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==Examples of real ghost towns==

==Examples of real ghost towns==

* [[Cisco, Utah]] - a former railroad waystation on the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]].

* [[Cisco, Utah]] - a former railroad waystation on the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]].

*[[Chornobyl]], [[Ukraine]] - due to nuclear disaster

*[[Chernobyl]], [[Ukraine]] - due to nuclear disaster

==Former ghost towns==

==Former ghost towns==

The site of some former ghost towns has been converted to another purpose.  An example is [[Times Beach, Missouri]], which was evacuated in the early 1980s due to [[dioxin]] poisoning, but the site has since been cleaned up and converted into a [[state park]].

The site of some former ghost towns has been converted to another purpose.  An example is [[Times Beach, Missouri]], which was evacuated in the early 1980s due to [[dioxin]] poisoning, but the site has since been cleaned up and converted into a [[state park]].

==Towns erroneously called ghost towns==

==Towns erroneously called ghost towns==

Some towns like [[Tombstone, Arizona]] and [[Deadwood, South Dakota]] are erroneously referred to as ghost towns, when in fact they are actual inhabited towns which at one time saw a rapid decline after a mining boom, but never became actual ghost towns.  Their "ghost town" status is a means of attracting tourists while in actuality they are tourist towns.

Some towns like [[Tombstone, Arizona]] and [[Deadwood, South Dakota]] are erroneously referred to as ghost towns, when in fact they are actual inhabited towns which at one time saw a rapid decline after a mining boom, but never became actual ghost towns.  Their "ghost town" status is a means of attracting tourists while in actuality they are tourist towns.

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