don’t change my state to Cali or Colorado or Minnesota…. Thanks

  • @justkenzie
    @justkenzie 2 роки тому +12

    I moved to the Black Hills from Canada in '19 and the ruralness of it is EXACTLY what I love so much but yes it has its issues. Power-outage in winter. That's been interesting lol.

  • @shaizeeshows1850
    @shaizeeshows1850 3 роки тому +55

    If I move to South Dakota I'm gonna do everything I can to maintain what has made it such a great state. I’ve written a list of few states I want to move to. I want to study up on them and assimilate with the people already there. They are the ones that made it so great.

    • @groofoot
      @groofoot 3 роки тому +8

      Same here ... I think I have decided on Sioux Falls

    • @jefferyyoder9785
      @jefferyyoder9785 2 роки тому +3

      You mean how you did everything to make the Blue state it is and then leave? Gotcha!

    • @shaizeeshows1850
      @shaizeeshows1850 2 роки тому +4

      @@jefferyyoder9785 you mean you have no idea what my political beliefs are but because I’m surrounded by liberals that make bad decisions that means I must be one too!… gotcha? 🙄

    • @jessejackson1201
      @jessejackson1201 2 роки тому

      @@shaizeeshows1850 especially if you live in CA LoL

    • @elcidcampeador497
      @elcidcampeador497 2 роки тому

      @Jeffery For years other states been dumping their needy in California including offering them a one way bus tickets to California. Many of the homeless are not from California.
      No one was making anything blue. Elections are rigged in CA just they are on federal level.
      You don't mean to say that you did everything to put that potato head into power, or have an old witch as a House Rep for 40 years, do you now? The same goes for many Californians. Our votes don't count and we are being flooded with people from other states.

  • @BasedTexans
    @BasedTexans 3 роки тому +17

    I used to live off grid the second I got pregnant I regretted not being by a hospital. That's something to think about, when wanting to live off grid .

    • @jerryberndt1808
      @jerryberndt1808 2 роки тому +1

      Your life took a very wrong turn if your living off grid in SD. Not like living off grid on the West Coast or Utah.

    • @jarrypason9884
      @jarrypason9884 2 роки тому

      Hello Amanda how are you doing today.

    • @malibudolphin3109
      @malibudolphin3109 2 роки тому +2

      Vast majority of women throughout time have given birth OUTSIDE of a hospital. Vast majority live to tell about it.
      There are country books, some have section about how to do it alone. Midwives are something to look into.
      Hospitals are for sick & injured people, pregnant woman are neither.
      A lot of horror stories out of hospitals....including healthy babies dying or being injured sometimes permanently cause of incompetent medical personnel.
      I know first hand, I'm one of them.
      I'm ONLY here cause my moms doctor who wasn't on duty came in to hospital on his day off & found idiot on duty doctor doing nothing as I was near death...23 hours of labor my heart rate had dropped over 100 beats per minute & STILL on duty doctor refused to do anything.
      Dad said it was the Most helpless feeling in the world, I was dying before their eyes as they watched heart monitor seeing I not only stopped rebounding after contractions but my heart was steady decreasing, a c-section was being refused for no reason, they were where you are suppose to be for help, they were totally unprepared believing hype of go to hospital they'll take care of everything...
      Plus crazy hospital bull of taking blood from baby etc & separating mother & child...very unnatural.

  • @formerfarmer1718
    @formerfarmer1718 3 роки тому +30

    I’m a new SD resident. Before I transferred my vehicles from CA to SD it was going to cost me nearly $700 dollars just for my car. In SD I renewed the license stickers on 3 vehicles for a total of $345‼️

    • @jefferyyoder9785
      @jefferyyoder9785 2 роки тому +13

      Please don't register and vote! Thats all we ask!

    • @John-qt9bi
      @John-qt9bi 2 роки тому +6

      The reason your registration is so cheep compared to California is due to our Republican state government.

    • @fridayvicky5993
      @fridayvicky5993 Рік тому

      @@jefferyyoder9785 😂😆😂😆, I can understand , you just want your peace and serenity .

