# Any South Dakota Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699 "2003-10-26T19:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/1 "2003-10-26T19:21:11Z")
Anyone live in the Rapid City/Black Hills area? Just wonderin’…is all. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/2 "2003-10-26T19:48:35Z")
Two hours from Rapid City. Though I live in Wyoming. I’m glad I could put your mind to rest. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/3 "2003-10-26T19:51:21Z")
I’ve got family in Mitchell and Platte. I go out there to visit them every so often. I love the Black Hills. Haven’t been out there in years though. Maybe I’ll head out there next summer. ---
**Author:** ![i\_like\_bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@i\_like\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_like_bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/4 "2003-10-26T20:19:38Z")
i’m in minnesota, near the south dakota border, not far from sioux falls. been to rapid many times tho, its a great place. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/5 "2003-10-26T20:59:04Z")
What if there was a Western dopefest… and only four people came. Well I thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/6 "2003-10-26T21:08:22Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Darkhold \* What if there was a Western dopefest… and only four people came. [QUOTE] Ignoring the joke aspect of it, there have been dopefests a whole lot smaller than four people. One of my big fears is going to a dopefest and finding myself the only person there. Are you perhaps relocating/going to Rapid City, SD, **Jonathan Chance**? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/7 "2003-10-27T00:37:46Z")
Mmmmm…Black Hills. One of my favorite places on the Earth. Was there about a week and a half ago. Climbed Harney Peak. I’m in the Minneapolis area, but am considering moving there next spring. But that would depend on finding a job in Rapid City that doesn’t involve retail, the hospitality/tourist industry, or selling insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/8 "2003-10-27T01:13:25Z")
Could well be. I’m in talks now to go out there to launch a publishing company. We’d be based either in Lead/Deadwood or Rapid. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/9 "2003-10-27T03:22:26Z")
Damn. Double damn. I just finished a 3-month construction project at Ellsworth AFB (Box Elder), and _just_ got home this very hour. Triple damn. Tripler That town is a _blast_! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/10 "2003-10-27T06:50:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by i like bacon \* > \*\*i’m in minnesota, near the south dakota border, not far from sioux falls. been to rapid many times tho, its a great place. \*\* Really - I have relative in Pipestone, MN. Also, I was born in Rapid City, but I now reside elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/11 "2003-10-27T07:04:04Z")
I am _not_ a South Dokota Doper. ---
**Author:** ![i\_like\_bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@i\_like\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_like_bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/12 "2003-10-27T11:18:18Z")
um Dread? do i know you? haha, i live in pipestone. how bizarre! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/13 "2003-10-27T11:58:20Z")
I used to live in Yankton and it remains one of my favorite places. If my ex would leave, I’d move back in a heartbeat. South Dakota is the best kept secret in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/14 "2003-10-27T12:44:11Z")
**JC** , I told you this weekend that I’m NOT running away to South Dakota with you. Period. ---
**Author:** ![i\_like\_bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@i\_like\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_like_bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/15 "2003-10-28T02:48:55Z")
except for the snow, and sub zero windchills ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/16 "2003-10-28T02:58:29Z")
Hell, **that** don’t scare me. I was born in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/17 "2003-10-28T03:00:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\ ***JC** , I told you this weekend that I’m NOT running away to South Dakota with you. Period. \*\* Yeah, but you know that secretly you’ll _long_ for my return. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/18 "2003-10-29T00:15:15Z")
I grew up in RC, but live in Wisconsin now. The winters are easier here, but I miss the Black Hills. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-south-dakota-dopers/209699/19 "2003-10-29T01:51:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by i like bacon \* > \*\*um Dread? do i know you? haha, i live in pipestone. how bizarre! \*\* Do you know any of the Dykstra’s in the area? I did live in Pipestone from about 6 years, from 1991-1996; but that was back when I was in elementry school.