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Why North Dakota Is Booming
New Geography ^ | 3-14-11 | Joel Kotkin

Posted on 03/15/2011 8:20:03 AM PDT by Tom Rounder

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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Nobody wants to mention ND’s homogeneous population as a reason for their success. Let’s just say when there’s no illegals and no inner-city thugs you’re bound to be successful.”

The vast majority of North Dakota’s population has Northern European ancestry, Scandinavian and German. In addition, many are only 2 or 3 generations removed from their pioneer ancestors on the Dakota frontier. Self sufficiency is still valued but a tradtion of helping your neighbor also prevails. Nobody in Fargo or Grand Forks sit around and waits for the government to come and save them from the blizzard or the flood. It is a good place to live and raise a familly.


41 posted on 03/15/2011 10:24:43 AM PDT by Nakota
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To: Tom Rounder

North Dakota’s prosperity need not be limited to their state.

This portion of the article says it all :

What accounts for the state’s success? Dakotans didn’t bet the farm, so to speak, on solar cells, high-density housing or high-speed rail. Taxes are moderate—the state ranks near the middle in terms of tax per capita, according to the Tax Foundation—and North Dakota is a right-to-work state, which makes it attractive to new employers, especially in manufacturing. But the state’s real key to success is doing the first things first—such as producing energy, food and specialized manufactured goods for which there is a growing, world-wide market. This is what creates the employment and wealth that can support environmental protection and higher education.

I don’t see why such sensible policies can’t be applied to such states as Ohio or Pennsylvania.


42 posted on 03/15/2011 10:29:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Tom Rounder

I was walking down a street in Fargo one night when I was jumped by a band of thugs. They all had those brass helmets with horns on them. “We’re the Norskis and we want your lutefisk!” One of them held a herring to my throat. I peed just a little bit.


43 posted on 03/15/2011 10:54:38 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: japaneseghost

I couldn’t tell you. I don’t live there. I just like making fun of states other than my own. :) Seriously though, if I was interested in capitalizing on this oil boom there, I’d think about owning or managing an RV park near these construction sites. These sites are usually remote and don’t have an abundance of rental homes and apartments nearby for the many out of state workers who man these jobs.


44 posted on 03/15/2011 10:59:41 AM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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That’s the eastern half. The western half, which features Teddy Roosevelt National Park, is a lot more rugged.


45 posted on 03/15/2011 12:23:32 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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"I’d like to move there if I could get a job first...any thoughts?"

got to monster.com and put your resume up. If there is a space for location preference, specify ND. It works best if you have had a little bit of oil field experience, but many companies are willing to train.

46 posted on 03/15/2011 1:44:06 PM PDT by redhead ("I think I'm the best fish filleter in the whole third grade." --Piper Palin)
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To: scbison

Sounds good to me. Too bad it’s cold enough to freeze a well-digger’s behind. I live about as far north as I can tolerate.


47 posted on 03/15/2011 2:30:31 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: DManA

Not as young in body as I am in mind.


48 posted on 03/16/2011 10:12:22 AM PDT by Pecos (Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
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