Sioux Falls, Like North Dakota, Is Open For Business

Back on May 17, 2013, we were talking about North Dakota being "open for business."

It looks like Sioux Falls, SD, is also open for business.

The Rapid City Journal is reporting:

Building permits in South Dakota's largest city for the first five months of the year are more than double the amount at the same time last year.

Non-residential construction was reported at $96.6 million, more than four times ahead of 2013.

One wonders how much of this is due to "Minnesota" moving into Sioux Falls. It's hard for me to believe this is not a regional story, and there's not much "region" in the Sioux Falls area except for Minnesota, and a bit of Iowa, I suppose.

"Non-residential," to me, suggests business and/or government buildings. 

Like Fargo, ND, Sioux Falls is also on I-29, just west of Minnesota state line, and also benefits from two interstate highways, one running north-south, and one running east-west.

My hunch: the Sioux Falls story is as much about Minnesota as it is about South Dakota.