[forgetfreeman]

If by like to you mean are forced to to escape poverty...

[nradov]

Are you claiming that it's impossible to escape poverty by moving to North Dakota and getting a job in the oil & gas industry?

[forgetfreeman]

Are you claiming oil patch jobs aren't a rounding error per capita? Lets be clear here, you're for real claiming that a career track that employs fewer people in the continental US than Pizza Hut is relevant to a discussion of rural poverty?

[hanniabu]

Without sacrificing health working with chemicals