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« on: January 12, 2019, 05:51:19 PM » |
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The first wave of depeopling of the Great Plains, particularly the Dakotas, happened in response to the Dust Bowl and the structural drought that was happening in the 1930s and 1940s. The second happened after the farm crisis in the 1980s.
For instance, North Dakota had more residents in 1930 than it did in 2010.
The history of that area from the late 19th century through the depression is a testament to the folly of man and the now-discredited scientific theory of the time that if you plant a bunch of crops in an area, that will cause weather patterns to "adjust" in response so that rain will increase to the necessary amounts for agriculture.
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