a town where people once lived, but is now abandoned
A ghost town is a town that has been abandoned, usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or because of natural or human-caused disasters such as war. The word is sometimes used in a deprecative sense to include areas where the current population is significantly less than it once was. It may be a partial ghost town such as Tonopah, Nevada or a neighborhood where people no longer live (like Love Canal).
"Ghost Town" was a number one hit for the British ska band, The Specials. It was written in response to Thatcher's policies which the band believed would increase the large-scale unemployment already present in Britain, particuarly in the UK's industrialised north and Midlands regions. This was highly relevant to The Specials as they formed and lived in Coventry and saw the effects of the policies first-hand, as their city experienced some of the UK's worst unemployment at levels of 20%.
Ghost Town is the 15th album by the Country Rock band Poco.