1.
1.
A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters (image: Berlin, Nevada, example of a ghost town). Have you seen a ghost town before?
Yes
26%
•
423 votes
No
63%
•
1031 votes
Undecided
4%
•
69 votes
Not Applicable
7%
•
118 votes
2.
2.
Some ghost towns, especially those that preserve period-specific architecture, have become tourist attractions (image: Bannack, Montana, USA, a well-preserved ghost town that is now a state park). Have you visited some of these ghost town attractions?
Bannack, Montana (United States)
4%
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66 votes
Calico, California (United States)
5%
•
82 votes
Centralia, Pennsylvania (United States)
3%
•
47 votes
Oatman, Arizona (United States)
4%
•
62 votes
South Pass City, Wyoming (United States)
2%
•
38 votes
Barkerville, British Columbia (Canada)
4%
•
58 votes
Craco (Italy)
1%
•
22 votes
Elizabeth Bay and Kolmanskop (Namibia)
1%
•
10 votes
Pripyat (Ukraine)
0%
•
4 votes
Not Applicable
83%
•
1358 votes
3.
3.
Ghost towns are common in mining or old mill town areas in the United States (image: 1881 Assay building in what was once Vulture City, a mining town in Wickenburg, Arizona, USA). Which States are you familiar with that have mining or old mill ghost towns?
Arizona
18%
•
300 votes
California
20%
•
322 votes
Colorado
13%
•
210 votes
Minnesota
2%
•
41 votes
Montana
10%
•
166 votes
Nevada
14%
•
230 votes
New Mexico
11%
•
174 votes
Oregon
6%
•
92 votes
Washington
3%
•
55 votes
Wyoming
7%
•
111 votes
West Virginia
7%
•
115 votes
Not Applicable
59%
•
975 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
29 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.35% | 10 | |
| Pennsylvania | 0.11% | 3 |
| Idaho | 0.11% | 3 |
| Kansas | 0.07% | 2 |
| BC | 0.04% | 1 |
| Texas | 0.04% | 1 |
| Rye, Ontario Canada | 0.04% | 1 |
| unknown | 0.04% | 1 |
| lots in ALASKA | 0.04% | 1 |
| Ohio | 0.04% | 1 |
| I am not Familiar with none of them | 0.04% | 1 |
| na | 0.04% | 1 |
| CANADA | 0.04% | 1 |
| maryland | 0.04% | 1 |
| South Dakota | 0.04% | 1 |
4.
4.
The definition of a ghost town varies between individuals, and between cultures (image: Robsart Hospital, one of many abandoned buildings in Robsart, Saskatchewan). Which statement do you agree with?
A.) Some believe that any settlement with visible tangible remains should not be called a ghost town.
6%
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98 votes
B.) Others say, conversely, that a ghost town should contain the tangible remains of buildings.
27%
•
439 votes
C.) A ghost town is simply "a shadowy semblance of a former self".
29%
•
474 votes
D.) N/A
38%
•
630 votes
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