For decades the demographic story of the northern Great Plains has been the same. People have been leaving the rural areas and sparsity has been increasing. While a handful of urban areas have grown, the population of the region has remained generally stagnant. Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual update of population estimates for the nation. [...]

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Nearly half of all Americans think the grass is greener somewhere else. For small towns and rural areas like western South Dakota, these dreams suggest great opportunity.
According to a recently released nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center, nearly half of all Americans say they would prefer to live in a small town or rural [...]

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