rigtownrot
/ˈrɪɡtaʊnˌrɒt/nounVerified NewThe decay of a single-industry extraction town after the seam, field, or price that built it moves on.
The town rises at discovery speed and dies at closure speed, leaving graded roads to nowhere and a hockey arena built in the good year. Every rig town is a countdown wearing streetlights.
Etym. — rig town + rot: the lifecycle compressed into three syllables.
Rel. — flarehorizon
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