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Not Far From Forsaken - New York Times

There was something strangely seductive about the description of North Dakota in this article. It has the highest rate of emmigration in the country, and it’s filled with ghost towns — increasingly so. The stories about cities unincorporating are downright shocking when all one seems to read about in the news is urban and (even more often) suburban sprawl.

On the other hand, I think that somewhere down the line, a place like North Dakota could really be in for a revival — once we get the transportation thing worked out (hybrid robotic cars, stuff like that (no, I’m not kidding)). Open, beautiful spaces, friendly neighbors, living expenses such that even my month-to-month generation could afford to buy (gasp!) a house…

Yeah, I have to admit, when they said they were more or less giving land away, I thought about it for a second.

My home is the internet, anyway.