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Good criticism of my post. Here's a more extensive list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_city. So when the author wri
by dmitryminkovsky 8y ago
Good criticism of my post. Here's a more extensive list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_city. So when the author writes "they rarely die" it seems to me like the author has a serious historical blind spot. But why do we need to only talk about "great cities?" Why aren't all the "ghost towns" of the wild west a good enough example?
- tntn 8y agoBecause people tend to distinguish between "cities" and "towns." There are a lot of ghost towns, but few ghost cities. Once a settlement becomes large enough to be called a city, it is rare for it to die.