OT Bakken
you are correct that temporary housing is the way to go but not because the job market in ND may fall apart. Oil and gas development in ND will continue to grow for many yrs (>10); however, many of the humans involved in that development have transient functions or simply get tired of the climate.
North's literal statement may have been overly specific but his point was correct: there are plenty of unfilled construction & service jobs in ND. The needed construction is for pipelines, rail, hotels, machine shops, service bays, storage tanks/bins, cement manufacturing, restaurants, food supply/storage .... which are probably higher paying jobs than building houses yet there is no shortage of clueless humans who would rather whine than go to where the jobs are. And not that Walmart jobs are fun or high paying but there are Walmarts in ND that send out buses in 40 mile radii to get workers to the stores.
