https://archive.ph/JsDMd https://archive.ph/JsDMd > Troy, Persepolis, Pompeii may no longer be there but no major western city has perished in modern history.

https://archive.ph/JsDMd https://archive.ph/JsDMd > Troy, Persepolis, Pompeii may no longer be there but no major western city has perished in modern history. Oh my, maybe ask urban developers. Many big western cities died. Most famously Detroit which was in the end poisoned by its major, but also Galveston (from biggest city in Texas to a small town), or Belchite in Spain, Real de Catorce in Mexico or the various nuclear towns in Ukraine, Belarussia or Japan. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_Am... or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_by_country