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A small city located in the middle of the "Texas Triangle" between [[DFW Metroplex|Dallas]], [[Greater Houston|Houston]] and San Antonio/Austin. In 1953, it got destroyed by the eleventh-deadliest tornado in US history (with a death toll of 114<ref>Another Texas town, Goliad, suffered the same death toll from a tornado in 1902, tying it with the Waco tornado as the eleventh-deadliest tornado in US history.</ref>), which stalled its economic growth while cities of similar size like Austin boomed. Forty years later, it was doomed to have its name forever associated with a bunch of doomsday [[cult]]ists who got into an armed standoff with the ATF and FBI at their compound right outside the city, making the word "Waco" a rallying cry for [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|Right Wing Militia Fanatics]] for years. [[The Woobie|Poor town.]] Also, regardless of one's views on the man, [[George W. Bush]]'s "ranch", known for a time as the "Western White House", is located a couple dozen miles outside the city. On the positive side, [[Steve Martin]]'s from here, too.