Even with all of Rapid City’s goofy municipal shananigans they spend $1,000 less per year on their residents then Sioux Falls and still maintain a beautiful city.
Rapid City – Pop 65,000 – 2009 budget $113 million – $1,738 per resident
Sioux Falls – Pop 154,000 – 2009 budget $416 million – $2,701 per resident
You would think a smaller city would actually be spending more to promote growth, but Sioux Falls is whipping their ass.