Here are Sioux Falls' Top 5 Topics of Small Talk

I am not much of a small-talk person.

Years of mild social anxiety coupled with spending my entire youth in small-town Nebraska with the same basic group of people, means I didn't develop good small-talking skills.

I'm not necessarily shy or anti-social. But, the space between 'hello' and best friends can be a murky mess for me.

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I've improved over the years. Striking out into the world on my own forced me to get better at interacting with people.

Since moving to Sioux Falls a little more than a decade ago, I've picked up on several generic topics of conversation that dominate the small talk of our small city. Five topics in fact:

The 5 Topics of Sioux Falls Small Talk

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People Say They Hate These 7 Things About Sioux Falls the Most

In the last few years, I've had the opportunity to live in another state after living in Sioux Falls for a decade. Then late last year I moved back to the SooFoo, and I am super happy to have returned.

Sioux Falls has just about everything I like. It's big enough to have lots of opportunities for work and recreation. But, it's also not so big that I feel lost in an urban wasteland.

Being on the western edge of the 'Midwest' and the eastern edge of the 'Western Frontier' we've got a nice balance of the individualistic pioneer spirit and a strong 'We're in this together' attitude.

But, of course, not everything is perfect. People have complaints. On the social network Reddit, people have even listed their complaints about Sioux Falls. Specifically, the things that hate about living here.

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