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According to Ryan Carrigan, founder of moveBuddha, the finding that Lakeland was the top boomtown was interesting for several reasons.
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Molly Burford, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Expansion isn’t done in the boomtown in the northern Dallas suburbs, as Prosper ISD director of athletics Jeff Smith told The Dallas Morning News earlier this school year that the district anticipates opening another high school in 2029.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Six years after the pandemic reshaped the American map, the exodus from the nation’s largest coastal cities has not only persisted but also evolved to include a former boomtown.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Watch Tulsa King on Paramount+ Blood & Oil Blood & Oil follows the Briggs and LeFever families who arrive in rural North Dakota after the largest oil discovery in American history turns it into a bustling boomtown.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
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Molly Burford, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Expansion isn’t done in the boomtown in the northern Dallas suburbs, as Prosper ISD director of athletics Jeff Smith told The Dallas Morning News earlier this school year that the district anticipates opening another high school in 2029.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Six years after the pandemic reshaped the American map, the exodus from the nation’s largest coastal cities has not only persisted but also evolved to include a former boomtown.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Watch Tulsa King on Paramount+ Blood & Oil Blood & Oil follows the Briggs and LeFever families who arrive in rural North Dakota after the largest oil discovery in American history turns it into a bustling boomtown.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Boomtown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomtown. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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boomtown
noun
boom·town
ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n 
: a town experiencing a sudden growth in business and population
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