What is there to do in North Dakota?

[Billy Bob Horton]

I accidently ran across this site because of a story that Californians were leaving their state in packs. I noticed the charts, and saw Michigan was 49th. (That's where I live.) But to my surprise, ND was 50th! (That's the state our family is moving to!)

So before taking this giant risk, I thought I'd better investigate.

First of all, the rankings were by percentage. Since ND has fewer residents, one person leaving is about 100(?) Californians. But in the grand scheme of things, one person leaving ND means very little.

Second, the drop in population is due to illegal immigration control. For that, I congratulate the state government of ND!

So our move is still on. I was shocked by the Fargo Forum. I've NEVER seen so many job listings in all of my life! On the very first page, there were at least a half dozen jobs which I qualified for!

We love cold! We love winter! And we can't stand the heat! Who wants to grow old in Florida....better known as "God's waiting room!"

The Chamber of Fargo-Moorhead has been wonderful in helping us move my business up there, and helping get my wife's nursing license transferred. The ham radio club in Fargo has been great, giving me all kinds of information and inviting us to their state convention in April. (We plan on coming.)

To be honest, we were actually joking about moving to Fargo a few years back. Then one night at the dinner table, when I "joked" about it again, my wife spoke up and said; "You know, I've been doing some investigating into Fargo. And it looks like a nice place to live." I was speechless, because I had been doing the same thing! So we started sharing notes, contacting the Chamber and finally made our decision.

We live out in the country here in Michigan. Crime is out of control as the unemployment rate is the highest in the nation, Michigan's foreclosures lead the nation and meth labs are the #1 industry. We live in a little village of 350 souls and our family car has been stolen, another broken into, our house broken into, drug houses all around us and the cops look the other way. Our family has been involved in five auto accidents this year (not our fault/three of them rear end collisions) because people drive crazy thanks to "no fault insurance". One of the drivers involved in one of our accidents admitted to drinking and being on drugs....but the cop just gave him a ticket as a "professional courtesy". This driver slammed into the back of my truck (totaling it....) while stopped at a red light. However, since this driver was a fellow law enforcement officer, he was given a "free pass".

Good-bye Michigan and hello North Dakota! We love it up there! Beautiful country!

Billy Bob Horton

[Jammie]

Billy, how wonderful that you like No. Dak. and are relocating there. Good luck to you and your family AND welcome to the forum.

[xino]

North Dakota might be boring, but some people like it that way. If people wanted to live in a fast-moving city, they would move to NYC or somewhere.

[codym]

Well ALL the outdoor activities and a ton of other things. What do "you" consider fun is the question? I was asking that same question when I was in highschool years back. Now I realized that, well, I was young and looking for like night clubs and stuff. Now that does not matter to me one bit. There is everything else you can think of in regards to activities here.


Billy thats great that your moving here. Living in this world shouldn't involve crime. MOVE out of there! Fargo is great.


Let me know if you have any questions. Job wise you can check out redriverads.com or jobshq.net.

[libchic]

Almost every small town has an annual festival of some type. Most have outdoor music, crafts, stuff to buy and great food. I love quilting, so I like to visit anything fiber arts. Lots of museums in ND, and then check out the entire west part of the state, find tons of historical and cultural events. At the highway entries to every state I have travelled to there are these road side travel and information bureaus with literally tons of brochures with upcoming events. Pick up a few and reserve a room at some bed and breakfast somewhere and treat yourself to a "mini-vacation" every month, see and explore whatever that town has.
I have lived in lots of places as a young person and our family did these weekend trips to all the local attractions, 25-200 miles from homebase and really had a lot of fun.