The discovery of the Bakken shale – and subsequent technological advancements for effectively tapping its wealth of resources – has ushered in an oil boom that brought a strong employment picture to a previously sluggish North Dakota. We’ve all heard about local business owners in the

From “man camps” to mansions, the impact of shale drilling is spilling over into the US residential market.  While the rest of the country creeps slowly out of the worst housing bust since the 1930s, the comeback is significantly more robust in some small, formerly stagnant cities lik