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Do you feel like North Dakota has a lot in common with states such as Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio etc? It seems similar to those states but less populated and with a bit of a western touch. I still think the Dakotas are more eastern than western though due to being mostly farming as opposed to ranching or mining and having cold winters/humid summers as opposed to mild winters and cool/warm summers in the states from Montana to the Pacific.
Do you feel like North Dakota has a lot in common with states such as Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio etc? It seems similar to those states but less populated and with a bit of a western touch. I still think the Dakotas are more eastern than western though due to being mostly farming as opposed to ranching or mining and having cold winters/humid summers as opposed to mild winters and cool/warm summers in the states from Montana to the Pacific.
Only speaking for myself. I consider ND to be North Central and more similar to Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota with similar climates and scenery.
While ND seems to be noted mostly for wheat growing, Cattle Ranching is the second largest industry. Lots of Big Cattle Ranches here
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Supported by its extremely fertile soil, North Dakota's agricultural economy is much larger than most other states.
In terms of revenue generated North Dakota's top five agricultural products are wheat, cattle and calves, soybeans, corn for grain, and sugar beets.
The red river valley and places like fargo and grand forks look east toward minneapolis and chicago while bismarck and and point west look to denver and billings
North Dakota seems to align themselves more with Minneapolis than with Denver or Seattle. Before the oil boom on the Bakken Shale oil patch, far more North Dakotan's relocated east to Minneapolis-St. Paul for educational and career opportunities than west towards Seattle or Denver.
North Dakota residents are big fans of all four Minnesota professional sports teams with large groups chartering bus trips from many small towns in ND down to Minneapolis and spending a summer weekend attending the Twins games at Target Field and Sunday's in the Fall attending a Vikings game then taking the charter bus back to North Dakota afterwards.
Just about every small town in North Dakota, and South Dakota as well, has radio station which broadcasts the play-by-play of every game for the: Vikings; Twins; Timberwolves; Wild etc. In addition, the three main 24-hour "All Sports" radio stations in North Dakota simulcast all the local Minneapolis-St.Paul sports talk shows from Minnesota's largest sports station KFXN-FM 100.3 (KFAN Radio Network) from 6:00 AM-to-6:00 PM. Listening to local and regional sports talk from KFAN in Minneapolis on: 740 KVOX-AM in Fargo ; 710 KMXR-AM in Bismark and 1440 KKXL-AM in Grand Forks sure beats listening to ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio or CBS Sports Radio 24-hour a day.
740 KVOX-AM and 710 KMXR-AM both reach nearly the entire state of North Dakota during the daytime hours. In addition, the two main news stations 790 KFGO-AM in Fargo and 1310 KNOX-AM Grand Forks are very heavilly Minnesota focused as well with their News and Sports Coverage. 550 KFYR-AM in Bismark is almost exclusively north Dakota focused even though the "K-Fire" signal reaches half of Minnesota, most of South Dakota and much of Montana.
I'm now living in Williston and western ND folks are more closely associated with areas outside of the Midwest. You'll see more Broncos fans than Vikings/Packers fans. Further, if drivers license transfers are any guide, the majority new folks in the western part of the state come from MT,ID,WA,CO,and CA. I used to live in Grand Forks which seemingly had the more Midwestern vibe. More Cubs and Twins baseball fans along with more Bears, Vikings, and Packers fans. Politically, the eastern half is more in line with the Midwest (middle/moderate/center) while the western half is more in tune with the Mountain West (conservative/Republican/right of center). One simply has to look at the county map from the last US Senate race to see the blue-red divide though ND blue is pretty pale.
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