tank town
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Life in and around their pelagic tank town is the subject of this eerie, colorful documentary by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a successor to his awesome epic, The Silent World.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without air conditioning, explains a new Texan, Houston would have remained a torpid tank town, and never made it to the status of a big city.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its actors are unknowns, its scene a Southwestern tank town, and its subject boredom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tank town has a permanent population of about fifty thousand plus about ten thousand transients.
From The Universe — or Nothing by Moldeven, Meyer
