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North Dakota is a beautiful state that has profited greatly from oil drilling. They now have higher crime rate and drug usage as a result. This is just one more fruit from that black gold they love so much.
Yeah, but if you read the reports, you'll discover that the crime increases are not disproportionate out in oil country. They have made that enormously clear for months. Most of it is as a result of population growth, but there are areas of concern for police. Many North Dakotans were disposed to think the increase of crime was a direct result of the boom and located enormously where the boom was located-because that's where the outsiders live. The reports served as a good reminder that it isn't the outsiders causing all of the problems. North Dakotans like the economic boost, but we don't like change so much. Anything bad that was in someway connected with the boom got focused on the boom. It's just the way we are.
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