0 a town that experiences sudden economic growth
1 a small town that grows quickly as a result of a sudden increase in local economic activity
He looks to me like one of these confidence men who abound in the western boom towns—men who can talk the other fellow into putting his last cent into some 'sure thing.' 'Sure thing,' he repeated disgustedly.
Romford has become a boom town in recent years, with growing developments of commercial and retail property.
Albans is something of a boom town, having excellent location and great beauty.
Braintree is a housing boom town.
Corby is a marvellous example of a town that was wholly dependent on one industry, but which is no longer so dependent—and it is now a boom town.
Out on the frontier, the first need for a boom town was a newspaper.
The community incorporated for the first time in 1870 and was a boom town, with as many as fifty businesses, in the early 1870s.
