Sioux Falls

A lot of people seem to not like Sioux Falls because there “isn’t much to do” or it isn’t very cultured. However, I’d beg to differ, especially on culture.

The Pavilion has more than just “the occasional concert” – we have our own orchestra with a world-class maestro who are playing some incredible amazing and difficult stuff.

Downtown has street musicians and “First Fridays” when art galleries are opened and Phillips Ave is buzzing.

Check out Black Sheep coffee – cool spot, and Monks and Latitude 41 on 8th downtown are great places for nightlife (so I hear – as I don’t usually do much of that.)

Great place for families, MSN just named it number one place to find a keep a job.

Granted, some of the city planning is bad, the driving is horrible often and there are other things that might not be as amazing as bigger cities – but if you’re looking for a great place to live and work – I’d recommend it.

my cousin drove my friends and i here from le mars, iowa last summer, and we camped in an rv park. we walked from the rv park to the greyhound bus station which took a greater part of the day, and though not a lot of people talked to us (with our huge packs and beards and multi coloured hairs), those that did were rather open and friendly. huge place, weird fake battleship park, awesome bus station, and the first time i had been to a drive through espresso box.

I’ve lived here all of my life growing up. It may not be all it’s cracked up to be, but no one is saying this is the best of the best either. The people are very generic – There isn’t much of a variety when it comes to style and personality.

If at first glance you’re a little baffled, at least give it a chance. There are things to do here, you just need to look around and be open-minded. Sure there isn’t going to be any clubs to go dancing or any big street events, but there ARE things to do here.

People are different everywhere and if you had a bad experience, don’t blame it all on us here. There are some decent people, like myself, who are respectful to people from out of town or state.

I think people get the wrong idea. And it isn’t small and compact. It’s ridiculous how often I hear that but it’s expanded to a point.

I’m not suggesting anyone move here or travel here, but give it a chance at least. It can’t be as bad as some people say.

The only reason it’s worth visiting is because I’m here, you can come visit me! Eh, its an okay town. It was beautiful in the Fall. I haven’t seen it in the Winter or Spring yet.

I agree that it is not all what it is cracked up to be. Not much to do and the people are not much to brag about. Becoming too crowded and the most discourteous drivers I have encountered. Not a pedestrian town. I was very surprised that The Falls wasn’t cleaner nor was the Sioux River. It is disappointing as these are great things if only they were better taken care of. JMHO.