Talk:List of ghost towns

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AFAIK there are ghost towns that primarily exist for tourists, towns which are considered ghost towns but with a few people still living there, and "real" ghost towns (and possibly some other categories). Should we differentiate between them? D.D. 20:45 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

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How does Cripple Creek, Colorado qualify as a "Ghost Town" when it has a current population of 1,115? I thought the US Census didn't count ghosts. Wondering simply, -- Infrogmation 22:25 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

How does the highly upscale ski resort of Aspen, Colorado qualify as a ghost town? RickK 06:02 12 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Contents 1 Deserted Villages 2 Ghost towns and Lost Cities 3 New Orleans 4 Namibia 5 Chernobyl 6 Define ghost town

[edit] Deserted Villages

The UK and French entries seem to be largely villages, Shouldn't these have their own section? Also, for the UK there is a large number of villages that were abandoned after the black death and in Scotland, many villages were destroyed during the highland clearances.--JBellis 18:54, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ghost towns and Lost Cities

I suggest that since they are both pretty much the same thing, that Ghost Towns and Lost cities should be merged together. The Lost Cities part could be the ancient lost cities.

Matau 17:10, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Orleans

Even though New Orleans could lose a large number of residents by the 2010 Census, it has yet to become a ghost town. The city will rebuild, but far fewer people will be calling it home.

[edit] Namibia

Why is the Namibian ghost town listed under "Africa" rather than under Namibia, like every other country? It's the only ghost town assigned to a continent rather than a country. If there is no convincing explanation, Imona change it.--Rockero 22:29, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chernobyl

Is Chernobyl ghost town? It's settled. --Yonkie 21:09, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Define ghost town

Echoing what someone said earlier, I think we need to have a clear definition of what a ghost town actually is. In my mind, it is a town with a population of 0 and still-extant buildings. I say this because I've been watching this page and I note that people keep adding "ghost towns" to this list that actually have a population.--Caliga10 13:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I see that people keep adding towns to this list that are not, in fact, completely abandoned. Would a better solution be to simply rename the article to 'List of ghost towns and mostly abandoned towns, or something similar. I suspect that this will keep happening and I think it's better to go with the flow than attempt to constantly clear these near-ghost towns out.--Caliga10 22:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Some are also islands, not towns, like St Kilda. Should it be ranamed List of settelments now mostly abandoned? Think outside the box 09:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)