re: #282 NJDhockeyfan

How bad is the job market? Depends on your state

North Dakota? Hmmm…I will keep an eye on that should I find myself looking for a job.

If you check Canada’s top two provinces, you’ll see they’re sitting on the same or similar oil fields to those in ND. Oil (and potash in Sask) is the main driver of those economies since the price of oil skyrocketed. When it was $20/brl it wasn’t worth it to pull oil from the oil-sands, but $120.00/brl oil makes it worth it to squeeze oil from a rock. If production increases too much and the price drops, the economies of the west are going to take a hit.