The towns were not ghost towns until people left.So the town did not make people do any thing.
It is true that when mining was no longer profitable, and mines stopped producing, the mining towns became ghost towns. The reason was because the people that lived in the town had to leave the area looking for work.
Most of the old mining towns are considered to be ghost towns now. Many of the mines went out of business and without the work, people had to move away and leave the town empty.
Ghost towns are abandoned towns.
So a boom town is created when a large amount of people move to a single location, often to exploit a natural resource. The gold rush is a good example. Then when the mineral or other reason to be there disappears so do the people. They leave behind the buildings creating a ghost town.
it is possible that ghots are in ghost towns but it could just be called a ghost town because all the people that lived there had left without a trace
mining took place and it was wild or often too dangerous . when the silver and gold ran out people started to leave
Ghost Towns are very old towns. It is believed that the past people who lived there died and are haunting the town. Ghost towns are considered ghostly due to the fact that no one lives there anymore or else very few residents now live there. A ghost of its former self would be a better explanation for a ghost town.
There are no ghost towns in California
A number of ghost towns still exist. They were incorporated, but then were abandoned, and some were never unincorporated. The population of ghost towns is zero.
Texas has some 295 ghost towns.
Ghost towns started out as regular towns. They are mostly in or near California because of the gold rush. When people started to decline in the gold found, they moved back east.
yes what do you think there not called ghost towns for nothing