Maybe if the Bakken oil continues to get developed & the States coffers keep growing - we can get rid of State taxes & the Sales tax & even be like Alaska & give us money to live here - I bet many will change their tunes
Just think if we really got the refineries going & farm prices stay good
I'd love to see ND finally grow again (especially smaller towns) or will it just boom & bust again & a few become millionaires & move out of ND, like has been the trend for so long ?
This could be the best chance for ND to change (have good or better jobs) & keep our young here & bring folks back (including retirees)
Or will people from outside just come in & get while the getting is good & then talk about us like were some remote flat waste land (Bad Lands is the most famous thing we have) I have been there once in 40 yrs & just camped a night & went on to Yellowstone