I'm sorry to say, but that is not exactly accurate.  They don't flock in the same sense that most waterfowl do, but they are almost always found in groups.  It is common for dozens if not hundreds of birds to roost in the same areas, and they have absolutely no problem being around each other.  In fact, they are usuall...more

You are looking in the wrong part of the state.  There are definitely apartments in the eastern cities (Grand Forks, Fargo) that will go for that.  But think about this:  an apartment that costs $650 a month in Grand Forks will likely cost nearly $2000 a month in Minot, and that is still not even in the heart of the oi...more

John, I'm not sure where you get your information from, but I have lived my whole life in North Dakota, spending a lot of time in some of the smallest towns you can imagine.  I never once heard of anyone being beaten for being different.  I am sorry that happened to you, but don't make it sound like it is a common thin...more

Kind of like how 80% of the parts of a Kia are made in the US, and the cars are 100% assembled here?  That is opposed to Dodge, where 30% of the parts are made overseas, and roughly 50% of the assembly is done in the States.  Darn foreign cars, creating jobs for the traitorous Americans that want to stay and work here....more

In some of the smaller companies that is the case, but the large ones can't afford to do that, they are under too much of a microscope.  I lived and worked in Stanley for the last few months, and honestly the only person I encountered that I would have ever suspected of being an illegal immigrant was actually working f...more

True, the description of our weather is a bit exaggerated, but you aren't very accurate either.  Last winter was by far the mildest of this millennium, so you can't base anything on that.  Additionally, I have lived in ND for over 25 years, and I can think of at least 7 winters where we hit -40, so your 20 year estimat...more

Take this article with a grain of salt.  Yes, there are jobs, and lots of money can be made, but the cost of living in the oil patch has more than doubled in the last few years.  Housing was already hard to find, but flooding over the last couple of years has made it even more difficult, with thousands of people being ...more