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boom town

noun as in city

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At the time, San Diego was a boom town of perhaps 30,000 people – half the current population of La Mesa.

If he actually did possess such a weakness, Little Missouri and the boom town were fully able to satisfy it.

From the first it became evident that Willets would not be a boom town.

For two decades it grew as rapidly as ever grew a "boom-town" in the West.

At the foot of this ancient fiord lies the boom town of Skaguay.

It presents with striking vividness a picture of the rise and fall of a boom town.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to boom town, such as: capital, center, downtown, metropolis, municipality, and place.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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