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Where urban development has evidently gone with a bang? (4,4)

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boom town

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'where urban development has evidently gone with a bang?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for boom town that I've seen before include "Settlement enjoying sudden prosperity" , "Prosperous place" , "Place of sudden prosperity" , "Urban area of rapid growth" , "Municipality enjoying sudden prosperity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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