Williston, ND is an oil-boom town where advances in technology have allowed companies to access oil two miles below the surface. With this increase it has also increased the need for workers and the result is a 3.5% unemployment rate in September. People from across the country who are unemployed have left their homes in search for a well paying job in Williston.
This article talks about the men who are living in tents for weeks because there are no places to live and no homes to buy. It is a modern day gold-rush town. The locals do not like the influx of people and with it has brought crime and prostitution. One lady who came to the area in search of work explains this place as "this place sucks. There is no place to live. All the restaurants are always crowed and the locals are rude. They blame all the outsiders, which I don't blame them [for]. I'd blame us, too. But we need jobs, too. There are no jobs anywhere else."
Williston: The Town the Recession Forgot
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