North Dakota Pictograph of the Problem
The National Geographic Article I posted becomes more meaningful when you see a pictograph of what the empty prairie really looks like. Look at the legend. It demonstrates less than 2 people per square mile for most of North Dakota. Great for hunting, lousy for economics. Get ready for much higher taxes. This bird won’t fly.
The brighter yellow is 3-4 people. Still pretty sparse. Now look at the national map.
Dark blues means 13 or more people per square mile. Most of the USA is pretty dense. Only The great plains, Buffalo Commons, the rocky mountains and the deserts of the west are as devoid of people. This is not a great prognosis for the future of ND. But hope for the best and enjoy the wide open wasteland. It’s going to collapse.
