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

The answer lies in a statistical quirk.

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

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The city experienced a major oil boom and.

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

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.

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

Courtesy of jacobe kendrick.

Insider spoke with five residents to understand how.

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

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

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

Overall, more people are getting rich than falling behind.

It knew oil booms and oil.

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