We've had ghost villages since colonial days ( where native americans chased out of their villages or wiped out ) before being repopulated with european settle

We've had ghost villages since colonial days ( where native americans chased out of their villages or wiped out ) before being repopulated with european settlers, ghost towns from countless boom and bust cycles ( fur, timber, oil, gold, etc and of course the great depression ) and most recently the rust belt which is still ongoing problem.