User:Narthring/Ghost Towns

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Types of Ghost Towns:

Class A Former Site

 * Only a few foundations remain.
 * Largely reverted to a natural state.
 * Barren site

Class B Neglected Site

 * Many buildings falling down.
 * rubble and/or roofless building ruins

Class C Ghost Town/Abandoned Town

 * Unoccupied site.
 * Most buildings intact.
 * standing abandoned buildings (with roofs), no population, except maybe a caretaker.

Class D Dwindling Community

 * Formerly an important community.
 * Abandoned buildings.
 * semi/near ghost towns. A small resident population, many abandoned buildings.

Class E Historic/Restored Community

 * busy historic community, yet still much smaller than in its boom years.

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Political

 * County seats
 * Liquor laws
 * Lakes
 * City expansion

Economic factors

 * Timber
 * Agriculture
 * Weather and climate
 * Transportation
 * Minerals
 * Cultural changes