  • @tejon1677
    @tejon1677 3 роки тому +51

    People fall in love with pictures and movies- they don't realize the inability of losing the ability for simple stuff like buying a cheeseburger at 7pm during the Winter- but let my California neighbors find out the hard way 🤭🤭🤭😂😂😂😂

    • @lydiaguerrero202
      @lydiaguerrero202 3 роки тому +6

      I never enjoyed those sort if amenities: too many crazy people anyway

    • @RMokros
      @RMokros 3 роки тому +3

      Why can't you buy a cheeseburger at 7pm. WE have In N Out here open till 1:30am

    • @tejon1677
      @tejon1677 3 роки тому +1

      @@RMokros on Thursday you're expecting -8 degree weather and snow- I know I would not be able to grab anything on Thursday- I'd freeze to death- but then again I freeze when it gets to 60 here in socal 🥶🥶🥶

    • @bfun4615
      @bfun4615 3 роки тому +23

      As a new South Dakotan I can attest to these situations. Winters are HARSH. I was walking in -22 degree Fahrenheit weather and wind blowing with several inches of snow on the ground. I live 30 miles from a Walmart or any kind of substantial shopping. I'm lucky and have a grocery store and an Ace Hardware store nearby. There is no chain fast food here and again have to travel to Sioux Falls to get that kind of thing. I work in Sioux Falls and I commute to work is a 35 to 40 minute TRAFFIC FREE commute. The only downside is about once a month I hit and kill some kind of animal that can potentially cause damage to my vehicle. I've hit my first deer ($1800 in damage) and a muskrat that cracked my front bumper cover which will prompt me to try to fix my old car and $600 worth of parts. You have to have a thick skin and be independent to live in the country here. Self sufficiency is a must.

    • @MunecaNMagic
      @MunecaNMagic 3 роки тому +16

      Make a burger at home🤣

  • @angelakralicek5541
    @angelakralicek5541 2 роки тому +2

    What is not stated is the legislature has acquired federal funds to inprove infrastructure. I have lived here all my life and don't want to move anywhere else.my quality of life is great.

  • @Valhalla_Heathen
    @Valhalla_Heathen 3 роки тому +366

    For those of you that are considering moving to SD, remember this: VOTE RED!

    • @Infiniteemptiness
      @Infiniteemptiness 3 роки тому +11

      It will change soon lolz

    • @Infiniteemptiness
      @Infiniteemptiness 3 роки тому +11

      @@markbrown2296 there's nothing we can do by demographics around 2050 blacks and Latinos together will be biggest group and whites will become minority in US
      But we shouldn't worry as change is Inevitable for anyone
      Once native americans were dominate we replaced them and took control and it's gonna repeat once again but this time whites are in place of nativese

    • @Infiniteemptiness
      @Infiniteemptiness 3 роки тому +13

      @@markbrown2296 why would any non white would support white supremacist party?

    • @Valhalla_Heathen
      @Valhalla_Heathen 3 роки тому +33

      @@Infiniteemptiness SD has a strong Republican backbone, it won’t change. MAGA

    • @Infiniteemptiness
      @Infiniteemptiness 3 роки тому +4

      @@Valhalla_Heathen keep dreaming

  • @nightday5080
    @nightday5080 3 роки тому +60

    I grew up in South Dakota….Watertown. Winters can be a grind at times. Autumn’s are gorgeous and summers can be sticky and hot. If you plan on moving there don’t bring your left politics like what’s happening in Texas…they are very conservative and they will push back. Good place to raise a family. Is it a place to retire 🤔 hmmmm all I can say is that I wouldn’t . I need a a warmer winter. Health care is ok but Sioux Falls has very good health care!

    • @Valhalla_Heathen
      @Valhalla_Heathen 3 роки тому +3

      Amen, God bless our beloved SD! ❤️

    • @joes0406
      @joes0406 2 роки тому +1

      It seems once I got into the western part of the state the humidity dissipated

    • @JHENSHOMESTEAD
      @JHENSHOMESTEAD Рік тому

      Is the summers compairable to Oklahoma's summers? We get hot, humid and dry.

  • @rebeccatran5268
    @rebeccatran5268 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks so much Christian for posting this video! Your video truly helps me a lot with my thinking and decision making of my next move. Very useful indeed for many others who is thinking of moving to South Dakota. I sincerely appreciate you!!! You are a God send. God bless you Christian! Please don't stop posting useful videos like this video. You have broaden the minds of many others for sure. Keep up the good work!!! I will email you with questions for sure. Thanks a million and much appreciated!!!

  • @lepetitpapillon4887
    @lepetitpapillon4887 6 місяців тому +1

    Lol. I live in California mountains. We are an hour from any major cities. We love to drive!

  • @peetos-chan2835
    @peetos-chan2835 3 роки тому +63

    Wife and I are gonna drive through sioux falls and then to rapid city , from Minnesota (not bringing Minnesota politics with us) and check it out, see what we think.

    • @dolphincliffs8864
      @dolphincliffs8864 3 роки тому +6

      We are thinking about doing the same. Never had the politics. Getting tired of the winters here.

