For cities like SD and Portland, OR...I dont think it is an exaggeration. From my dorm room in Portland, I could smell the barley being cook at Henry Weinhardt brewery two blocks away. I am not joking. Free beer if you go visit the brewery. If you dont $3.25 per six pack. Delicious beer too.
I dont know what going to college like in SD? But in Portland it is cold and wet all the time. When we done with class, the bar is there in the middle of the campus and some nice one outside the campus. We take shelter there and throw down a few pints before we go back to our dorm. Study for a few hours then hit the gym. One hour of weights then 3 hours of basketball. Bloodied and brutal games.