The bad news? It's North Dakota.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/us/06dakota.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=allFARGO, N.D. — As the rest of the nation sinks into a 12th grim month of recession, this state, at least up until now, has been quietly reveling in a picture so different that it might well be on another planet....
State officials and private companies have begun looking elsewhere to recruit workers, including traveling in October to Michigan, where tens of thousands of workers have been laid off, and, this month, holding an "online job fair," anything to lure people to a place that is, at least for now, removed from the deep financial dismay — if also just plain removed.
"Our problem is that everybody thinks that it's a cold, miserable place to live," said Bob Stenehjem, a Republican and the State Senate's majority leader. “They're wrong, of course. But North Dakota is a pretty well-kept secret.".Let's see about that, shall we, Bob? The current temperature in Fargo is 19 degrees, with snow on the way.
All week. :scared. As for the miserable part, "a Republican and the State Senate's majority leader" pretty much sums it up.