    • @peetos-chan2835
      @peetos-chan2835 3 роки тому +5

      @@dolphincliffs8864 we check out both places and rapid city is definitely amazing. They're having a gentle winter this year, but it was still wonderful. Now we're working on getting over there. 🙂

    • @dolphincliffs8864
      @dolphincliffs8864 3 роки тому +2

      @@peetos-chan2835 I can't wait to check it out ,planning on downsizing from what we have. Hope it works out for you.

    • @peetos-chan2835
      @peetos-chan2835 3 роки тому +1

      @@dolphincliffs8864 likewise, best wishes!

    • @janicenunn101
      @janicenunn101 3 роки тому

      Let us know east vs west side of the state, i want to go there until I can buy an RV which is now in short supply but I see the east side ofbSD seems to be filling up now. Would west be better choice?

  • @steveandulsky566
    @steveandulsky566 3 роки тому +32

    Thanks for the information. I appreciate how you are attempting to inform people before they make a huge decision like this. What usually happens is that people get so frustrated and fed up with the lunacy of living in a blue state that they make this "knee jerk reaction" and move there to escape it all, only to end up trading one set of problems for another set.

    • @lepetitpapillon4887
      @lepetitpapillon4887 6 місяців тому

      Why stay in a state and allow them to use your money on corruption? Are we 50 states united?

  • @robertfeinberg748
    @robertfeinberg748 2 роки тому +1

    I learned that there are many types of easements.

  • @stratolestele7611
    @stratolestele7611 Рік тому +2

    Great video. Totally, and I mean, totally, applies to moving here to Texas. However, we've lost the battle in and around central Texas.

  • @susanxyz5730
    @susanxyz5730 3 роки тому +21

    Man everyone is moving to SD... they all took my idea!!❤️

    • @RMokros
      @RMokros 3 роки тому +1

      I had the idea also

    • @DelbertStinkfester
      @DelbertStinkfester 3 роки тому

      Maybe we'll be neighbors

    • @stephaniefarlow1128
      @stephaniefarlow1128 3 роки тому +1

      Lol 😂 that’s exactly how I feel ! Too funny . I hope when I’m ready in two years it’s not as booming as a gold mine town from way back when !

    • @rockstarofredondo
      @rockstarofredondo 3 роки тому

      Same! ReaI estate is drying up there!

    • @cheledewall7109
      @cheledewall7109 3 роки тому +4

      Not everyone. Lot of people can't hack the winter here. Similar concept of why I dont move to the south - not a fan of the heat!

  • @dxrk7
    @dxrk7 2 роки тому +2

    I live twenty minute s from a small city and i have fine wifi.

  • @hippiedadtx2878
    @hippiedadtx2878 7 місяців тому

    My family visited the Black Hills in 2005 and very much enjoyed it. It was in the summer, so the weather was nice. Saw lots of beautiful scenery. My

  • @CausticEmissions
    @CausticEmissions Рік тому +1

    I'm a native Texan looking to relocate to Rapid City, SD. Now, I only need to find work to make it happen . . . 🤔

  • @steventhury8366
    @steventhury8366 3 роки тому +9

    If you come to South Dakota, you are welcome here, but don't bring a liberal mindset.
    If you have a liberal mindset, I heard Minneapolis/St Paul is a nice area.

    • @Tallon_sean
      @Tallon_sean 3 роки тому +3

      I grew up in South Dakota with a liberal mindset. I don't see a problem with being a liberal and living in South Dakota.

    • @Green4321
      @Green4321 3 роки тому +1

      @@Tallon_sean there is room for everyone in South Dakota. I don't poke my nose into my neighbor's business, and they also respect my privacy.

  • @loganlorn
    @loganlorn Рік тому +1

    Thanks so much for the video Mr. Morrison. Wise advice.

  • @coloradomountainman8659
    @coloradomountainman8659 7 місяців тому

    I get 256" of snow per year on avg. Look forward to living anywhere with half of that.

  • @andreafelton689
    @andreafelton689 3 роки тому +5

    High quality info. Great presentation. Thank you

  • @jessflores9075
    @jessflores9075 3 роки тому +74

    I grew up here. Don't want no more people. Lol ha ha 🤣🤣

    • @lb10445
      @lb10445 3 роки тому +6

      I understand how you feel. It's that way in Texas, too. But such is the way of the world, near as I can tell. I think the best you can do is serve as an example of the lifestyle that made SD such a fine place to be.

