[Screaming_Gerbil]

But on the bright side, the winters probably serve to limit the population to self reliant hard working types of people who can handle or learn to handle the hardships of living there.

And those smart enough to arrive and get set up before Winter sets in...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota

[advance_copy]

Bet you don’t see too many brass monkeys living up there either.

[MinorityRepublican]

According to Wiki, the population declined from 2000 to 2008. But that was before the economy tanked of course.