Talk:Greenville, California

Scenes from the movie Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood were filmed in Greenville. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100D:B06D:D4:C0D0:EF46:AF66:9B71 (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

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Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Someone changed verbs to past tense in the belief that the town has ceased to exist because must of the buildings burned. That happened to the town of Paradise, CA, a few years ago, and it rebuilt. It happened to this town in 1881, and it rebuilt. Streets and land titles still exist. If people had fire insurance, they can rebuild. If not, someone might buy the land, which is still valuable, and build on it. Tax bills, adjusted for lowered value, will doubtless still go out. I’ve not seen references supporting the claim that no one will ever reside there or operate a business in the future, and that the village is no more. Edison (talk) 23:09, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree. It seems it is occurring frequently over the last few days. I reverted it from 'was' to 'is', too. --P37307 (talk) 00:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Agree. Any edit that changes the article from "is" to "was" should be reverted immediately. • Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 01:39, 7 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree with your point but we need to be very careful with our language. Greenfield is not a "town", which in California, means a legally incorporated entity with a mayor, elected town council and so on. Greenfield is an unincorporated community, and a census designated place with no local government. Government services are provided by Plumas County. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  02:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)


 * This should apply to categories, also, like Category:Destroyed towns. I reverted this one because it's too soon to determine if it is destroyed permanently, as the category introduction states. The news media, including reliable sources, are making no distinction to legal status of the community and it being a real "town" but I guess it could be considered a living, "Ghost Town" without legal designation.--P37307 (talk) 21:16, 7 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Far too many in the news media care more about "click bait" titles than the truth. Reality is the Greenville wasn't 100% destoryed, though many article titles are worded in a way to make it sound like it was 100% destroyed.  I would bet that many in the news media aren't even aware that each state has different legal descriptions of their communities (see page 3).  Also, 75% destoryed is not a "ghost town" or a "living ghost town either", instead it would still be an "unincorporated community.  Only time will reveal if the U.S. Census Bureau will remove the "Census Designated Place" (CDP) description for Greenville.  •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 16:45, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I didn't mean to imply it was a ghost town. lol. My point was even places that have been gone for hundred years and abandoned still get called "town". I was sticking it to poor reporting. --P37307 (talk) 19:09, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Even towns that are completely destroyed and haven't been used for decades such as Plymouth, Montserrat are designated with ís' and not 'was'. Someone Not Awful (talk) 15:16, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The buildings in Plymouth are certainly ruined, but they're still there, clearly laid out in a town-like fashion. Deserted, yes, destroyed, no. Same as in Greenville, the question of whether any semipermanent human settlement "was" shouldn't even arise till it's at least mostly indiscernable from however the local wilderness appears (and that usually takes centuries, sometimes decades, never a week or so). InedibleHulk (talk) 17:22, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

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