There's LOTS of inaccuracies in that article, when you view the state as a whole.
The area covered in the article is the SW corner of the state, which has always been more sparsely populated and tenuous, with dryland ranching more common than crop farming. The eastern part, the Red River Valley, in particular is doing VERY well.
ND has actually be GAINING a (little) population, in the last few years, (albeit mainly in the eastern cities) for the first time in DECADES.
A similar article was published in the September 10, 2001 edition of Newsweek, "Death of a small Town". I am the "Bob" featured in THAT article, and, like this latest one, there was more doom and gloom than necessary. (They took a fair amount of "literary license" with the interview they did with me.)
The article probably would have recieved MORE attention and rebuttal if NOT for the events of 9-11, just one day after the cover date of that issue.
Our town is actually GAINING population lately, with a couple from California, and a number of folks from Wisconsin having moved up here for a reasonably-priced retirement. All the vacant houses available have been sold, with the exception of a couple. Maybe it's not a "boom", but seems to be a good "marriage" between folks looking for reasonable accomodations, and the survival of the town.
There's a pretty good editorial rebuttal to the National Geographic article in a recent issue of the Grand Forks Herald. I will post a link later, if I can find the article viewable on the 'net for free.
With the recent high oil prices and farm commodity pries, and the wind farm development in the state, things actually are looking BRIGHT ('til the oil and grain markets crash, AGAIN)!
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