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Once-booming American towns facing a bleak future

Abandoned downtowns across America
Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Gary, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw, Michigan
Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester, Pennsylvania
Hamtramck, Michigan
Hamtramck, Michigan
East Cleveland, Ohio
East Cleveland, Ohio
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Bogalusa, Louisiana
Bogalusa, Louisiana
Camden, Arkansas
Camden, Arkansas
Ville Platte, Louisiana
Ville Platte, Louisiana
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Meigs, Georgia
Meigs, Georgia
Ochlocknee, Georgia
Ochlocknee, Georgia
Adams, Tennessee
Adams, Tennessee
Abbott, Texas
Abbott, Texas
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Abandoned downtowns across America

America's former manufacturing and farm communities have faced serious economic downturn over the last 50 years, with the modernization of industry and the construction of new highways meaning that brighter opportunities simply lie elsewhere. Read on to see some historic American towns that are being left for dead.

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Nicole Robinson

26 April 2022

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