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Sioux Falls, SD is a great destination for those looking for a fun and unique experience. The community offers an array of activities such as fishing, hiking trails, shopping centers, and more. Sioux Falls also has many cultural attractions, including the Sioux Falls Arts Festival and Sculpturewalk. Visitors to the city can also take advantage of numerous museums, galleries, and other historic sites. The city is known for its vibrant nightlife scene with numerous bars and restaurants to choose from. Additionally, there are plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy year-round in Sioux Falls.
Reviewers have generally given Sioux Falls high marks for its entertainment offerings and ease of travel. Visitors especially appreciate the large number of things to do in the city as well as its close proximity to other major cities in the Midwest like Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Many visitors also love how easy it is to get around town thanks to the city’s extensive public transportation network. The food scene is also quite popular with reviewers praising the quality of restaurants ranging from traditional American fare to ethnic cuisine. Furthermore, people appreciate that most attractions are easily accessible by foot or bike making it a great place for families or those just looking to explore someplace new.
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Four Stars for Now - It Could Go Either Way - 2/7/2023
I've lived in Sioux Falls for 2 years. I've found it to be a good place to live. The city is not too big, and has an thriving economy. Traffic is not bad, but as the city grows they'll need to work to maintain that - which the city seems cognizant of, as they are working on the roads; widening and working to improve intersections. The roads across the state are generally pretty good considering the harsh winters. The cost of living is agreeable too, although that's on the rise.
Home prices need to come down because currently (early 2023) the prices don't match well with the incomes of residents. The area is growing economically and in population. It remains to be seen if that growth is positive. Many of the new comers are foreigners - from another country. Mid-westerners are not the most cosmopolitan bunch (which is fine), so both they and the immigrants will need to make strides to adapt to the situation. The biggest problem, outside of the rising cost of living, is the
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Sioux Falls - not so bad after all - 5/29/2022
Sioux Falls isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I’ve lived here for 2 years and my experience has been pleasant. Sioux Falls is a decent sized city, not too big or too small. People have commented about winter being harsh, which may be true to some, but it’s South Dakota, what are you expecting? My only dislike about living here is that it’s so flat, so there’s nowhere to hike. There’s walking trails, but not hiking trails like I’m used to. All of the beauty/scenery is in the western side of the state which takes 5 hours to get to.
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Crime is on the rise - 6/21/2021
Lived on both sides of the city (it's split up by east side and west side by the locals and they're kinda in competition with each other). I've been here for 3 years and split my time between both sides.
West side :
Had my window shot out in my driveway/gang sign sprayed on my house on 41st street. Step-brother had his back window smashed, attempted carjacking, and his belongings scattered in the adjacent field. BLM riots happened on this side as well, with numerous store thefts and burglaries after busting windows over the course of two nights. Police were shot at with stolen guns and ammo.
East side :
The corner gas station had a drive-by shooting due to an admitted gang initiation and a guy pumping his gas got shot in the shoulder. Meth house on the corner in my neighborhood was shot up and a Cadillac Escalade was completely destroyed up by gunfire. Other meth house on opposite corner was suicide/homicide. There is a violent homicide or
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Is your glass half empty or half full? - 3/23/2021
I have lived in Sioux Falls on and off since moving here as a child in 1973. I have seen the population grow more then double since that time. The population is now 190,000+ people. I like the fact that the cost of living is much better here then most places I have lived in the US. The commute time to get to and from work is only minutes away. My wife is from Toronto, Canada and talk about commute times it could take you a hour just to get to work. All the traffic there would stress you out, here no stress. The crime rate is pretty low here. It does seem to lack lakes near by, but the Sioux River can be a blast. The schools are good and the people are friendly. Healthcare is top notch. Have to admit the winters here are hard. The summers are pleasant. I guess I seen some ratings of people bad mouthing Sioux Falls, I guess it depends on how you look at the glass. Some people look at the glass as half empty but others chose to look at it as half
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Wouldn’t recommend it! - 12/21/2018
Lived here for 10+ years. I can’t wait to move out. This place is so boring. Nothing to do. The weather sucks. It’s usually always cold and the winters get pretty bad here. During the winters you’ll usually stay indoors. I wouldn’t recommend anyone to move here! The only good thing about this place is that the crime is low so it’s a safe place to live. that’s mainly it thou.
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Moving here would be a Mistake - 4/2/2017
This is a review of Sioux Falls, SD from someone who moved here from Broomfield, Colorado. I have been living here for almost two years. Like most people I tried to researched places that may be a better place to live. I picked Sioux Falls.
That was a Mistake.
My review will be attacked by someone pretending to be a resident of the city. Ask yourself when you read it, what person spends its time perusing the review boards? So they can refute, attack someone who does a review they don’t like ? Who would do that ? Don’t they have life.
It is important to note that states as well as cities spend money to market their state or city, trying to entice people to come there because it adds to their tax base. Some reviews passing themselves off as residents, are in fact, marketing, city state proxies paid by the very location to sell the location. People put more stock in an individual review from the locale than an outright advertisement from the
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The beatings will continue until morale improves! - 1/24/2017
I was originally going to write a more traditional review for Sioux Falls but given how most people tend to write the same thing, I thought I'd try explaining what I think of Sioux Falls in a different format. I'm going to describe Sioux Falls by using the same joke that General Motors used to respond to a criticism from Microsoft back in the 90s (you might have seen this joke online, it's quite common). Yes, I'm going to describe Sioux Falls as what it would be like if it was a car company, like Toyota or Ford. I'll call it FallsCar for reference.
"If Sioux Falls was a car company...
The FallsCar would be a compact car but weigh 4000 lbs and has a V6 engine rated at 75 HP. It has the same length and weight as a K-Car but the ground clearance of a Ferrari (without the performance). (Please note that all specifications on the FallsCar are in SAE so don't expect metric, we at FallsCar see it as unnecessary to use metric.)
Top speed of the FallsCar
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Nice town to live... - 6/27/2015
I moved here 9 1/2 years ago from Minneapolis. It's a nice town. Yes, it took me awhile to acclimate to a different environment. It is a little big city that is somewhat behind (in sophistication) compared to larger cities. (that can be a good thing at times) Sioux Falls is striving to become known as a up and coming city with much to offer. It has a nice historic downtown, that is constantly improving with new condos, river walking/biking path, restaurants etc. The cost of living is cheaper for housing, compared to Mpls. I don't see much of a difference in food, gas prices etc. The marked difference I have come to appreciate, is the genuine warmth of people here. I was surprised to read comments that said the opposite. Salt of the earth people here, for the most part. If you are not familiar with SD, don't assume it has very few trees, old historic homes etc. It's a classic Midwestern town in that sense too. When I drive through Sioux Falls older neighborhoods, I would
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Stay away from Eastern Sioux Falls - 5/1/2014
I have lived on both the west and east sides of Sioux Falls, and while I have had no problems living on the west side, the east side of Sioux Falls is the worst. Parked outside my home, every two months my car was hit by a drunk driver who remains anonymous. I have had to pay for a new bumper, and then a new car altogether. The city doesn't ever help when you report a hit and run, either. Filing a police report doesn't do any good in this case. I have never had any luck with the police finding any criminals for any crimes reported. (I had my car broken into while I was at work and had some personal items stolen about a year ago, and the police just told me not to park where my managers made me. They made it out to be my fault that the window was smashed and the thief rummaged through my car and trashed it.) If you want to live here, the west side is better. Just make sure you work and live on the west side and ignore the east side.
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