http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002700720Oh my.
By the way, this primitive's been doing a survey of primitive perceptions of each of the fifty states.
For the record, when he inquired of the primitives about Nebraska, there were no primitive comments, zero.
SwampG8r (8,202 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
state by state speak your mind about...north dakota
i did not believe in north dakota until about 10 years ago
i thought it was a fantasy to even out the flag or something
i live in the touristy part of florida and we see every tag from every state
never seen a north dakota tag
but my dad went to work there and he says its really a place so i have no choice but to believe him
food processing and farming are the high priority jobs
when they admitted the dakotas as states they intentionally shuffled the papers so as to not know which was admitted first
dakota rivalry
we have the native people,scandanavians germans
there are no real tourist attractions there
i hope someone on du can confirm the existence of north dakota
catbyte (1,502 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. My dad lived in Dickinson for awhile at a coal (I think) gasification plant in the early 80's. The Badlands in the northeast section of the state were really cool, but the Rax restaurant in Bismark sucked. Mom and I drove his Siamese cat, Miki, out there for company. Miki didn't like the wind but he loved my dad.
yesphan (408 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. I've been there many times.
My band played in several towns including Minot.
Met lots of missile jockies. People are very friendly, especially in the winter.
sinkingfeeling (23,873 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
3. The only state to ever issue me a speeding ticket. I was going about 62 on a very straight, flat, two-lane in the middle of no where. Saw an on-coming car, the first I'd seen in about an hour, and was floored when it passed by and it was a sheriff's car. He actually turned around and came after me. I think the fine was $15.
RC (18,170 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. I have lived there for 45 years. It truly does exists.
Occasional -30° to -45°F (Usually in the winter) Help keep out the riff-raff.
I'm living in Kansas City now. I miss North Dakota and the lack of people.
A 2½ hour drive was 200 miles, and not just across town as is down here.
Comrade Grumpy (664 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
5. North Dakota is so rural...
...its largest city is Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
But seriously, best ribeye I ever had was at Le Bistro in Bismarck.
North Dakota is also where the mighty James River begins. It is notable for being the slowest moving major river in the US as it flows through South Dakota and into the Missouri River at Yankton.
dmallind (9,446 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
6. Can't offer much but...
A former boyfriend of my wife's was from North Dakota but lived in Minnesota. Whenever he saw an ND plate in the latter state he would check out the driver in case he knew them personally. He often did.
Despite a startlingly minuscule population density and dead straight hill-free highways, I managed to get a speeding ticket for 77 in a 75 on a bright summer day with characteristically low traffic in rural ND*. Needless to say, I had out of state plates, unlike the 3 or 4 cars who had blown by me like I wasn't moving in the prior 10 minutes. Still, state revenue has to come from somewhere I guess.
In re * above: yes Virginia, there IS a non-rural part of ND. It even has a hotel.
The incredibly low unemployment rate is a testament to residents' hardiness, work ethic and loyalty. That and the tendency for a huge ratio of grads to bugger off for warmer and/or more cosmopolitan states the minute they enter the work force.
North Dakota had at one point in the last 20 years, and still may have for all I know, the only county in the entire country where every single private phone number was in the white pages, with no unlisted numbers at all.
Dinosaurs abound from ND's legendary fossil finds. The state boasts a real complete triceratops, a stegosaurus and Byron Dorgan.
Despite many similarities, Winterfell is not in ND, nor does the border with Manitoba feature a huge sheer wall peopled with violent celibates in black furs. No - the wall is not that big at all.
Roger Maris came from North Dakota! .....but so did Lawrence Welk.
They had a serious initiative in 1989 that went to the point of a legislative vote to change their name, in a Greenlandesque marketing move, to just "Dakota". It failed. No-one knows why.
The professional "handicapped" primitive, who lives just across the river in Minnesota, from North Dakota:
Odin2005 (43,117 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
7. Big Oil is taking over ND.
Zorra (15,494 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
8. So I walked into this isolated bar, I'm pretty sure it was on Hwy 1, that I had stopped at while passing through rural ND many years back. I needed something, I forget what it was, but before I was halfway to the bar, I stopped, and gulped.
The entire bar was full of white men of various ages, all wearing John Deere hats, and all glaring at me like I was crippled cat in a dog kennel.
This old Lynyrd Skynyrd tune started playing over and over in my head..."Gimme three steps, gimme 3 steps mister, gimme 3 steps towards the door, gimme three steps, gimme 3 steps mister, and you'll never see me no more."
I got out of there as fast as I could, just as soon as the shock wore off, and didn't stop again until well after I hit the Minnesota line.
I got the very distinct impression that this particular group didn't care much for "my kind".
Haven't been back to ND since.
Spike89 (1,126 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
9. Never been there myself, but have deep family roots
My great grandfather (paternal) was one of the original settlers in the area around Cooperstown. My Mother and father were both born near Cooperstown and both of their families moved in 1938 to Oregon and settled within a few miles of each other. It wasn't until they'd been in Oregon for a few years that they met for the first time.
I've still got relatives on both sides living in ND. Some day I hope to make it there and stomp around a bit.
