U.S. Recession Wipes Entire Nevada Town Off the Map
How's that Hope and Change thing working for Nevada?
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'The recession just outlasted us': Company town will cease to exist after falling victim to economic slump
The recession has claimed many victims, but this could be the first town to be completely wiped off the map.
The mining town of Empire in Nevada, about 100 miles northeast of Reno in the Black Rock Desert, was created in 1923.
But from June 20, it will simply cease to exist, its 300 inhabitants will no longer live there, the ZIP code won't even exist any more.
Anywhere?: The welcome sign at the town of Empire, Nevada, which will cease to exist on June 20
Ghost town: This Empire gas station is one of the many businesses in the small town that are closed for business due to the recession
In fact the only thing remaining of the town, which was once home to the United States Gypsum Corporation, will be an eight-foot chain-link fence crowned with barbed wire sealing off the 136-acre plot an
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003681/Empire-Nevada-cease...
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