BISMARCK–David Letterman has once again included North Dakota in one of his Top 10 lists.
On the show tonight, the list topic was “Signs the United States is running out of money.”
One of those signs? “There’s a listing on eBay for North Dakota.”
So, in the spirit of good humor, let the fun begin. How much do you think North Dakota is worth?
PS: You can find the entire Top 10 list here.
ND is ‘priceless’ ….period!
Doubtful…. ND and the upper midwest stinks. The prideful outlook that everyone has around here is why it stinks because locals think they are better than everyone else.
exactly Jay….I grew up in upstate NY, lived in Fargo for a lot of years but now live in the lakes area…Fargo has some of the most arrogent people I’ve ever come across. They truly feel and act like they’re better than anyone else
ummm…because we are
Amen! North Dakota IS priceless!!
Pricelesss…ABSOLUTELY!
If I buy it today, It’s worth what I can sell it for tomorrow.
With all the great people, add in no shortage of water, and lots of oil – at least a trillion! But we’d never sell, because whoever bought it would surely run it into the ground!
North Dakota is worth more than all other 49 put together.
200 billion oil X 95 per barrel = 19 Trillion
351 billion tons of coal X 13.59 = 4.8 Trillion
Price of total Land = ??
Price of Ag = ??
manufacturer exports = ??
I would say more in the quadrillion to quintillion range
you’re better at math than I am apparently
I don’t know but I claculated that just half a days’ North Dakota oil production currently equals what Thomas Jefferson paid for the whole Louisina purchase … not counting the devaluation of the dollar since then.
I would be making fun of north dakota too, I mean we only have a 3% unemployment rate, our residents help each other when we need help, we can leave our doors unlocked at night and not fear being robbed or murdered while we sleep and are away, we have more sunshine than any other state in the union (albeit most of it under snow cover) and lastly but not least we just found out that we have more oil in our ground than Texas ever did in their history. Lots of things to tease Nodak for.
They also have said North Dakota may have more oil than Alaska does as well. I would never sell North Dakota we are only one of three states that always have a surplus.
Hmm, let’s see…
Lowest unemployment rate in nation
Thousands of jobs available
Only state with a budget surplus during the recession
Yeah, I think North Dakota should be putting the rest of the nation on eBay!
I agree ND is run great and has a lot of pluses…too bad the people in Fargo are so arrogent
maybe its worth enough to start our own country!
Maybe ND should buy itself and go solo- be owned by the citizens- works for the Packers!
ND should buy minnesota and fire all the deadbeat politician we have. LOL
Sorry we’ll pass.
IF ND WOULD PAY ITS BILLS INCLUDING ALL THE COST OF FLOODING. THEN IT WOULD HAVE LESS MONEY THAN IT MIGHT EXPECT. ND COULDNT AFORD HALF OF MINNESOTAS BILLS
You’re an idiot.
yes sir you are indeed an idiot
No he’s not. North Dakota could never pay Minnesota’s bills. If it wasn’t for the oil, ND would be broke just like the rest of the nation. Minnesota had twice as much going for it until the shutdown than North Dakota does AND we did it without the oil. Even now, the only thing going for North Dakota that Minnesota doesn’t have is the surplus.
well, ummm
what about the flooding in Moorehead Minnesota? and all the other areas along the red river of MN.
Why don’t u help out those people
Why would north dakota wast it’s money on Minnesota. I live in Minnesota but still think of my self as a North Dakotan.
Leasing NoDak would make more sense. USA makes money during the term of the lease, and gets it all back at the end of the term. Make it a triple-net, and the USA couldn’t lose. The trade-off would be that NoDak residents would have to be exempt from federal income taxes.
IF ND WOULD PAY ITS BILLS INCLUDING ALL THE COST OF FLOODING. THEN IT WOULD HAVE LESS MONEY THAN IT MIGHT EXPECT. ND COULDNT AFORD HALF OF MINNESOTAS BILLS…
Your Caps Lock key is on
stop yelling dude
Nothing you say even makes any sense. First of all, Minnesota has a much larger population which equals more revenue, secondly, ND does pay it’s bills. We don’t have a deficit, now do we?
Time to secede from the union.
It is not for sale, sorry.
North Dakota – oil, coal, grain foods,
Minnesota – iron ore, fish, forestry, a waterway to the ocean
South Dakota – minerals, gold, silver, a nice monument, and a place to go south to for the winter
we’ll call ourselves the country of ______________
Considering what’s currently going on east of the Red, I’m looking for a geographical version of “Two and a Half Men.”
How about ‘Nosota’??
Price? Hell, ND could be its own country. We have the money, the oil, the guns, and the nukes. Séparatiste!
I agree on the whole becoming our own country.
Ok here is the deal. ND should do like Alaska & write us a check every year for a an oil we get from the state..Someone please look into this for ND… We deserve it!
Hello, @Jack. Thanks for writing! I have written about this issue in the past. I’ll see if I can find a former story link explaining why North Dakota doesn’t do this. We wrote about it during last summer’s Running With Oil project, so it would be somewhere at runningwithoil.com
Your all just jeolous, because we have a surplus of money and we know how to budget our money and we have the only state bank owned in ND.
HAHAHAHAHA ……….we may be small but we sure know how to run a state and not worry about the so called recesion you all are dealing with.
North Dakota probable and a few other states that could really prosper as a self-governed country. All you really need is power (wind, coal, oil) and food. ND don’t really need any form of military; ND can be the Switzerland of the Americas.
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lots of pride as there should be….but Gary ……your comment about all of the days of sunshine is a tad off…….there are plenty of cloudy and gloomy days in ND and MN…….in fact, the weather is the armpit of the US…..where does the weather (including wind and mosquitos) suck more than Fargo/Moorhead? OK- maybe Pembina….
North Dakota stinks!!!!
North Dakota stinks!!!! the people here are very cruel and racist— they have lied and cheated and stolen this land from the Native Americans, there is much hate festering in this state and has been so from day one—these are a Germanic people here who have a superiority complex—they need to open their eyes as to what is going to happen to this God forsaken state—how cna one claim wealth and prosperity when it was never yours to begin with—there is a storm comin North Dakotans look out!!—