None in the Whole State

I knew I was moving to a sparsely populated state (South Dakota is home to only about 800,000 people), but I didn't realize precisely what that meant for my shopping and spending opportunities.

Of my favorite stores, the following don't exist within 100 miles of me (the majority of them have no presence in the entire state of South Dakota):

• Avenue
• Borders
• Dick Blick
• IKEA
• Meijer
• Office Depot
• Papyrus
• Party City*
• Trader Joe's*
• Whole Foods*
• Williams-Sonoma

* and these don't even offer on-line shopping!

On the bright side, I guess it will be that much easier to save money.