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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Williston, N.D.: Where the Jobs Are Now

Williston, N.D.: Where the Jobs Are Now

Gail Collins, New York Times
Right now you are probably asking yourself: "What would it be like to live in a place with an unemployment rate of 1 percent?"Me, too! So I went to Williston, N.D., to find out. There are certain things that journalists do as a public service because you, the noble reader, are probably not going to do them for yourself "” like attending charter revision meetings or reading the autobiography of Tim Pawlenty. Going to Williston is sort of in this category. The people are lovely, but you're talking about a two-hour drive from Minot.

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