User:Narthring/Ghost Town Classification

Classification
Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted back to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past.

===Barren site  ===
 * Sites no longer in existence
 * Sites that have been destroyed
 * Completely deserted
 * Covered with water
 * Reverted to pasture
 * May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings

Neglected site

 * Only rubble left
 * Roofless building ruins
 * Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

 * Building or houses still standing, but largely unused
 * Buildings and houses all abandoned
 * Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store
 * No population, except caretaker

Semi-abandoned site

 * Building or houses still standing, though largely abandoned
 * Small population ;  Can have a resident or two

Historic community

 * Building or houses still standing
 * Smaller than its boom years
 * Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.
 * Still a busy community with genuine signs of vitality