Talk:List of ghost towns in Oregon

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Antelope[edit]

Antelope still has a population, should it be considered a ghost town? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.25.120.182 (talk) 06:46, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article ghost town, there is no requirement of zero population. Only that it is far less than it used to be. —EncMstr (talk) 17:33, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to that definition, Detroit, Michigan--which has lost nearly two-thirds of its population since the 1950 census from the auto industry collapse and high suburbanization--could be a ghost town. I know my example is ridiculous but the Ghost town definition is far too vague. Wouldn't you agree? Mike Moresi (talk) 06:11, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I spent a few weeks working in Gary, Indiana in the mid-1980s. The population was about 40% of its 1950s peak. It sure felt like a ghost town with almost every house boarded up in the non-urban neighborhoods of the city. A key difference between that and a place like Antelope is that Gary's abandonment occurred recently enough that the piles of garbage were still decaying and stinking whereas in Antelope, it happened long enough ago that it smells clean and all the garbage is gone. Other primary metro areas in the Rust Belt have had similar declines. That doesn't make them all ghost towns since most of their declines are in the 10 to 40% range. —EncMstr (talk) 19:58, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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These were removed per some guideline I'm too lazy to look up, so I won't put them back, but I researched them in the past and they're all legit if anybody feels like restoring them with cites or even writing articles about them. Valfontis (talk) 06:01, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most Ghost Towns[edit]

It's debatable whether Oregon can be considered to have "the most ghost towns" given that at least one source indicates 3 other states having more, with Texas having nearly twice as many. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.191.80.60 (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]