DAV I D ZEHNTER
VIA: MADISON
WISCONSIN
BY SIANDHARA BONNET
"AT SOME POINT I JUST THREW UP MY HANDS AND SAID SCREW IT, I CAN WORK FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD."
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avid Zehntner only planned to live outside of Wisconsin during the pandemic but ended up finding a home in Rapid City. Zehntner moved to the city in September 2020 and found an apartment after staying at an Extended Stay. “At some point I just threw up my hands and said screw it, I can work from anywhere in the world,” he said. “I will go anywhere — Sweden, Hong Kong, wherever I need to go, I’m going to do it. I started doing some research and it turned out at the time that South Dakota was the freest place on the planet.”
14 ELEVATE • JULY 2021
