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erpowers

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1. Oil Boom?

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:36 PM

Dec 2012

It seems this may be due to the oil boom taking place in North Dakota. A number of people are going to the state to get jobs. As a result of these people seeking jobs others go there in order to provide the workers with the services, like food and housing, they need.

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North Dakota is Nation's Fastest-Growing State Since 2011 [View all] jsr Dec 2012 OP

Oil Boom? erpowers Dec 2012 #1

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It's an unsustainable Fracking bubble Odin2005 Dec 2012 #6