People went west DUH! Oh you mean other than that, OK. There was boom-towns. Few people got rich. Many people lost their money as fast as they won it.
Many were abandoned, and are called ghost towns.
After the Gold Rush ended, and the prospectors no longer provided business for the towns.
Yes, they did: starvation, excessive drinking, and fighting over claims, also from diseases due to unsanitary conditions.
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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.
my research says that with the boom in the industry ,people from the villages are moving to towns or cities..
Boom towns often became ghost towns due to a decline in the industry that supported them, such as mining or logging. When resources were depleted, businesses closed, people moved away, and the towns were eventually abandoned. Natural disasters or shifts in transportation routes could also contribute to the decline of a boom town.
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Railroads were important to boom towns because for the most part, boom towns set up around railway stations. Boom towns were also built around mining sites, and railroads built near these sites. This was a way to transport people and mined goods to the east, while bringing more people to the west to mine.
The towns were not ghost towns until people left.So the town did not make people do any thing.
They had sex
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People went west DUH! Oh you mean other than that, OK. There was boom-towns. Few people got rich. Many people lost their money as fast as they won it.
Boom towns turned into ghost towns when the economic activity that initially brought people to the area declined or disappeared, causing residents to move away in search of better opportunities. Once businesses closed and populations dwindled, the infrastructure and services in the town often became unsustainable, leading to its eventual abandonment and becoming a ghost town.