Yes, but for most of the people that I know...it is the same as joking with people that the snow never melts here or that everyone has their own horse and buggy instead of a car. It is called a joke for a reason. Kind of a if you can't beat them, might as well join them attitude.
There is money in ND, just head to the west. Every young person that I have talked to that has moved here has been so excited to be in ND especially with everything that is happening in our state right now.