Boom and bust?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>, <span word="with">with</span> “<span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="boom">boom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bust">bust</span>” <span word="in">in</span> <span word="detail">detail</span>: <span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="migration">migration</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Plains">Plains</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="towns">towns</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="of">of</span> “<span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="boom">boom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bust">bust</span>”.</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="Here">Here</span>, “<span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="boom">boom</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bust">bust</span>” <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="people">people</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="successes">successes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="failures">failures</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="matters">matters</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="words">words</span>, <span word="rags">rags</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="riches">riches</span>, <span word="riches">riches</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rags">rags</span>. <span word="Fortunes">Fortunes</span> <span word="made">made</span>, <span word="fortunes">fortunes</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>.</p><p>“<span word="Boom">Boom</span>” <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="prosperous">prosperous</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="fortunes">fortunes</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="rapidly">rapidly</span> <span word="whereas">whereas</span> “<span word="bust">bust</span>” <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="penniless">penniless</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="migration">migration</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Grain">Grain</span> <span word="Plains">Plains</span> <span word="reminds">reminds</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mark">Mark</span> <span word="Twain">Twain</span> (1835-1910)’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> – <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="railroads">railroads</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="something">something</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="that">that</span>.</p><p><span word="Anyways">Anyways</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Plains">Plains</span> <span word="refer">refer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="flatlands">flatlands</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mississippi">Mississippi</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Rocky">Rocky</span> <span word="Mountains">Mountains</span>. <span word="Early">Early</span> <span word="pioneers">pioneers</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Plains">Plains</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="cattle">cattle</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span>. <span word="Later">Later</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Wild">Wild</span> <span word="West">West</span>. <span word="During">During</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="fortunes">fortunes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="made">made</span> – <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="bankruptcies">bankruptcies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="tragedies">tragedies</span>.</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="initial">initial</span> <span word="success">success</span>, <span word="people">people</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="ambitions">ambitions</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explode">explode</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="invest">invest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="gold">gold</span> <span word="mines">mines</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="California">California</span>.</p><p><span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="Alaska">Alaska</span>.</p><p><span word="Anyhow">Anyhow</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="millionaires">millionaires</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Gilded">Gilded</span> <span word="Age">Age</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mark">Mark</span> <span word="Twain">Twain</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="words">words</span>.</p>
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