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To cities, perhaps, but not to areas of opportunities (even fleeting). Consider South Dakota.



What exactly is drawing people to South Dakota?


Sioux Falls is booming after a decade of investment by the financial and medical industries.

Sanford Health is particularly noticeable - there are multiple hospitals and research centers there or under construction.

I believe the banking is mostly credit card companies and cheque printing.

It's got a surprising number of amenities for a small city and if you can stand the location and politics it's got relatively high wages and low cost of living.


Oy. It was too late at night for me when I wrote this. I meant North Dakota, referencing fracking jobs.


But by happy circumstance, it seems Sioux Falls is booming. So I wasn't completely wrong.


I figured that was the case, but Sioux Falls also does a lot of advertising in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul MN) to convince businesses to move.

Sioux Falls is actually a pretty nice town. SD is a bit strange because the capital of the state is such a small town. SD also has no state income taxes for individuals or businesses.




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