How does Bissinger show what is important to the citizens of Odessa and midland during the boom years of the 1980s

These towns were directly affected by oil boom and bust economies. The fates and fortunes of men in these oil towns were hugely determined by the industry. Everybody from the blue-collar welder to the corporate lawyer was able to get a piece of oil riches. Many of these same men believed that they somehow forged their own path to riches. In reality any oil boom in West Texas was completely subjected to the whims and geopolitics of O.P.E.C. Whatever fallout from decisions across the world eventually trickled down to towns like Odessa and Midland. With every brief boom in West Texas Oil came a long and predictable bust. Thus men like Aaron Giebel inevitably lost their fortunes to their own extravagances.