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FEATURE - Rodeo Meisterschaft in Homestead
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mario Houben/CSM/REX/Shutterstock (7946015az)
Brandi Geiger (63) from Williston, FL competes in the Barrel Racing event during the 68th Annual Homestead Championship Rodeo at Doc DeMilly Rodeo Arena at Harris Field in Homestead, Florida
PRCA Rodeo 68th Annual Homestead Championship Rodeo, Homestead, USA - 21 Jan 2017
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Pumpjacks dot the North Dakota prairie tapping into the Bakken formation. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 12, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Heavy trucks carrying oil, water or building materials drive through the plains of North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 12, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: An oil rig neighbors a housing development in Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 12, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Workforce housing lines the highway in Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. But because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In one decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 12, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Workforce housing lines the highway in Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. But because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In one decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 12, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Workforce housing lines the highway in Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. But because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In one decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 11, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Men sleep in their cars on a rainy night in the Concordia Lutheran Church parking lot in Williston, North Dakota. New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the city's severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 11, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Men sleep in their cars on a rainy night in the Concordia Lutheran Church parking lot in Williston, North Dakota. New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the city's severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 11, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Men sleep in their cars on a rainy night in the Concordia Lutheran Church parking lot in Williston, North Dakota. New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the city's severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 10, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Workers stand by an automated oil rig outside of Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 9, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Trains carry crude oil through the plains of North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. But because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In one decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 9, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. But because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In one decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 12, 2012 - Williston, North Dakota, United States: Heavy trucks carrying oil, water or building materials drive through Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S. (Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Train cars carrying crude oil from the Bakken formation are filled outside of Trenton, North Dakota.The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Train cars carrying crude oil from the Bakken formation are filled outside of Trenton, North Dakota.The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Miles of industry sprawl in Williston, North Dakota service the oil boom in the Bakken formation.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Miles of heavy equipment, including endless piles of piping, cover the landscape outside of Williston, North Dakota.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Water pipe is layed along the highway outside of Williston, North Dakota. The demand for water is high with oil and fracking interests in the Bakken formation as well as the exponential population growth. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape, however, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: A man camp outside of Watford City, North Dakota. Theoil boom has brought unprecedented prosperity to little towns like Watford City, N.D. (population 1,744), it has also exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Williston ("Kuwait on the Prairie"), Watford City and their neighboring towns in North Dakota sit atop the biggest lake of oil to be discovered in North America since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay in 1968.
There are too many unfilled jobs and not enough empty beds to accommodate the masses of people looking for work in the oil boom, man camps have sprung up throughout the formerly idyllic prairie. They are dormitory-style buildings, FEMA trailers, or RV's, and a temporary solution to housing workers but are straining utilities and stretching towns emergency services. (Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: A man camp outside of Watford City, North Dakota. Theoil boom has brought unprecedented prosperity to little towns like Watford City, N.D. (population 1,744), it has also exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Williston ("Kuwait on the Prairie"), Watford City and their neighboring towns in North Dakota sit atop the biggest lake of oil to be discovered in North America since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay in 1968.
There are too many unfilled jobs and not enough empty beds to accommodate the masses of people looking for work in the oil boom, man camps have sprung up throughout the formerly idyllic prairie. They are dormitory-style buildings, FEMA trailers, or RV's, and a temporary solution to housing workers but are straining utilities and stretching towns emergency services. (Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: A man camp outside of Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom has brought unprecedented prosperity to little towns like Watford City, N.D. (population 1,744), it has also exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Williston ("Kuwait on the Prairie"), Watford City and their neighboring towns in North Dakota sit atop the biggest lake of oil to be discovered in North America since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay in 1968.
There are too many unfilled jobs and not enough empty beds to accommodate the masses of people looking for work in the oil boom, man camps have sprung up throughout the formerly idyllic prairie. They are dormitory-style buildings, FEMA trailers, or RV's, and a temporary solution to housing workers but are straining utilities and stretching towns emergency services. (Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Land is in the process of being cleared for a new oil rig about to be installed on the North Dakota prairie outside of Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000.
In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Oil trucks roll through the prairie early in the morning outside of Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom in the Bakken formation is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans but it has also exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure, and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000.
In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Pumpjacks dot the North Dakota prairie tapping into the Bakken formation. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Pumpjacks dot the North Dakota prairie tapping into the Bakken formation. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Job seekers who have no place to sleep are given shelter at the Concordia Lutheran Church in Williston, North Dakota. Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the cityÕs severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
An RV is parked in the parking lot of the Concordia Lutheran Church in Williston, North Dakota. Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the cityÕs severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Men sleep in their cars on a rainy night in the Concordia Lutheran Church parking lot in Williston, North Dakota.
New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the cityÕs severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Homeless workers boots line the foyer of the Concordia Lutheran Church parking lot in Williston, North Dakota.
New arrivals to Williston are often unprepared for the cityÕs severe housing shortage driven by the influx of people looking for oil jobs. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Hotels in the area are fully booked, RV camps cost upwards of $1000/month to park, and affordable apartments or houses are non-existent. The small church has 30 to 40 job-seekers sleeping inside the church on a typical night, with dozens more who stay in their vehicles in the church parking lot.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Downtown Williston, North Dakota. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result of America's biggest oil boom. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000.
In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
While oil has brought economic prosperity to the busiest city in North Dakota's booming oil patch it has also exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic. (Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Rows of brand new prefab houses along the highway on the outskirts of Watford City, North Dakota. The oil boom has brought unprecedented prosperity to little towns like Watford City, N.D. (population 1,744), it has also exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Williston ("Kuwait on the Prairie"), Watford City and their neighboring towns in North Dakota sit atop the biggest lake of oil to be discovered in North America since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay in 1968.
There are too many unfilled jobs and not enough empty beds to accommodate the masses of people looking for work in the oil boom, man camps have sprung up throughout the formerly idyllic prairie. They are dormitory-style buildings, FEMA trailers, or RV's, and a temporary solution to housing workers but are straining utilities and stretching towns emergency services. (Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Oil pipe line runs through fields outside of Watford City, North Dakota. Williston ("Kuwait on the Prairie"), Watford City and their neighboring towns in North Dakota sit atop the biggest lake of oil to be discovered in North America since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay in 1968.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Heavy trucks roll through main street in downtown Sydney, Montana, one of the small towns being overrun by the biggest oil boom in America. The Bakken oil boom is redrawing North Dakota and Montana's landscape, and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Heavy trucks roll through Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom in the Bakken formation is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Natural gas flare burns off a rig outside of Trenton, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: Roughnecks install a secondary rig near Trenton, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: An oil rig supervisor shows off his tattoos at a work site outside of Trenton, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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The Bakken shale North Dakota oil boom
July 2012 - North Dakota, United States: An ad for workforce housing on highway outside of Williston, North Dakota. The oil boom is redrawing North Dakota's landscape and creating opportunity for thousands of unemployed Americans. However, the economic prosperity has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic.
Known for the beauty of its great plains, North Dakota has long been the least populated state in the country. Because of the Bakken oil boom, everyday, mostly men, pour in from across the nation looking for work. The small town of Williston has exploded as a result. Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. In a decade the population has more than doubled to over 30,000. More than half of Williston's residents now work in oil-related jobs and the city's unemployment rate is at 1 percent, which is the lowest in the U.S.
(Evelyn Hockstein / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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