    • @valerierogers9609
      @valerierogers9609 3 роки тому +1

      don't blame you

    • @MunecaNMagic
      @MunecaNMagic 3 роки тому +2

      And here I wanted to be your neighbor🙃

    • @thehylianloach9473
      @thehylianloach9473 3 роки тому +3

      Just for that im heading out

    • @Ulysses_DM_
      @Ulysses_DM_ 3 роки тому +1

      Amen

  • @OldRealNV2K
    @OldRealNV2K 3 роки тому +1

    For any blues looking to move to South Dakota, somewhere in Clay County, such as, say, Vermillion, is probably your best bet.

  • @marksauck8481
    @marksauck8481 3 роки тому +16

    One interesting oddity after coming back to SD, Sioux Falls, where I grew up, is none of these other small cities in the state have grown or increased their populations much. With exception to Sioux Falls which has tripled it’s population from when I was a kid, even Rapid City hasn’t grown much, which surprises me the most. I think the Rapid City area and Black Hills are some of the most beautiful places in the whole region. The lack of any major corporations and big businesses never establishing themselves there is the only reason for that slow growth so lack of good paying jobs effects that. That in itself will be a plus to many who are well off so would love the Rapid City area. Because of the big mess politics has made of many large cities, I predict this trend of slow no growth in the Black Hills region to change a lot and that means a lot more people moving there.

    • @MGMVE
      @MGMVE 2 роки тому +4

      I live in Rapid City, people are migrating to South Dakota and Rapid City enough that it's driving up rent its been felt with all the other apartment complexes throughout the city. It might be a small trickle, but it is happening. Not all of them are from CA, the license plates I see are from Oregon and Washington.

    • @randomintrovertedspider7510
      @randomintrovertedspider7510 2 роки тому

      @@MGMVE Oh dear god you don't know the half of it - I worked construction at Quinn and was let go because I injured my legs - and they were selling houses faster than we were building them. So, yeah, our population is exploding.

    • @sumofme1
      @sumofme1 2 роки тому +1

      @@MGMVE the rent prices happened all over America it was done on purpose Blackrock and vanguard they own everything. Because they want everyone to rent and own nothing and be happy; it's their sick agenda 20-30. 🙄 we the people have to talk to people. I went to the sheriff's office where I live and gave them Sheriff's Mack information for his free seminar for Sheriff's they were happy to get the information. we the people have to call our senator's and govoners tell them to fight for us and save our freedoms from bidens regime from giving it to the W.H.O

  • @swamper45
    @swamper45 3 роки тому +6

    Excellent presentation. Keep doing what your doing!

  • @tumbleweedking5668
    @tumbleweedking5668 3 роки тому +5

    I'm curious about the use of siding on the exterior of almost all homes. In the SW new homes are brick or synthetic stucco which has a lot more curb appeal. Can't justify the price of a house that is 90% siding which I reslize is just my opinion.

    • @LifeInRapidCity
      @LifeInRapidCity  3 роки тому +4

      This typically is a result of what materials are most available in the area. For example. in the south most houses have brick siding because it is the cheapest and most efficient in the area. In South Dakota, we have an abundance of wood, so hardboard siding is the most common.

  • @volsboy672
    @volsboy672 3 роки тому +18

    They don't tell you about the low wages and but they brag about the low cost of living. Doesn't the low wages make the low cost of living useless. They also don't tell you about high housing costs compared to wages.

  • @douglashento996
    @douglashento996 3 роки тому +1

    Born and raised,plus my whole family

  • @YouTubeRealtor
    @YouTubeRealtor 2 роки тому +1

    this content is great! Felt the transparency, hope to see more of this on UA-cam!

  • @27Zangle
    @27Zangle 3 місяці тому

    On the east side of SD, initially wanted to live in Rapid City but my wife wanted to be closer to her family, who now want nothing to do with us (their problem). Anyways, this area has been 'okay' at best and living outside the SF area in a small town has been the biggest mistake. We're from a small town but IF you're not form here or your kids are special needs / not into sports they do not give your kids support and there is a TON of bullying in the smaller towns. We recently visited Rapid City for few hours as we were passing through and the people were much nicer and reminded us of home. We currently looking into moving out that direction in the next 1-2 months.

  • @deborahryan2654
    @deborahryan2654 3 роки тому +3

    REALLY useful information...thanks a bunch!

    • @jarrypason9884
      @jarrypason9884 2 роки тому

      Hello Deborah how are you doing today.

  • @Coltonjames14
    @Coltonjames14 3 роки тому +3

    I’m from Minneapolis and have lost my job due to covid policies and democratic policies for refusing to bend the knee, if anyone has an opportunity for a good job I would love to talk with you. I’m hard working, 27yrs old and love the Lord. Help me get out of insane crazy city.

