Dave,

I heard your part of the country didn't get hurt by the housing bubble collapsing as your real estate prices weren't inflated like the rest of the country, consequently your economy didn't get hit as hard. Is that really the case?

I do remember being astonished how reasonable a home could be bought near Devil's Lake several years ago when I was fishing out there.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.