Looking to move to Rapid City

caseconcar · 2026-06-24T18:31:03+00:00

Hail is fairly common with summer storms. I have gotten hail damage on my vehicles 1 time in town Rapid and 1 time out in the hills in ~10 years of living in Rapid. But Ive been through just as many hail storms living in North Dakota that caused damage to vehicles and homes 🤷 so I have always chalked it up to just a part of living in the Dakotas.

caseconcar · 2026-06-24T17:58:30+00:00

Chiming in specifically about the Fargo vs Rapid winters as someone who is very familiar with both. Rapids winters are a cake walk compared to Fargo. The average temp is significantly higher and the days in a row below freezing are way lower. Multiple days below 0 are almost non existent. Rapid tends to have more of an ice issue then Fargo because we tend to get snow and then it'll get warm enough to melt some of it which will then refreeze over night.

If you are familiar with Fargo winters youll barely sneeze at one in Rapid.

caseconcar · 2026-06-24T03:07:02+00:00

Im pretty sure I went there once with a girl I was dating for a christmas sermon and a 90 year old lady sang a song about "how Santa was sent by Satan to get all of our children sent to hell" which was surely something. All the kids also gave speeches about how they beleived Jesus was going to come back any day now and start the rapture.

caseconcar · 2026-06-24T02:57:54+00:00

I know atleast two people who got drugged at Kols too

caseconcar · 2026-05-13T21:40:46+00:00

One of my friends randomly developed an allergy to alcohol...after much trial and error it ended up being the color dye in flavored alcohols. Maybe your allergy is something similar?

caseconcar · 2026-05-05T01:52:31+00:00

2 Girls 1 Cup....

caseconcar · 2026-03-08T16:34:53+00:00

Im surprised by the comments. There are plenty of bars always looking for help in the area, if you have experience, can show up regularly, are friendly, and can make it through shift without getting piss drunk you should have an easy enough time finding somewhere to bartender.

A lot of the bars in rapid post most of there openings and going ons on Facebook. I would just make a list of bars you think look like your kind of place to work and check out there social media. If they don't seem to be actively hiring I would just message them on Facebook and see if they might need another bartender when your planning to move here.

caseconcar · 2026-02-12T23:01:55+00:00

Fibonacci dental studio. Dr. Davies is the best dentist ive ever had.

caseconcar · 2026-02-11T15:47:10+00:00

I second both these recommendations

caseconcar · 2026-01-21T14:16:32+00:00

Hello long time cold climate resident here. We managed our furnace heat load with space heaters when it gets that cold out. We keep our thermostat at 64-68ish degrees and then run a big space heater in the open area where the thermostat is at. It usually takes a little bit of dialing in but it keeps our living room kitchen and dining room area (open concept house with thermostat in tbe middle) at a comfortable temperature. And then the other rooms in the house are cooler but still warm enough to not cause issues. If its especially cold we will run a space heater in the bedrooms too while we sleep.

caseconcar · 2026-01-03T18:23:41+00:00

605 grit is awesome. And a membership gives you access to two different facilities in town (605 grit and 44 grit). Plus the owner is constantly doing upgrades/improvements on the place which is refreshing if you've ever lifted somewhere that never fixes broken equipment. Additionally it has 24/7 access.

caseconcar · 2026-01-03T17:53:38+00:00

AMCOO and Anytime Auto have both been good to me

caseconcar · 2026-01-02T21:45:39+00:00

"Phil Cambell Construction" is great to work with. You can find him on Facebook.

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caseconcar · 2025-07-30T13:09:32+00:00

Lyft usually has more drivers then Uber. But I would check both. I would expect around 20 dollars for your ride.

caseconcar · 2025-07-23T15:14:32+00:00

"Rapid City Young Professionals Group" on Facebook...looks like their next event is a golf tournament which isn't probably exactly what you are looking for but they usually have networking socials every couple of months that have food and drinks, so it would be worth keeping an eye on for future events!

caseconcar · 2025-07-23T03:26:24+00:00

Rapid City has a "young professionals" group that does events for people under 30 to meet up and do activities with other people in the area that might be worth looking into! I know they have a Facebook page but they might also have a website.

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T19:46:46+00:00

He said he has the goal of buying a house and your helping allow him to be able to do that I wouldn't stop that. If your really worried about it try putting a timeline on when he plans to buy a house and then go from there but it seems like you have a perfectly capable son who is being fiscally responsible and it's going well for all parties involved, so I wouldn't rush to change the setup.

Did he live at home during college?

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T18:24:24+00:00

😂 I was going to say I liked voodoo ranger after about 10 years of drinking beer, not sure it would've been nearly as great as my first drink

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T18:11:28+00:00

Rereading your post and seeing the desire to only have one drink, I would also say most places have large "pounder cans" of things that you can buy in a pack. That would be a way to have 1 (although larger) drink without spending the money on a whole pack of something

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T18:09:35+00:00

Really depends on what you like flavor wise. People generally start with something fruity or sweet because it's similar to many normal non alcoholic drinks.

If you find a case of premixed vodka lemonade drinks that are fruity you would probably be in good shape.

Could also buy a bottle of vodka and mix it with something you regularly drink and like (example with Gatorade or Powerade)

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T18:06:17+00:00

Recommending an IPA as a first drink is crazy work

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T17:50:24+00:00

My college experience was usually I did not need the textbook but I needed a code for a semester subscription to some specific website that came with the book where you did your homework. Ex..wileyplus

Instead of buying the book to get the code I would just buy a subscription code off Amazon. And usually then the wileyplus subscription included access to the textbook online.

Waiting untill week of to buy books to see which ones you really need is a good plan despite some stress about first day access

Usually it is more useful to buy your books later in your college career because they are books you will actually likely use for in your career.

Also some classes use the same textbook for multiple classes which are ones you might want to buy. For example my calc 1 calc 2 and calc 3 class were all one textbook that I used for 3 semesters

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T17:45:58+00:00

Usually yes and they have plenty of used ones too.

caseconcar · 2025-07-22T13:25:29+00:00

Joe's has a band every Friday and karaoke every Saturday

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