    • @seshwondo376
      @seshwondo376 3 роки тому +1

      Good luck, twin cities here too. Ready to leave this hell hole

    • @Dollsteak69
      @Dollsteak69 3 роки тому

      I left Minneapolis six years ago and landed in Colorado. I miss the Midwest. I'm looking at SD.

  • @FoyeFlowers
    @FoyeFlowers 2 роки тому

    I have lived here in SD for 2 years now and actually find that it is not rural enough. We moved from Colorado, and got a lot more snow and cold weather there than we do here, and we had to dig ourselves out of snow storms there way more compared to here. We live on 2 acres about 30mins outside of Rapid City and have lots of neighbors and traffic. The worse thing about SD is the wind, it has destroyed blow down our chain link fence, we reinforced it with 600lbs of concrete and it still blew it over, it also ripped our hot tub cover off and has destroyed much of our outside furniture. Being in the military I have lived all over the US and the wind here is the worst I’ve ever experienced. The black hills are very beautiful but we have found it impossible to find 10 acres or more of secluded land there so we are planning on moving to a more midwestern state where we can find what we want. The main thing is you should consider the wind before moving here, as I type this here in Sept I hear the wind howling outside and I need to go check on my fence again to see if it blew over.

  • @MyTakeonliberty
    @MyTakeonliberty 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks for the heads up. I suppose even living in town can feel Rural when the nearest grocery store or Walmart is 20 miles away. I lived in Bismark ND for a year and I know what cold is and going from your cave apartment to your cave car to your cave job so you can go home to your cave in the evening. It might be a better plan for me to summer in SD and winter in Texas.

    • @undiscoveredcolorz
      @undiscoveredcolorz 3 роки тому

      Ha, I wish the nearest Walmart was 20 miles. I am 60 miles away from any big box store lol. Still love SD though, even as a person who grew up in Seattle, WA, where I could get anything same day.

  • @paulacassidy2604
    @paulacassidy2604 3 роки тому

    I lived in South Dakota for 16 yrs and 30 yrs in New Mexico. Both have similar issues, large rural areas, low wages mostly. Politics that lean heavy to the right or left (SD to the right. NM to the left). I visit SD every 3 yrs or so. I'm a moderate liberal and i get along fine there as long as I don't talk politics. The weather is much better for me here in New Mexico.

    • @madambutterfly7513
      @madambutterfly7513 3 роки тому +3

      You need to stay in NM, since you're a liberal!! SD doesn't want you!!

  • @thegirlnarutouzimaki8040
    @thegirlnarutouzimaki8040 2 роки тому

    finally someone who lives where i live!!!!!!!!!

  • @pegatheetoo1437
    @pegatheetoo1437 3 роки тому +4

    If you know you want privacy and solitude, it's a great place to live. I don't drive ... have never driven and I've managed to live pretty much anywhere I've wanted to. Though luckily even the small towns I've lived in have bus service. I live in a town of about 3,000 now, I get most of my groceries online and everything else I need I can get to by local bus. I'm sure there are many small towns in So Dak with the same amenities. So please don't be put off from small town living there. Just go everything out online before you move so you know what's available.

  • @EasyIsHere
    @EasyIsHere 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks G, im thinking about moving there.

  • @YoYoCoCo777
    @YoYoCoCo777 8 місяців тому

    If you don't like being cold.... don't come.... it's COLD!!!!!!!

  • @admranger
    @admranger 3 роки тому

    Nice video! As a Yankton High School graduate, I don't think people appreciate how cold it gets in the winter or that it can get quite hot in the summer. Not Phoenix/Vegas hot, but hot. Great state and great people though.

  • @hannamontana6182
    @hannamontana6182 3 роки тому +2

    Amen Christian. Smart young man! How do I get a relocation guide?

  • @jannmacdougall1448
    @jannmacdougall1448 3 роки тому +9

    sounds like opening a friendly "corner store" would be a great idea...

  • @vegaschallengera.1234
    @vegaschallengera.1234 3 роки тому +1

    I don't care about driving 20 -30 min fast as long as I am not sitting hours in stinking traffic of megapolis every single day .

