We visited RC June 2020 for a week for a possible move, have never lived there before, so don't have a comparison to previous times. We found plenty of restaurants (for us) , mostly chain, and downtown more locally owned, but expensive for great food. We would move to the Black Hills outside of RC, prices are not cheap, but less expensive than in CO where we currently live. The town overall is ok, quite a bit of industry scattered around, which is sort of an 'eye sore', but none spitting out tons of pollution nor oil rigs drilling nearby. Parts of the city are very hilly, other parts are flat, the more east part is flatter. We liked the Canyon Lake Park area around Chapel Hill. and Robbinsville Park in the south. They were expanding Omaha St in downtown so, major construction going on, so was sort of chaotic and noisy. It will be better when that is done. We loved the neighborhoods in the foothills outside of RC, you just have to be able to afford them. We did notice a mall , Mt Rushmore Mall, (looked dead) but did not go inside, as we are not mall people. I think shopping centers are more the thing now. We spent a day in Spearfish which has more restaurants, locally owned and great food, beautiful town. From what I've read Spearfish gets mcuh more snow than RC being on the northern edge of the Black Hills.
Carolyn |
Aurora, CO |
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