North Dakota's Oil Boom Is Over. What Now?
Thousands flocked to the state, building their lives around drilling. Then the price of oil plummeted. In a field of brittle yellow grass and clotted mud about five miles north of Dickinson, North Dakota, stands a cemetery of sorts. Drilling rigs stretch into the sky like tall skeletons. The occasional lone truck rattles along a dirt road. Otherwise, the location is deserted.
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