Ghost towns Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city depopulated of inhabitants and that often stays practically intact
About Ghost towns
There is no commonly accepted definition of a ghost town. It is usually implied to have enough remaining or partially remaining buildings to look like a town. Some ghost towns might have a handful of permanent inhabitants; hospitality staff, researchers, or inhabitants who never left. A few ghost towns are part ofexclusion zonesdue to man-made or natural disasters. More commonly, ghost towns quietly appear when the reason for the town's creation no longer exists. Amining townis abandoned once too little ore remains to be profitable, arailway townis abandoned once the train no longer stops, amanufacturing townis abandoned when its last factory closes. Occasionally a village can avoid becoming a ghost town by finding a new vocation to replace a dying industry, but this becomes substantially
Ghost towns Travel Guide Sections
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