Canine Blues Arooo posted:

The real problem with North Dakota, and the US in general is that I think wild partisanship between states is inevitable. For STEM/highly educated people, ND doesn't offer much. Fargo has some high tech/high skill industries, but ND generally bleeds people who have even a 4-year degree. Those that do exist almost exclusively in either Bismarck or Fargo. The remaining blue collar workforce makes up the majority of the population and no amount of education will fix it, because once someone has marketable skills, they tend to leave the state.