Sturgis?
are you looking to rent, buy or build?
Indiana winters and South Dakota winters are horses of a different color.
Think west river
Do you like wind in winter?
Are you ok with cold weather?
They got guys on Youtube that show off country properties on the cheaper end of things throughout the Midwest. Do some searches, you might find a nice place in a nice place for just your budget.
You’ll still have to deal with Kristi Noem, and particularly her top ‘advisor’, Matt McCaulley.
Look him up and you’ll know what is coming if you move there.
You made it! Congrats!
I bet the housing went way up in Kokomo after the song came out about it.
Western South Dakota. Mt. Rushmore, Keystone, Deadwood and Custer State Park. Along with Wyoming, it is GOD’S Country in the US.
Do you have a home now in indiana but just want to live somewhere else? You make it sound like you don’t have a place to live.
I suggest Belle Fourche (pronounced Bel-Foosh). Its French name means “beautiful fork.” This derives from the confluence of two rivers and a creek.
Population is 5,600.
It is 27 driving miles from Sturgis.
I have left BF in the morning in light snow and encountered a blizzard at Sturgis which caused immediate closing of the Interstate. It may not get the heavy snow of Sturgis but is still close enough to Sturgis and Rapid City for expanded shopping and services.
I had cousins in Hot Springs when I was growing up, It was a nice town, but some people say there’s not much going on there. Last I heard, there’s something of a doctor shortage, but that’s true in most small towns these days. At least Rapid City has lots of doctors, about an hour away.
There are some nice small towns in Wyoming too. I have a nephew in Lander. It seems pretty nice there.
Start driving west. Get through illanoy as fast as you can. Iowa should check all your boxes especially far northeast corner. Driftless area with great scenery/countryside/trout streams/hunting etc. Politically it’s like I designed it myself. Repub through and through. Great governor, senators, congressmen, constitutional carry, gun friendly, no tax on pensions etc. I don’t know SD but..like Iowa.. should be very American in traditional sense.
Since you mentioned owning an older car, I’ll share my only South Dakota experience. Two weeks ago my wife and I drove the length of South Dakota. I can see why you would want to live there.
We had a little car trouble brewing. I thought it was a bearing but it turned out to be ridiculously minor.
We decided to keep driving to rapid city, mainly because we knew we could find a mechanic and rent a car if needed.
South Dakota takes rural to a new level. If your car fails you’re toast. Hence, I’d consider being near one of the few cities.
If you do Rapid City, Al’s D&I is an amazingly ethical mechanic.
Check out Bella Vista, Ar (and all of Northwest, Ar) while you are looking.
Spearfish is up and coming....
Have you considered getting paid up to €92,000 to move to an Irish island instead?
One question that might be important is whether SD taxes retirement income...