Is it true that there's a oil boom in North Dakota right now?

[AFPVet]

I served over three years in the USAF stationed in the most northern part of ND. It is COLD! There is a lot of oil though. I remember driving 80 miles to a friends house (no joke... you have to drive really far to get to the next town) and smelling the oil wells. There were so many wells.

[NoOneButPaul]

I honestly feel like this is right up my ally but I worry that I don't have what it takes...

I've never worked in any kind of construction or engineering and only worked physical labor when I landscaped which I imagine is a fucking cake walk compared to this.

I would really like to do this, make bank for a while by penny pinching to the extreme, and then move on to something else. I'm young, single, have nothing on the horizon and would really like to save up to move to New Hampshire comfortably.

It seems like an amazing way to make some quick money.

[Keith and stuff]

I would really like to do this, make bank for a while by penny pinching to the extreme, and then move on to something else. I'm young, single, have nothing on the horizon and would really like to save up to move to New Hampshire comfortably.

It seems like an amazing way to make some quick money.

Your quality of life would be better living in 1 bedroom of a multi-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire while working 2 jobs. Also, that way, you wouldn't need to save a lot of money to move to NH. Save enough for 3 months of rent and maybe $1500 incase your car is wrecked or something. Move to NH. Get a job within a few weeks. Then look for a part-time delivery, waiting, bar tending, dish washing, security, snow plowing, landscaping or whatever job.
http://freestateproject.org/jobs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fspjobalert
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=&l=New+Hampshire

Or do the adventure then move to NH and only work 1 full time job or 2 part time jobs.

[Steven Douglas]

I would really like to do this, make bank for a while by penny pinching to the extreme, and then move on to something else. I'm young, single, have nothing on the horizon and would really like to save up to move to New Hampshire comfortably.

Don't forget Asia as an option. No physical labor involved there. Teach English for two or three years, don't party, penny-pinch in a place where medical and dental costs next to nothing, and move to New Hampshire from there once you have a nest egg.

[NoOneButPaul]

Your quality of life would be better living in 1 bedroom of a multi-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire while working 2 jobs. Also, that way, you wouldn't need to save a lot of money to move to NH. Save enough for 3 months of rent and maybe $1500 incase your car is wrecked or something. Move to NH. Get a job within a few weeks. Then look for a part-time delivery, waiting, bar tending, dish washing, security, snow plowing, landscaping or whatever job.
http://freestateproject.org/jobs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fspjobalert
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=&l=New+Hampshire

Or do the adventure then move to NH and only work 1 full time job or 2 part time jobs.

1) Because I live in Chicago I have no car- public transit gets you everywhere here.
2) To get to NH I kind of need one but really have no idea how I could incur the extra expense in the vehicle or insurance
3) My goal is to go out to NH and devote most of my time to advancing the cause. It's really difficult to do that with a job let alone 2. I'd like to go out with a little bit of a nest egg. At my current rate I should be able to get out there by March and live comfortably for a little while after while I look for employment. I could probably go out now with the money i've got but I really want to be prepared financially and not go off half cocked.

[Eric21ND]

The oil boom is very real in the western part of the state. It can be a dangerous occupation though. I know several guys that moved out west to be foreman or truck drivers and they make damn good money.

[VIDEODROME]

I used to truck drive and heard there was a lot of work out there but the conditions are crazy and most of the roads are horrible.

I've also heard there is a weird antagonism between the locals and the truckers for some reason.

[The Free Hornet]

New Hampshire is the only feasible one of those. Iowa is a blue state, SC and Nevada are not liberty states. If there's going to be a second FSP then it should be a relatively small (population-wise especially), red state like Montana.

Given that the dichotomy between Democrats and Republicans is a big-ass facade with few exceptions, why is it that I've reading too much here lately about red-state this or blue-state that? Do you expect big differences among the followers where few exist among the leaders? That's not to say I want to stink it up with the 47% or clink champaign glasses with the 1%, rather my evaluation of a state is not going to be "red or blue".

[Tpoints]

Tpoints, as you can see from the story posted by Keith and stuff, the center of the boom is in the town of Williston. My wife and I are team truck drivers, and we go through North Dakota quite a bit. I've not had any experience directly with Williston, but even the nearby towns like Minot have been feeling the effects from this.

A couple of years ago, before the boom, a truck wash in Minot was around eighty bucks. Last time I checked, the price had more than doubled. Last time I was in the Wal-Mart in Minot, they had a display in front of the store offering a four dollar per hour bonus - bonus, mind - for anyone willing to hire on and stock shelves overnights. The restaurants were having a hard time hiring staff even at ten and twelve bucks an hour.

If you have trade skills - welding, machine tools, electrician, pipefitting, heavy equipment operations, etc you can still find some real high-paying jobs. But if you're planning on going there to look for work, be prepared to pay dearly for every amenity, and twice over for housing. Don't take the family. Be prepared for "bunkhouse living" with a bunch of other guys.... and don't plan on camping out like those poor bastards in that news story. The average low in Williston is well below zero in January:



That's just a bit too cold to be living in a tent, IMHO.

thanks! That's basically what i wanted to know

Sounds like you're saying, many to most can get 10-12 per hour jobs doing low skill work, but would have to to keep up with high cost of living due to demand.

[tod evans]

Hire on in any of the trades locally for the winter, get some experience in anything then head out there in the spring...

I honestly feel like this is right up my ally but I worry that I don't have what it takes...

I've never worked in any kind of construction or engineering and only worked physical labor when I landscaped which I imagine is a fucking cake walk compared to this.

I would really like to do this, make bank for a while by penny pinching to the extreme, and then move on to something else. I'm young, single, have nothing on the horizon and would really like to save up to move to New Hampshire comfortably.

It seems like an amazing way to make some quick money.