This Apartment Building Could Hold Entire South Dakota Towns!

Whenever I watch a show or movie that takes place in New York City, I am always amazed the apartment building people live in. So many people stacked on top of each other. They're there all the time! But, people live that way, and it works for them. All the open space would probably freak some of those folks out.

Few things bring the Midwest out in me more than having to be around a bunch of people. Especially if it's all the time. I need single-family living surrounded by empty space, AKA a yard.

I've read in several places that a city block in NYC could have as many as 1000 residents living in the various apartment buildings. That number shoots up if they're high-rise buildings.

1000 people living on ONE block?!? That's more residents than lots of TOWNS in South Dakota. That thought sent me down a rabbit hole where I found this apartment building in Russa.

In the town of Kudrovo, a suburb of St. Petersburg, there is an apartment building that could house entire South Dakota towns. And in some cases whole counties.

Built in 2015, this giant apartment complex has 35 entrances, is 25 stories high, and has 3,708 apartments. It could house nearly 18,000 people! In one building.

It's built in a big square-ish shape with a big space in the middle. Mostly for parking.

How would the folks in Mitchell or Yankton (both with populations of about 15,000), feel about living next door to all their fellow residents? You could build the Corn Palace in the inner courtyard.

The whole population of Hughes County, South Dakota, including the state capital, Pierre, could live in this building (pop. 17,624).

Everybody in South Dakota's 11 least populated counties could live there.

• Miner County- 2,280
• Faulk County- 2,151
• Buffalo County- 1,884
• Haakon County- 1,851
• Mellette County- 1,851
• Jerauld County- 1,660
• Sully County- 1,494
• Campbell County- 1,340
• Harding County- 1,324
• Hyde County- 1,186
• Jones County- 855