"North Dakota's cheery circumstances can be explained by an odd collection of factors: A recent surge in oil production that catapulted the state to fifth-largest producer in the nation; a mostly strong year for farmers (agriculture is the states biggest business); and a conservative, steady, never-fancy culture that has nurtured fewer sudden booms of wealth like those see elsewhere."
A Placid North Dakota Asks, Recession? What Recession?
by Monica Davey
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/us/06dakota.html
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