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Sioux Falls is at the crossroads of two interstates and at this point is a good place for jobs, despite recent layoffs here and there. If one thinks about it a little more, easily over half of the state's people live in the Rapid City (Pennington and Meade Counties) and Sioux Falls metro areas (Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner, and McCook Counties). Union County is in the Sioux City, IA metro area (and the southern part of the county is an extension of Sioux City but is the nicer area of the metro).
Sioux Falls is at the crossroads of two interstates and at this point is a good place for jobs, despite recent layoffs here and there. If one thinks about it a little more, easily over half of the state's people live in the Rapid City (Pennington and Meade Counties) and Sioux Falls metro areas (Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner, and McCook Counties). Union County is in the Sioux City, IA metro area (and the southern part of the county is an extension of Sioux City but is the nicer area of the metro).
By my calculations it goes like this:
South Dakota: 71.6% of the population resides in Metropolitan or Micropolitan area counties.
By my calculations it goes like this:
South Dakota: 71.6% of the population resides in Metropolitan or Micropolitan area counties.
I bet years ago most of the population was rural. The Sioux Falls metro and the Black Hills region (Rapid City) continue to grow while smaller towns continue to die out. I guess it's just the end of an era.
Yup, most of the people have had to move to larger cities for employment. The 160 acre family farms are a thing of the past and now people farm in sections instead of quarters. That has replaced a lot of people who worked in the ag industry.
Yup, most of the people have had to move to larger cities for employment. The 160 acre family farms are a thing of the past and now people farm in sections instead of quarters. That has replaced a lot of people who worked in the ag industry.
the 160 acre farm, AND enough kids to make COUNTRY SCHOOLS work~~with many families having 5 or 6 kids!!!
My dad had a rather large farm when I was growing up. He's now retired...but "reaping" the benefits of hard work, long hours, and diligence. I agree, the majority of farmers, now, are making good money.
I never wanted to farm...Just not my thing I guess...
I think it's very hard, for anyone, trying to get started, on there own. The price of land, equipment, fuel, fertilizer, just to name a few things, adds up fast.
We do have a few cattle, that we own, and rent pasture for.........
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