boom town

Examples (10)

• The discovery of oil transformed the quiet fishing village into a bustling boom town.
• During the gold rush, thousands flocked to the new boom town in search of fortune.
• The city's infrastructure is struggling to cope with its status as a high-tech boom town.
• Many of the old mining boom towns in the American West are now just ghost towns.
• Life in an oil boom town during the 1970s was often chaotic and expensive.
• With the construction of the new battery factory, the area is expected to become the next boom town.
• He wrote a historical novel about the rise and fall of a Klondike boom town.
• Local government has to manage the social challenges that come with being a boom town.
• What was once a sleepy suburb is now a property boom town, with housing prices soaring.
• The documentary explored how the railway's arrival created a boom town on the prairie.