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Watertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 21,482 at the 2010 census. It is the fifth largest city in South Dakota. It is also the principal city of the Watertown Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Codington and Hamlin counties.
Watertown is home to the Redlin Art Center which houses many of the original art works produced by Terry Redlin, one of America's most popular wildlife artists. Watertown also is home to the Bramble Park Zoo and the Watertown Regional Library. The Watertown Public Opinion is a six-day daily newspaper published in Watertown.
Watertown's residential real estate is considered the most expensive in South Dakota for cities of its size; the median price for a home in Watertown is around $200,000.

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I wouldn’t recommend South Dakota. The weather is atrocious and it’s always windy not conducive for arthritis in anyway only one ER and they misdiagnosed quite often. The state government is very non-transparent and at one time Forbes magazine, rated it in the top 10 of the most corrupt. Under the current governor crime is up. The streets in Watertown are horrendous. Nothing ever seems to get fixed. The taxes are high on your homes and homes are inflated in value so it’s hard to find one.
There’s no help for the elderly, veterans, children. The income guidelines for any help there is are so low that barely anyone can get it. No, I wouldn’t recommend Watertown or South Dakota.

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There are lots of young adults willing to put in the extra work to make the residents happy! :)

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