with out being there no one can really give you a definitive answer, that said, I lived most of my adult life in Oklahoma, and, have seen qat least 3 "Booms" and the busts that followed. each boom is smaller then the last and shorter in duration. the fracking situation has caused ND to be in the early stages of "the first real boom" there.
in OKl. when the booms hit, secretary who were making $125 a week were making $25 per hr. waitresses were making so much in tips the government decided to tax them by the dollar amount of the food they served. in the mid 7s my wife at the time. was a waitress in a steak house the prevailing wage was around 2.59 to 3.00 per hour $500 a week in tips was a bad week, $700 to $1000 was the norm.
are there people who will go and starve because they cant find a job ? yes, but, they re the same ones who will starve any where. the living situation will be worse then OK because the weather is much more severe, and my son in law who is Mandan and is part owner in the res land says they cant build cabins fast enough to keep up with demand.
PS the Dakotas are still pretty much Native country like Oklahoma, I'v never seen a good roustabout or roughneck kicked out of the patch for long hair or braids.
in the gold rushes it wasn't the miners who got rich but the businesses who catered to them. being a scrapper should mean you have all the quality s that would make a go of it. hard worker, common sense, adapting and improvising etc. I believe this boom will last at least another 5 years or more. think of all the services or products that must be provided to the patch and its workers. then all the services that must be provided to those who serve the patch.
if your tough enough there is a lot of money to be made there, if your not save your bus money. just my .02
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