GF is a way stinkier armpit than Fargo!
People that haven't lived or been to ND don't have any right to pass judgement. It's all based upon stereotypes and they are like the insecure people all over over the US that need to bash something to make themselves feel better. I have lived in the south (hated it), I currently live in the Pacific Northwest (love it, but I have only been here for a month) and every place I have been has it's good and bad. The south has a lot more bad IMO than where I am now but I would not mind living in ND again, I just couldn't suffer another stint in Grand Forks. College was more than enough Grand Forks for me.