  • @azukarzuchastux8066
    @azukarzuchastux8066 2 роки тому +1

    John 3:16
    “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

  • @kchilz32
    @kchilz32 3 роки тому +26

    A great video would be is to interview liberals/Dems that have move there and ask them how the like it and if they are planing on voting the same. I’m willing to bet, they will say that they are voting for the same BS that they ran away from. They should not be welcome if that’s their plan. I thought Thanos was bad but man these people are worse

    • @nonamegivenatbirth
      @nonamegivenatbirth 3 роки тому +17

      @@bobneilson929 Hey “pinhead”, it’s more about POLICIES. I don’t care what color you are or the color you vote but am concerned about the laws enacted. California has gone to hell because of the policies people have voted for and the ridiculous taxes and “fees” legislated to us by the elitist politicians. Come to Los Angeles or San Francisco for a first-hand view of why people are leaving the state.

  • @dynjarren8355
    @dynjarren8355 3 роки тому +2

    Sounds delightful! I think I’ll move to Boise, Idaho instead. Or Oklahoma City. I need the city perks and end up putting up with the city jerks.
    If you move off the grid completely, you end up living with Grizzly bears. And they sniff you like your their next meal.

    • @joes0406
      @joes0406 2 роки тому +1

      I’d rather be around the 4 legged animals than the 2 legged ones in the cities

  • @brentmcmillan519
    @brentmcmillan519 Рік тому

    you didn't clarify that in SD 25 minutes means 25 miles.

  • @Isenseven1080
    @Isenseven1080 2 роки тому

    South Dakota- spend half your life indoors because of poor weather. I've lived here 30 years and that is a large part to consider. Eastern south Dakota has very little to offer unless you farm.

  • @tammybancroft2765
    @tammybancroft2765 3 роки тому +1

    Have been a resident of AK for 30 years and looking for more affordable living. We would move as a family with 4 generations, my mother, son and his young family. Looking for a nice neighborhood and perhaps a retirement city

    • @DFOOSKING
      @DFOOSKING 3 роки тому

      All you have to do is look up Rapid City and Souix Falls. Like as in look at actual photos. Rapid is "mountains and trees" type views. Souix Falls is on the flatter terrain side of the state but closer to more stuff is it was settled sooner. My is uncle (who was born in SD) retired and moved to SD from AK. He moved back to Souix Falls. But he was also born on the eastern side of the state. There are a handful smaller towns in the 8-20K population range evenly scattered around eastern half and many sub 1,000 population rural towns. The western half of the state is vastly more open with towns few and far between.
      The video is pretty accurate. We get damn cold here. -25°F + wind chill sustained for multiple months (Jan/Feb) is not uncommon. Some winters can be bad. Winter can be late October to Mid April. Mid November to mid February guaranteed. Summer heat is late May to late August. But the oddity here is the temp swings. We can have 80°F one day and a day or two later literally have snow multiple inches in say April. Summers can be humid and hot. 100°F plus 100% in peak summer in some places. We aren't known for spectacular weather...but we are known for making due regardless of it.

  • @leeatterberry1239
    @leeatterberry1239 Рік тому

    I'm listening I think South Dakota state motto should be custard's last stand state

  • @shawnwright5332
    @shawnwright5332 2 роки тому +1

    South Dakota not perfect no place is.Still rocks thou👍🇨🇦

  • @wyliekat32
    @wyliekat32 2 роки тому +1

    Am I the only one distracted from that crooked sign?

  • @MsYourMama2T
    @MsYourMama2T Рік тому

    @LifeInRapidCity, hello!😊...Do you know which city is the most diverse between Sioux Falls and Rapid City??

  • @someguy2062
    @someguy2062 3 роки тому +10

    I grew up in south dakota - my siblings and cousins and I couldnt get out of there quickly enough! none of us have been back there in years.

    • @Platos-Den
      @Platos-Den 3 роки тому

      Can you tell us about your experience in south dakota?

    • @jerryw6699
      @jerryw6699 3 роки тому +7

      It got much better right after you guys left

    • @milkncookie
      @milkncookie 3 роки тому +1

      @@Platos-Den no because they only ever lived in Commifornia. 🤷‍♂️

  • @E180TEKNO
    @E180TEKNO 3 роки тому

    Wow so rare an American who posts a video with the option translated into French "thank you homie thank you"

  • @mustlovedogs272
    @mustlovedogs272 3 роки тому +2

    Here in the south, people from the northeast that visit here are yankees. If the move here they are damn yankees. That aside, however, nothing you mentioned would be a negative to me. I think your last input, about not going there to change things was the real purpose of your video. I agree. I hate it when these damn yankees move down here because the way they vote has turned their own state into a hell hole and they want out but then get down here and keep voting the same way they did where they came from. It's like, they don't even realize what caused their home state to become a place that they no longer wanted to live in.

