ND, Building boom

I did one project out there for a relative. I will not go back. Economy is very good out there and can charge a premium for your work. But the cost of living out there is very high and the people out there are not your locals anymore. There has been an increase in violent crime out there that the local police are not used to. Just my opinion though.

baerconstructio said:

I did one project out there for a relative. I will not go back. Economy is very good out there and can charge a premium for your work. But the cost of living out there is very high and the people out there are not your locals anymore. There has been an increase in violent crime out there that the local police are not used to. Just my opinion though.

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Interesting take. I never would have thought ND would be like that.

I've never been out there so I guess it goes to show what the out-of-towners think.

there is all the work you would ever need but the crime is bad.
I did a hotel 2 years ago paid 30 buck a hour for labor and it was all i could do to keep guy on the job.
there is no place to live at all. a guy in town here is building 12 x 96 foot trailers that have 6 unit in them each unit rents for 250 bucks a day he has a 50 million $ contract with one of the oil company.
they are selling homes for over 250 bucks a sq ft for a basic unit.

do you know what cold is last week it was 40 below out there and that was without the wind and you have to work in it :clap:

Gangs or people being people .

people sex drugs = bad:laughing:

I was born in Bismarck and grew up working construction in the family business. It ain't for sissies.

I relocated to Tn decades ago but from what I hear the boom up there is biblical...especially out in the west. My buddies that still build up there say it's very hard to get their subs out to do the work. A lot of waiting. If you're a self contained operation that wouldn't apply to you. Depending on where you land the property taxes can be a killer.

If you like to hunt and fish you'd love it!!!!!!...of course I'm biased. If you're thinkin of droppin down right in the middle of the action.....you better have a nice camper.....all the hotel rooms are bought up for the next 8 to 12 years by the oil companies...it's absolute insanity.


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My wife's cousin pays $900.00 a month for a spot to park his camper. He's glad to have it to. Often times a 400 ft one room apartment is 2200.00. It's all relevant to where you are at and who you know. I know a lot of guys that won't drive back up there and it's not that far from here.

On a different note, that boom has made it really difficult to find help here.

baerconstructio said:

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I'm only posting this for everyone who might think about reading this article... It was maybe the least informative thing I've read. No point to it at all, spend the 5 minutes doing something more productive like blankly staring at a wall and scratching your balls.

I live in M.N if I was going to go to ND I would go drive a water truck for $120,000 a year.

the last time i checked there was 17 new hotels and over 20 apartments of 60 units or more going up in the oil area.