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American communities that could die out in the next few decades

People are deserting these US communities
Alexander County, Illinois
Butte County, Idaho
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Indianola, Mississippi
Selma, Alabama
Logan, West Virginia
Eastman, Georgia
Washington County, North Carolina
Bastrop, Louisiana
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Burton, Michigan
Clinton, Iowa
Daleville, Alabama
Youngstown, Ohio
Charleston, West Virginia
Salem County, New Jersey
Wildwood, New Jersey
Making tracks out of Hamtramck
Ligonier, Pennsylvania
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People are deserting these US communities

If the populations of some towns and small communities in America continue to fall as they are currently, there will be no one left there at all in just a few decades. A lack of employment opportunities and the urge to seek excitement elsewhere is driving younger people into larger towns and cities, literally leaving these places to die out. We take a look at some of the areas facing an uncertain future.
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13 November 2017

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