Results: Ghost Towns
Published on 12/13/2015
Abandoned villages, towns or cities.
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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
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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%
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
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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 |
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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%
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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