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World's 10 abandoned cities
« on: May 26, 2011, 05:32:17 AM »
Some cities die due to natural catastrophe, some  die due to economic changes and some simply die because they have  outlived their functions.    
 The world is full of abandoned cities, or ghost towns, where buildings remain standing while people have moved on.
 
 Let's take a look at 10 abandoned cities around the world.
 
 

source:rediff.com
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2011, 05:32:40 AM »
Location: Kayakoy, Mugla, Turkey    
 Abandoned since: 1923
 
 This place has been a virtual ghost town since the end of the Greco-Turkish War.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2011, 05:32:46 AM »
Location: Bodie, California, United States    
 Abandoned since: 1942
 
 The town, over 8,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevadas, was a gold rush outpost.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2011, 05:32:51 AM »
Location: Humberstone, Northern Atacama desert, Chile   
 Abandoned since: 1960
 
 Humberstone was once a bustling saltpeter refinery in the desert of northern Chile.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2011, 05:32:58 AM »
Location: Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States     Abandoned since: 10 or so people still live in Centralia.
   In  1962, a fire broke out in a landfill near the Odd Fellows cemetery. The  fire quickly spread through a hole to the coal mine beneath the city,  and the fires have been burning ever since.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2011, 05:33:03 AM »
Location: Oradour-sur-Glane, Limousin, France    
 Abandoned since: 1944
 
 During World War II, the Nazi troops came upon Oradour-sur-Glane and completely destroyed it, killing 642 people.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2011, 05:33:08 AM »
Location: Hashima Island, Nagasaki, Japan    
 Abandoned since: 1974
 
 During  the industrial revolution in Japan, the Mitsubishi company built this  island civilization around large coal deposits in the Nagasaki islands.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2011, 05:35:23 AM »
Location: Kolmanskop, Namibia    
 Abandoned since: 1954
 
 Once a successful diamond mining community, Kolmanskop is now a desert ghost town where the houses welcome only sand.
 
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2011, 05:35:51 AM »
Location: Craco, Basilicata, Italy    
 Abandoned since: 1963
   After being rocked by a number of earthquakes and subsequent landslides, Craco was abandoned for lower ground
 
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Re: World's 10 abandoned cities
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2011, 05:35:57 AM »
Location: Sanzhi district, New Taipei, Taiwan    
 Abandoned since: 1980
 
 Sanzhi was originally a vacation resort catering to US servicemen north of Taipei.
 
 
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