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In the former pandemic boomtown of Austin, 557 homes sold in February, down 18.2 percent year over year, and the median sale price of a home declined 0.49 percent year over year to $512,500, according to Redfin.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Schmidt, a Republican whose district includes the ruins of the Civil War era boomtown, said Quindaro’s vibrant history deserves to be preserved.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Once a coal boomtown, Thomas reinvented itself through the arts.
—West Virginia Tourism Office, AFAR Media, 9 May 2025
The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Schmidt, a Republican whose district includes the ruins of the Civil War era boomtown, said Quindaro’s vibrant history deserves to be preserved.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Once a coal boomtown, Thomas reinvented itself through the arts.
—West Virginia Tourism Office, AFAR Media, 9 May 2025
The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Boomtown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomtown. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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boomtown
noun
boom·town
ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n 
: a town experiencing a sudden growth in business and population
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