Talk:Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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[edit] Well It's Supposed To Be There
I live in Sioux Falls and see downtown every day. Have you never been past downtown or seen it from that angle?
--Talyubittu 06:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] That's a big image
And I'm not sure that it does a good job of describing anything in Sioux Falls. It's cool looking, the way they made the photo, but I just drove past that place 10 minutes ago and it doesn't look anything like that... David Bergan 02:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] demographics revision
Unless I for some reason see any objections, I will likely take out the last paragraph in the demographics section, because none of the statements have anything to do with demographics. The Michelangelo thing is redundant, and the Money-Ryder bits should go under history. User:AlexiusHoratius 01:00 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other revision suggestions
I was thinking about combining the 'major companies' and 'shopping' sections into an 'economy' section, as is done in most other articles about cities.
Also, many statements here sound as though they come from a Chamber of Commerce publication, such as the one about SF being "a healthy and vibrant community" or "Sioux Falls is the shopping destination of the central plains". I am unsure what the "central plains" even means, and residents of Chicago, Kansas City, or the Twin Cities would likely disagree with that statement. AlexiusHoratius 20:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I would like to insert a link to Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (the EROS Center), but I cannot see where it would fit within the structure of this article. It is "government," but Sioux Falls has no section for government. (It's akso a major element of the local economy (600 employees), but it does not fit in "Major companies" because it is not a company.) --orlady 19:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism Today
This article really got hit hard today... Spiesr 17:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The picture is an aerial photo, to optimize the look of the downtown.
Let’s face it though; Sioux Falls is a small town. Although the picture alludes to a depiction of grandeur we all know it is far from a large city that so many people would like to believe it is. With a population of fewer than 150,000 it lacks many of cultural and dynamic venues of a city.
Sioux Falls is a great town, but let’s face it, it’s a town. Not a city, not a metropolitan, and definitely not a cosmopolitan. Washington DC fits these molds, and Sioux Falls does not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Boejas (talk • contribs) 02:42, 15 January 2007 (UTC).
- Unless someone has a better immage we are sticking with this one so stop complaining. Spiesr 16:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Let's face it though, you have it out for Sioux Falls. Why are you so afraid of trying to have a city in a area that serves so many people.
I think EVERY city has arieal photos that lead to feelings of grandure. And Washington DC is not half as great as Atlanta, New York, or Chicago... oh wait? that is my OPINION... this is not wikipinion! THANKS ... AND by the way I do agree with you that Sioux Falls is not a cosmopolitian, its more like a mimosa... not quite champagne but it does the trick!
[edit] Population?
69.9.224.103 changed the dates from 2005 to 2006 but not the numbers. Is this right? Spiesr 18:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Population!
First, I want to mention that I live in Sioux Falls. I just looked at this article, and noticed what appears to be a HUGE mistake. The current article as of 27 Feb 2007 states that the Sioux Falls population is around 298,000, and that the metropolitan area is nearly 1,000,000!!! This is surprising to me because 1) I remember an article in the Argus Leader not long ago saying that the estimated population was 148,000; I highly doubt that Sioux Falls has more than doubled in population in the last month and a half 2) the population of the entire state is only around 800,000. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Planes (talk • contribs) 04:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC).
I apologize about not signing. I'm still farily new to wikipedia. I just found out how to sign. planes
[edit] Geography edits
- I've moved the geo. section ahead of economy, as it seems to be done this way with most other U.S. cities.
- Added climate section and graph (forgot to include an edit summary)
- Took out most of the list of "suburbs". This list was rather bulky and I'm not sure that some of the towns included (Valley Springs etc.) are large or close enough to SF to properly be called suburbs. Perhaps a new (small) suburb section in the future...AlexiusHoratius 05:11, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Added sourced metro section, lest I anger any Sioux Falls exurbanites. AlexiusHoratius 02:24, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Redid parks section. The old one was only about falls park and it was a bit ad-sounding. I also moved one of the falls pics to the additional photo section. It was causing a massive white gap between the climate paragraph and temp table. I feel a bit bad about moving someone else's photo, but I think two photos of the falls are enough for the general article. AlexiusHoratius 03:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
I've created a main article for the History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota by initially moving the history section from here and adding section headings. The original section here is too wordy for a basic description, too focused on the 19th century, weak on the 20th, and seemingly taken word for word from the siouxfalls.org website. I'll probably cut down some of the 19th century stuff in the sioux falls article, and try to add to the 20th a bit.AlexiusHoratius 00:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
OK- I've cut down the original history section a bit (see above), and added a paragraph on Citibank, economic diversification, etc, etc. Also, I moved the 'Money magazine' thing to the history section from economy. (It has been 15 years, after all) AlexiusHoratius 09:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] politics
I added a politics section as many other cities have one, and I think that it is somewhat important when describing a city. However, I was only able to get raw election data by county, and not for the city. (I specified area in the paragraph, but the article is about the city...I don't know...) But I don't think I was off-base in describing the city as GOP-leaning, though. SF is not exactly a bastion of leftist politics. AlexiusHoratius 09:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
