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Why North Dakota Is Booming

March 15, 2011/

Living on the harsh, wind-swept northern Great Plains, North Dakotans lean towards the practical in economic development. Finding themselves sitting on prodigious pools of oil–estimated by the state’s Department of Mineral Resources at least 4.3 billion barrels–they are out drilling like mad. And the state is booming.

Joel Kotkin

Full Story: http://www.newgeography.com/content/002124-why-north-dakota-is-booming

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