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This shooting unfolded a little more than 50 miles southeast of the University of Arizona and about 20 miles northwest of the Wild West boomtown of Tombstone.
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David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
Paramount+ says the drama is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
And if the weather’s nice, Cafe 100 has a covered patio overlooking what passes for a downtown in this suburban boomtown.
—Colin Campbell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Walmart, a company ruled by a zeal for low prices, opened a procurement center in the boomtown of Shenzhen.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
And that’s the irony: Whether locals like it or not, California public pension money is the lifeblood of the economy in this small-government, Republican boomtown.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
California cops and firefighters are taking their pensions to Idaho’s ‘Little Orange County,’ a small-government, Republican boomtown.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Details: When the mines of southwest Colorado closed in the 1970s, some boomtowns—like Telluride—were able to reinvent themselves as ski resorts.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
Courtesy of Bob Fisher A rich history that inspires a successful future
San Francisco is the original boomtown.
—Bob Fisher, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
Paramount+ says the drama is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
And if the weather’s nice, Cafe 100 has a covered patio overlooking what passes for a downtown in this suburban boomtown.
—Colin Campbell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Walmart, a company ruled by a zeal for low prices, opened a procurement center in the boomtown of Shenzhen.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
And that’s the irony: Whether locals like it or not, California public pension money is the lifeblood of the economy in this small-government, Republican boomtown.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
California cops and firefighters are taking their pensions to Idaho’s ‘Little Orange County,’ a small-government, Republican boomtown.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Details: When the mines of southwest Colorado closed in the 1970s, some boomtowns—like Telluride—were able to reinvent themselves as ski resorts.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
Courtesy of Bob Fisher A rich history that inspires a successful future
San Francisco is the original boomtown.
—Bob Fisher, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
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boomtown
noun
boom·town
ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n 
: a town experiencing a sudden growth in business and population
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