  • @EngineerDJ_Julius
    @EngineerDJ_Julius 2 роки тому

    what really matters is mineral rights

  • @samanthajoanna72
    @samanthajoanna72 3 роки тому +4

    I am sure it varies greatly, but is there a main job/career in the rural areas?

    • @LifeInRapidCity
      @LifeInRapidCity  3 роки тому +4

      Logging, Trucking, Mining, Restaurants/Resorts.

    • @Green4321
      @Green4321 3 роки тому

      Service providers are often in demand, such as carpenters, electricians, plumbers, home health care providers. However, having said that, it is important to check out the local employment situation before making any moves.

  • @probablyr0bin1
    @probablyr0bin1 2 роки тому

    30 minutes drive to a store isnt that bad. It takes about that going to the store here in california. I dont even live in a huge city. Going to the gas station can take 20 minutes to go 1 mile.

  • @aprillmt3230
    @aprillmt3230 3 роки тому +9

    Hey Christian, can you do everyone a favor and make a video about which towns require masks. Apparently, Brookings and Sioux Falls do and Rapid City may be next. Need to know so we can know before we make any plans to move. Thanks!

    • @LifeInRapidCity
      @LifeInRapidCity  3 роки тому +4

      Rapid City just passed a mask mandate that is supposed to last 2 weeks last night. No other towns in the Black Hills have one.

    • @aprillmt3230
      @aprillmt3230 3 роки тому

      @@LifeInRapidCity how about other towns in the state? Thanks again!

    • @MrsSarge5254
      @MrsSarge5254 3 роки тому +7

      Totally agree; two requirements for our escape from Arizona (now mini-California) - 1) never did a lockdown, & 2) never did a mask mandate. Was seriously looking at Rapid City, but think they just screwed the pooch.

  • @mikeprice4103
    @mikeprice4103 2 роки тому

    Straight talk! No BS

  • @asianlovebug582
    @asianlovebug582 2 роки тому

    Where can I get those wall frames?

  • @luislfernandez8317
    @luislfernandez8317 2 роки тому +1

    bro what is the best internet service in south dakota

    • @joes0406
      @joes0406 2 роки тому +1

      They said Starlink

  • @glendavanderpol1284
    @glendavanderpol1284 3 роки тому +2

    Christian, you are so right on!!! Thank you for your accurate information!!!

  • @Okie-pq2tf
    @Okie-pq2tf 3 роки тому +1

    What about rent? I’m not finding a lot of rentals? Coming from Oklahoma

  • @Rockyisntyourname
    @Rockyisntyourname 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the info. I've been thinking about buying land out there. I like it the way it is and I don't want to change it.

  • @maekinnikodym4335
    @maekinnikodym4335 3 роки тому +1

    I live in Bristol sd

  • @SirAstaroth
    @SirAstaroth 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to move there from Texas.

  • @barb8664
    @barb8664 Рік тому

    if going to the store is a long trip, then Amazon should exploited this

  • @PlainCooper
    @PlainCooper 2 роки тому

    The only thing about South Dakota is the rain

  • @chrismayer7762
    @chrismayer7762 3 роки тому +4

    No doubt on distance.... I live 23 mile west of Custer. Almost 2 hours to rapid city a 2 hours to Gillette. No cell coverage for 17 miles. And no water well. My potable water get delivered for .07 a gallon..... All that said the winter has a way of sorting out the "less than committed". And yep my house is 3 miles from the mail box and I get mail 3 days a week. No Amazon next day. Awesome deer hunting though. This will be my 9th winter...

    • @chipdouglas8625
      @chipdouglas8625 3 роки тому +3

      ted kaczynski style

    • @foxyauragems6146
      @foxyauragems6146 3 роки тому +1

      Is the deer wasting disease up there yet

    • @doultonkabret6859
      @doultonkabret6859 3 роки тому

      I know of people that live less then 10 miles from the nearest town and have no cell service or high speed internet, unless you can afford satellite service.

    • @chrismayer7762
      @chrismayer7762 3 роки тому

      Enji at Rosemary Rose Quartz some areas in the state have chronic wasting disease in the deer. Personally I have seen 2 deer in 15 years with it...

    • @foxyauragems6146
      @foxyauragems6146 3 роки тому

      @@chrismayer7762 you only see them with when it’s in fatal stages . But cool if you still want to/ need to eat the deer ...

  • @sobefobik
    @sobefobik 3 роки тому +1

    Do you help people find rentals as well?

  • @spankyham9607
    @spankyham9607 3 роки тому +4

    I just went through 36" of snowfall overnight in Cheyenne so that in a year is nothing.

