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JNelson6563

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18. I drove through it twice (there & back to Montana)

Reply to SwampG8r (Original post)

Sun May 20, 2012, 01:31 PM

May 2012

Labor Day weekend and first weekend in November. Pretty beige, flat and not much going on. And I think they may have even worse winters than where I'm at (northern MI).

But isn't ND very important to us as an agricultural resource, among other things?

Julie

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state by state speak your mind about...north dakota [View all] SwampG8r May 2012 OP

My dad lived in Dickinson for awhile at a coal (I think) gasification plant catbyte May 2012 #1

I've been there many times. yesphan May 2012 #2

The only state to ever issue me a speeding ticket. I was going about 62 sinkingfeeling May 2012 #3

I have lived there for 45 years. It truly does exists. RC May 2012 #4

North Dakota is so rural... Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #5

hey, I lived on the James hfojvt May 2012 #11

I grew up in Huron. It seems busier in recent years. Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #19

Wait, you mean we know each other hfojvt May 2012 #20

Can't offer much but... dmallind May 2012 #6

Big Oil is taking over ND. Odin2005 May 2012 #7

ND Will Be The Biggest Oil-Producing State In The Country. Paladin May 2012 #16

So I walked into this isolated bar, Zorra May 2012 #8

Never been there myself, but have deep family roots Spike89 May 2012 #9

Born, grew up, left. It used to exist. There is quite a bit of computer software stuff going on in uppityperson May 2012 #10

Why, there's an entire movie about it. Fargo. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #12

...except the movie is set in Minnesota dmallind May 2012 #13

Well, Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota, and it crosses over into MN. nt Honeycombe8 May 2012 #15

That's Moorhead on the MN side. geardaddy Jun 2012 #26

my dads family is from there, and I lived there when I was a kid.. Volaris May 2012 #14

NDans score #1 in both Agreeableness and Extroversion Odin2005 May 2012 #17

They still talk funny Major Nikon May 2012 #23

Uffda, ya, sure, you betcha we do talk funny! Odin2005 May 2012 #24

I drove through it twice (there & back to Montana) JNelson6563 May 2012 #18

Spent a lifetime there one winter Major Nikon May 2012 #21

Next state to the east from me (Montana) ibegurpard May 2012 #22

I have relatives there, close to the Canadian border and have Raine May 2012 #25