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National Geo photos were art, story fell short |
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 |
Letter from Larry Aasen
Westport, Conn.
(raised near Hillsboro, N.D.)
The National Geographic story on North Dakota (January issue) did not show a true picture of North Dakota. It was not an accurate report on the entire state.
For example, they did not cover eastern North Dakota at all, which is in better shape than it has been in for many years. Wheat is selling for about $10 a bushel and other farm products are at an all time high. Farmers no longer eke out a living on a small piece of land. Now farming is big machinery, big farms — big business.
In the West, they did not mention the oil boom around Williston. With the high price of oil today, they smile in Williston.
To give the photographer credit, his photos are works of art. His photos do show empty barns, houses, etc. Blame it on the soil. If you can’t grow anything there, you leave. Even in Eastern North Dakota there are some empty buildings because the farms are bigger and few people live on the land. Many of them have moved to town.
Actually, North Dakota is better off than it has been for many years. National Geographic, please come back with your camera and cover the entire state.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 May 2008 )
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