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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.

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boom towns are called ghost towns because they are empty and old.

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