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Re:Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony by pjc50 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:01AM (#19207215)
Fear of terrorism and fear of migration have largely obliterated this.

> Sometimes even free land would be granted just for moving to the middle of nowhere.

It's worth thinking about where the "free land" came from and whether it might have been previously occupied.

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Re:Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony by faitswulff on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:32AM (#19207618)
America is guilty of this and I'm pretty sure China has similar incentives for moving to areas like Tibet. "Free" land, indeed.
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