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I agree with this post. I venture that South Dakota has a number of similarities with North Dakota but with 150,000 more people. I have seen the National Geographic article that was mentioned and it paints a gloomy picture of North Dakota and does not point out as many good things about it as it should have done. Yes, there are a number of areas that are going through population decline and consolidation, but there are other areas up there that are holding their own and actually growing. With a lot of these rural areas, there is less of a need to have as many farms and small towns with the advent of tractors and techonology requiring less farm labor.
Sad thing is, the de-population and hard hit the esteem of the locals and they have no clue about the saying," If you buildit, they will come". They only think they have nothing to offer, causing them to not see the simple life they lead is a great offer to the people of the crazy world....
Here are some picks from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn, the Scandanavian Heritage Center in Minot, dragline crane and power plant by Underwood, and a sunflower field by Wilton. Enjoy.
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