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And there are plenty of sleek and stylish models to choose from in hip boomtowns like Bozeman and Missoula—perfect locales to start and end your road trip adventures.
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Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2025
Some of the boomtowns that fueled the dreams of fortune-seekers became dusty ghost towns, according to the Autry Museum of the American West.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
New York — Hudson’s Detroit, the Motor City’s first new skyscraper in nearly half a century, is a symbol of Detroit’s transformation from bankruptcy to boomtown.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Look, the farmer has erected a wild west boomtown out of plywood.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
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Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2025
Some of the boomtowns that fueled the dreams of fortune-seekers became dusty ghost towns, according to the Autry Museum of the American West.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
New York — Hudson’s Detroit, the Motor City’s first new skyscraper in nearly half a century, is a symbol of Detroit’s transformation from bankruptcy to boomtown.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Look, the farmer has erected a wild west boomtown out of plywood.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Boomtown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomtown. Accessed 21 Nov. 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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