Why do Californians (and others) find SD so appealing? (Sioux Falls: taxes, to live in)
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IMO as a former Californian living in N Dak. I find that the people in Aberdeen are a lot more laid back than the ones in Fargo. It's a night and day difference between the Dakotas and California.
I hate to say it but Californians are mostly self centered jerks.
Like they say, everyone experiences the same place differently. I tend to be the kind of person to make any situation work for me, but my feeling is that you get out of something/someplace exactly what you put into it. Some people can be miserable in the best situation, and some people can be happy given the same exact scenario.
Like they say, everyone experiences the same place differently. I tend to be the kind of person to make any situation work for me, but my feeling is that you get out of something/someplace exactly what you put into it. Some people can be miserable in the best situation, and some people can be happy given the same exact scenario.
There is a lot of truth to what you say about getting out of a place what you put into it. That said, some places are less hospitable to newcomers than others. And, after living in six places as an adult, the South Dakota town that I live in is the least hospitable of those six, in my estimation. And others that I know here say much the same. We credit the Norwegian heritage. :-)
What they have here seems to work for them, (by them I mean locals) unless you count the high rate of alcoholism as a manifestation of dysfunction and unhappiness, not just a cultural phenomenon.
All that said, South Dakota, as a whole, has some real positives. So this is certainly not a critique of the entire state.
There is a lot of truth to what you say about getting out of a place what you put into it. That said, some places are less hospitable to newcomers than others. And, after living in six places as an adult, the South Dakota town that I live in is the least hospitable of those six, in my estimation. And others that I know here say much the same. We credit the Norwegian heritage. :-)
What they have here seems to work for them, (by them I mean locals) unless you count the high rate of alcoholism as a manifestation of dysfunction and unhappiness, not just a cultural phenomenon.
All that said, South Dakota, as a whole, has some real positives. So this is certainly not a critique of the entire state.
I spent three years in a town that I put a lot into, but did not get the same in return. I didn't let it tarnish my opinion of the whole place. I still count the experience as a positive one because it brought me to where I am.
Some people just aren't happy unless they are unhappy (or have something to complain about), and I don't let them bother me, either!
I spent three years in a town that I put a lot into, but did not get the same in return. I didn't let it tarnish my opinion of the whole place. I still count the experience as a positive one because it brought me to where I am.
Some people just aren't happy unless they are unhappy (or have something to complain about), and I don't let them bother me, either!
South Dakota is cheaper in relation to Cali (although far from the cheapest in the Union) and you're getting a lot of Cali expatriates moving out here. They can sell their house in Cali for maybe $500K - $700K and buy a similar house in SD (usually the Sioux Falls area) for maybe 1/3 the price and bank the rest. Of course they find out that SD doesn't have the economy or resources of most other states (why do you think it's cheaper here?) and are surprised when most of the natives won't do things the way they did in Cali. Personally, I think the state is way overrated but for Californians it's paradise to some of them. Most of the states west of the Mississippi are getting a lot of Californian expatriates so SD isn't unique here.
To live in California and enjoy it, you should want to be rich, show it and have narrow passionate interests and purposefully dumb about most things. You should not work long hours and game your job to put in additional slack time. You pay taxes because there is a program for every ill that afflicts the state, and if those programs aren't working, that's not your problem....now back to my $200K doghouse.
To live in South Dakota and enjoy it, you should be modest and be aware and involved in your community. You are purposefully smart on most things even if you have little exposure to them. You will work long hours and will work to increase your scope. You don't pay taxes but do help. Now, back to my 4-H troop's meeting on how to build a doghouse with this donated lumber.
To live in California and enjoy it, you should want to be rich, show it and have narrow passionate interests and purposefully dumb about most things. You should not work long hours and game your job to put in additional slack time. You pay taxes because there is a program for every ill that afflicts the state, and if those programs aren't working, that's not your problem....now back to my $200K doghouse.
To live in South Dakota and enjoy it, you should be modest and be aware and involved in your community. You are purposefully smart on most things even if you have little exposure to them. You will work long hours and will work to increase your scope. You don't pay taxes but do help. Now, back to my 4-H troop's meeting on how to build a doghouse with this donated lumber.
LOL. The doghouse analogy nails it.
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