  • @stevebonner5160
    @stevebonner5160 3 роки тому

    Hi. Good video information to know!

  • @Jay_CW
    @Jay_CW Рік тому

    Anyone have any insight about living in Vermillion?

  • @Petrarock1
    @Petrarock1 3 роки тому

    Hi Christian! I'm curious about purchasing approximately 20-30 acres out there. Is that something you can help with?

  • @TheAnimeAtheist
    @TheAnimeAtheist 2 роки тому

    3 things to understand if you're moving to south dakota:
    1. Yes, it has bigger cities, big towns really, but the state is still in the bum fuck of nowhere, expect this and you won't be dissapointed
    2. It has cold winters and hot summers. We're talking winter wind chills as low as -60F and summer Heat Indexes as high as 140F in the cities, you have been warned.
    3. There are 2 sides, east river and west river. West River is the exciting black hills area, east river is the boring plains area. However east river has better economics and higher population.
    other than that the residents are very mild mannered, so if you like the idea palling around with Canadian tempered Americans in the middle of nowhere consider South Dakota.

    • @joes0406
      @joes0406 2 роки тому

      Canadians are awesome;

  • @whitedonkee3642
    @whitedonkee3642 3 роки тому +10

    I am a union conservative Hvac worker looking into moving to Sioux Falls soon. I grew up in Oregon and I want my kids to grow up without liberal life being shoved down their throat .

    • @homewreaker551
      @homewreaker551 3 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately that is where all the Libs live is SF, if you don’t want to teach your kids liberal views I’d move to Rapid City or west river area.

    • @pdyt3123
      @pdyt3123 3 роки тому

      @@homewreaker551 Didn't both Minnehaha and Lincoln counties vote thickly red during the 2020 election?

    • @homewreaker551
      @homewreaker551 3 роки тому

      Sioux Falls is blue or mainly blue, Rapid city is mainly red, again this is just from statistics I’ve seen personally but don’t quote me on that.

    • @homewreaker551
      @homewreaker551 3 роки тому

      @@pdyt3123 I stand corrected, you are absolutely right…all red….however I have a lot of friends in SF that talk to me about it going blue or at least much different views.

    • @pdyt3123
      @pdyt3123 3 роки тому

      @@homewreaker551 that probably is something that will come naturally with its growth and doesnt surprise me at all lol

  • @joshmullins1060
    @joshmullins1060 2 роки тому

    Exactly don’t change it . Live the way you want. don’t bother the Nieghbor’s.

  • @olgaguer6443
    @olgaguer6443 3 роки тому

    Great video!!!

  • @frugalnanny
    @frugalnanny Рік тому

    what about Faith Dakota?

  • @SHERRI-gc6ko
    @SHERRI-gc6ko 10 місяців тому

    Are The Native Reservations
    Closer To Rapid or Souix

  • @jesseandrews7200
    @jesseandrews7200 2 роки тому +2

    its not that bad Christian but your pandering to the assumption theres ''no rules'' your going to have rules regardless.THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO MOVE IF YOUR THINKING ''LAWLESS''

    • @joes0406
      @joes0406 2 роки тому

      It’s lawless in the cities….

  • @waynobots
    @waynobots 2 роки тому +1

    How many people leave after 1 year?

    • @LifeInRapidCity
      @LifeInRapidCity  2 роки тому

      None that I have seen.

    • @waynobots
      @waynobots 2 роки тому

      @@LifeInRapidCity As someone who grew up in Marshall Co, and left SDSU to work in the Mojave Desert, when I think about moving back I remember the winter of 78.

  • @loopnuncio1195
    @loopnuncio1195 3 роки тому

    Hello... ? I'm a truck driver, is there jobs like that put there.. Also with that, being sayed.. I'm looking too buy a fixer upper...

  • @marksample6230
    @marksample6230 3 роки тому +2

    Hot springs seems like a great place.

  • @richardbedford5302
    @richardbedford5302 3 роки тому

    Good information

  • @acd2505
    @acd2505 3 роки тому

    Is starlink satellite internet available there yet

  • @easyoutgrid
    @easyoutgrid 2 роки тому

    Hey how you doing you said to ask questions. so in the winter time does people work over there for instance I'm trying to apply for Amazon delivery driver. delivery drivers work over there

    • @ma-rq1ek
      @ma-rq1ek 2 роки тому

      Yes but it can be hit and miss what or where you can deliver things.

  • @karenviscuso1207
    @karenviscuso1207 3 роки тому +2

    NO we are not happy about it! PERIOD