tank town
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Without air conditioning, explains a new Texan, Houston would have remained a torpid tank town, and never made it to the status of a big city.
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Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy.
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In 1940 Las Vegas was a scraggly tank town with a tumbleweed economy.
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They both tell the story of a good ole boy leading his small-top troupe from one tank town to another, juggling dreams of success and threats of eviction, extortion and worse.
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I've pulled the Washington on tank town weeklies, trimmed boiler plate on all-home-print, and attained the eminence of space writer on county seat dailies.
From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent