To whoever downvoted the above, I don't think we view a town becoming a ghost town as an "extinction". As long as the species still exists, it seems inaccurate

To whoever downvoted the above, I don't think we view a town becoming a ghost town as an "extinction". As long as the species still exists, it seems inaccurate to use the term extinct. "Dwindling", "near extinction", "increasingly endangered" all seem more accurate in this context. Only reason I call this disingenuous is that it was probably a "cynical" decision to decrease accuracy in return for clicks.