Comment Re:Change of Attitude may be Needed (Score 1) 249
You are thinking of North Dakota. They produce around 430 minion barrels of oil a year. South Dakota... doesn't even break a million barrels a year.
South Dakota's claim to fame is beneficial banking tax laws and Mount Rushmore / Deadwood. South Dakota has a lot of banks headquartered here. The only other state to have as many bank headquarters is Delaware... for the same regulatory reasons.
Although, you are not really wrong about the cattle. The last figure I saw was the population of cattle in the state is 4 times the population of people. But a lot of that is in the dairy industry. Especially east of the Missouri river.
South Dakota's claim to fame is beneficial banking tax laws and Mount Rushmore / Deadwood. South Dakota has a lot of banks headquartered here. The only other state to have as many bank headquarters is Delaware... for the same regulatory reasons.
Although, you are not really wrong about the cattle. The last figure I saw was the population of cattle in the state is 4 times the population of people. But a lot of that is in the dairy industry. Especially east of the Missouri river.