Where to Live Like a King

File this under "things we knew and suspected others didn't". Outdoor Life is out with their third annual ranking of the best towns in America for hunters and fishermen. Chamberlain (and, by extension, Oacoma) is ranked 42nd overall.

While this is not a surprise to those of us who call this area home, it's is always nice to have the recognition of a sportsman's bible like Outdoor Life acknowledge such.

The rankings are based on the performance of hundreds of towns in various socio-economic and outdoors-related categories. Socio-economic subcategories make up 40 percent of the overall score and outdoors-related subcategories combine to account for 60 percent of the overall score.

One of the socio-economic categories communities are ranked in is called "Where to Live Like a King". The towns on this list feature high median household incomes and a low cost of living. Essentially, your hard-earned money will go furthest in these locations.

Group Ranking	City	Overall Ranking
1	Rochester, MN	12
2	Chamberlain, SD	42
3	Pierre, SD	10
4	Dodge City, KS	187
5	Wichita Falls, TX	150
6	Bartlesville, OK	71
7	Sioux Falls, SD	19
8	Houma, LA	185
9	Bismarck, ND	11
10	Green River, WY	166
11	Nebraska City, NE	96
12	Craig, CO	68
13	Red Wing, MN	98
14	Quincy, IL	135
15	Rawlins, WY	9
16	Green Bay, WI	112
17	Grand Island, NE	145
18	Gillette, WY	94
19	Devils Lake, ND	22
20	Phillips, WI	31

As you can see, Chamberlain shined in that category. It's second overall ranking in "Where to Live Like a King" confirmed my long-held belief that our being ranked 50th of all states in income has a correlated low cost of living to more than offset it!

I invite you to come "Live Like a King" in Chamberlain.