What do you guys know about North Dakota?
My parents got divorced 2 years ago and my mom met and started dating this guy from North Dakota, U.S. We’re from Romania. Next month she’s taking me to the U.S. for the first time to spend winter vacation with her and her boyfriend. Honestly never heard of North Dakota before… seems to be a not much talked about state.
Well it’s north of south Dakota and it’s not Wyoming.
But is it really a good idea to move to the US, now?
Once orange man is in office you will get deported back anyway.
The brainwashing does go both ways, with the significant caveat that brainwashed Republican voters support laws that restrict civil liberties and brainwashed democratic voters bemoan that everything is over forever and nothing will ever change while supporting laws that advance civil liberties.
they’re both irritating, but the democrats pass better laws.
Bruh. I’m an American, living in Texas. This isn’t doomerism, this is real.
You will get detained when they start rounding people up.
You will be deported, assuming you live long enough for them to do so.
They will not care that you came in legally.
This is not being done out of concern for the American people, this is being done as a scapegoat.
You will become part of the scapegoat.
Do not come here right now. You are setting yourself up for a world of hurt.
they’re all whiny doomsayers right now, it’s pretty irritating.
things will get worse, but the vague popular defeatism is useless tripe.
you’ll be fine on valid visas.
North Dakota is cold, it’s not a cultural hot spot, but there are tons of natural features, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, fishing and all that stuff.
it is a sparsely populated state.
None of those feelings are accurate examples of American sentiment in the real world, but these commenters all live on the internet, so they’re parroting whatever hyperbolic thing the person next to them says.
civil war’s an outsized, extreme solution to simple problems, and I have never met a conservative who actually wants civil War.
every Trump supporter I know and have talked to is very frightened of something, covid or immigrants or some other non-issue they don’t know enough about. they’re just frightened.
in real life, both sides go to the same supermarkets and libraries, it’s just that the conservatives don’t want to anybody except themselves to have access to the libraries and supermarkets and the democrats think they can preserve public access if they can convince the conservatives that democratic laws are more fair.
selfishness vs naievete.
conservatives are selfish all the time, but democrats are only naive half the time, and they do have better laws for society as a whole.
got it.
Democrats want to help society and civilization as a whole, and they know civil War would only make things much worse.
anyone who wants civil War doesn’t care about the country or its people as it is.
plus, civil wars are a lot of trouble.
in real life, conservatives are afraid that somebody is going to take away their fill-in-the-blank, despite having zero evidence for that anxiety.
so they repeat whatever the crazy racist next to them says because they’re standing on the same side of the road.
Kamala was trailing in the polls the entire election season, and a lot of minorities were very upset that the democrats didn’t do more wuicker to stem the genocide in Palestine, so I’m not sure where the shock is coming from for people being surprised that she lost.
also important to note that women have so few rights in America that they’re dying in hospital parking lots with stillborn babies stuck in their wombs, so that probably didn’t help a female candidate.
also, misinformation is crazy.
The USD is as strong as it’s ever been, immigration policy finally enforced under Biden, national debt reduced, inflation from Trump’s first term has been reined in, civil rights have been reatored and expanded, but as you can tell from the internet, people don’t like optimistic facts as much as exciting emotional sound bites, accurate or not.
W bush was elected twice and that guy literally raised carcinogenic levels in public drinking water(as did trump), because he told all the frightened conservatives that the brown people were coming to get them.
didn’t even matter that they blamed a totally different country then those responsible.
Trump did the same thing and it worked again.
If you didn’t want to listen to others’ responses, you shouldn’t have wasted their time by asking.
Except they’re not. It’s relevant information for someone outside of the US to consider especially if intending to visit an area that rabidly supports the insanity the rest of us are bracing for.
To reiterate the very on-topic part again: As I stated, ND is a sparsely populated, blood-red state(68% voted for the felon). Most of the people living there are going to be wary (paranoid) of anyone they don’t know. They’d look at me sideways and I’m from the Midwest. Now consider what they’d think of an accent or other characteristics that label you as a foreigner…
These aren’t ravings. They are stark warnings. Keep them in mind. Or don’t, at your own peril. I’ve already said that there are well-known organizations here that are taking everything you’ve been told very seriously. Maybe you should check in with your embassy for travel advisories before making plans.
I’ve said my bit. You do you. Good luck.
As far as I’m aware neither my mom nor I are crossing the border illegally or overstaying - abusing our visas.
That doesn’t matter to the incoming administration. Not born here? Deported. Not white enough? Deported. Don’t like Trump? Believe it or not, deported.
It’s a large rural state. Not much population for how large it is.
To put that in context it has an average of 12.4 people per square mile, whereas Romania has 214 people per square mile.
Being a large state there are exceptions to the population density. I’d look at the population of whatever the nearest city to where you’re going is: …wikipedia.org/…/List_of_cities_in_North_Dakota
And compare it to cities you’re familiar with to get an idea of the size to expect. The west side of the state is dominated by oil wells, don’t know if it’s still like this but you used to see flare stacks (giant flames of venting gas) basically everywhere out there.
The winter are rough, it gets very cold due to the Polar jet stream dropping south of it. Also the majority of it is flat open plains so it’s very windy and the snow drifts really high and roads often become impassable for a while. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_North_Dakota
weatherspark.com/…/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weat…
In my experience the people are a mixed bag just like anywhere else. Some are great some are awful. A lot of the folks I met were super into outdoor activities like hunting and fishing. I would be careful if you’re near or on a Native American Reservation. I wouldn’t wander around alone as folks tend to be less friendly to people that aren’t a part of their community, they’re a historically marginalized population and the recent oil and gas exploration hasn’t done them many favors. They also have their own system of law outside the United States Federal Government, and it can be confusing. (If you’re with someone local you’re fine.)
Lastly Romance Scams are a thing and human trafficking does happen. Before she goes off to the middle of nowhere with someone she should let someone who can contact authorities know, and give them as many details about the person including social media links and emails as possible: attorneygeneral.nd.gov/…/common-scams/
In the US you can call 911 to get emergency services anytime and anywhere. North Dakota has its own human trafficking task force: www.ndhttf.org
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