Around the time i came back to midland in 2012, it began changing.

Webmidland, texas — for a town known for pumping oil, it didn't start out that way.

Wildcatters move in to search for oil, snapping up houses and apartments,.

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Webmidland's booming oil and energy sector has brought thousands of millennials to the west texas city.

The city experienced a major oil boom and.

It knew oil booms and oil.

Webin the past, such soaring crude prices turned midland into a temporary boomtown:

Webso why is midland booming at a time of layoffs in its biggest industry?

Insider spoke with five residents to understand how.

Webfor years, midland, texas, was a quiet corner of the oil patch, in the middle of the desert, hours away from the state’s population centers.

In a sense, it was a railroad stop, jim collett, president of the midland historical.

The answer lies in a statistical quirk.

Courtesy of jacobe kendrick.

Webthe middle class has shrunk faster in midland, texas, than nearly anywhere else in the u. s.

Weba visit to midland’s “woodstock for frackers” makes clear why west texas is home to the hottest oil play in the world.

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