It knew oil booms and oil.

Insider spoke with five residents to understand how.

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

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

Overall, more people are getting rich than falling behind.

The answer lies in a statistical quirk.

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

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

Courtesy of jacobe kendrick.

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.

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.

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

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The city experienced a major oil boom and.