I got some too https://imgur.com/a/oKT7kTj/

• Lack of good restaurants, places to go out, events, etc. I'd have to drive 5 hours to see the nearest pro sports team play.
• Lack of good public infrastructure. Everything is spread out, so you have to drive to get anywhere. Not terribly many bike trails or bike lanes.
• The entire state is a pretty insular place. It takes some time for people to not be seen as outsiders, if they ever are. Even in the biggest city everyone knows everyone.
• If you're east river, flat and boring landscape, but it can be beautiful in it's own way. West river is beautiful.
• Serious lack of diversity coupled with a lot of casual racism. There is a particular amount of racism directed towards Natives.
• Culture there is very much conservative, traditional Christian. Get married young, have kids, go to church. The default question there is 'what church do you go to?', not 'do you go to church?'

“Coasters” who consider the entire central region of the US to be simply featureless flat prairie “flyover” land with nothing to offer are total goobers.

I was there in July 2022, and lucky the smoke wasn’t spread here yet.

I'm told the driftless area of the US has a similar effect.

My family loves this park. Too many people drive by it. On their way to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse and all of those other places. It’s a little ways. Short of that along the interstate but it is well worth a stop. We used to always drive by it. I’ve lived in this state, my entire life and it only been there once. But my family stopped when my kids were little and it has been a spot to stop every time we’ve gone to the Black Hills. Our best story is my son, loves snakes, and still has a corn snake in his room, but we were walking along a path and looked up at head high and there was a rattlesnake in the rocks. We thought it was cool. Am I hung around and watched it for a while and then we continued along the path and wouldn’t climb. There’s some ladders they have to go uphill, and things like that. And then, when we came back, the rattlesnake was gone. We did have a slight moment of semi panic, wondering where it had gone to. But if you live in an area with rattlesnakes, you understand getting bit by them is usually because somebody is screwing with them. It’s very uncommon to get bit by a rattlesnake and less you were doing something Stupid.

I work in an ICU that is one of the biggest ICUs in the state and we are a very rural state so we get patients from a wide geographical area. My favorite store is this gentleman was trying to kill a rattlesnake and he got bit and ended up in RAC you getting CroFab. Which is the anti-venom. He did well and got out and then about a couple of months later, we have the same gentleman in with a rattlesnake bite again. Apparently he was driving and saw one in the ditch and was so mad about getting bit the previous time he got out and tried to kill it was a hoe. And subsequently got bit again. All he could do a shock a little bit. He knew it was stupid and I doubt he challenged too many rattlesnakes after that.

Lol that reminds me of the one star reviews yankee candle was getting during Covid bc people said the candles didn’t smell like anything.

You're right, that was a dumb story. I love it! Kudos!

Upvote for one of the few badass things about South Dakota. Starship Troopers!

Thanks very much!

Amazing. Fantastic shot.

I have been in western Washington for 20 years and I feel like even in that short time the climate has noticeably shifted. While the June gloom phenomenon is still a thing, it seems like we now have about a 50/50 chance where the beautiful weather lasts from April to October. I will admit though, that I have enjoyed winters in New England more, because they have those brilliantly sunny days even though it is wicked cold outside.

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My sister moved to Rapid City. Holy Shite! So many beautiful places in SD

Great drive for an afternoon. Also, there are signs warning about snakes...they mean it.

Love visiting here, especially in the spring, so many baby animals!💕

Resemblance of badlands in World of warcraft 🤣

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Don’t forget to treat yourself to a watered-down 5c coffee from Wall Drug.

Great story😂

I took almost the exact same picture when I went in September! I just posted mine, great minds think alike

Neat, adding to my places to visit one day, thanks!