AdvertisementThe Downsides Of Living In An Oil BoomtownDecember 18, 2012Meg Luther LindholmfacebookEmailCyndy Aafedt (left) owns the El Rancho hotel in Williston, N.D. Jobs in town have been hard to fill. Her employee, Mary Joy Hardt (right), who is from the Philippines, is one of many people with J-1 visas helping to fill retail, hotel and restaurant job openings here. (Meg Luther Lindholm for NPR)