Living in Ghost Towns

Chrystal, Colorado: The 1893 silver crash nearly emptied the town, and by 1915 only eight people lived there.
Chrystal, Colorado: The 1893 silver crash nearly emptied the town, and by 1915 only eight people lived there.

A recent blog post about a rebuilt ghost town in Spain turned out to be quite popular. This got me thinking about the practicality of living in ghost towns. If you don’t mind fresh air, no traffic jams, lack of noise and nosey neighbors then you might like it just fine.

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Medieval Spanish Ghost Town Becomes Self-sufficient Ecovillage

“It’s a utopian fantasy- discover a ghost town and rebuild it in line with your ideals-, but in Spain where there are nearly 3000 abandoned villages (most dating back to the Middle Ages), some big dreamers have spent the past 3 decades doing just that.

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