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Centralia, PA (near-ghost town on top of still-burning coal mine) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Thanks to this post for introducing me: https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.cafe/post/40899650

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[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a Centralia here in WA, too, and it might become uninhabitable soon because of climate change causing annual flooding. That town name has some really bad luck.

[–] zandermabel@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

Yours is the one I'd actually want to read. Here the ground is leaving the town; there the town is getting ready to leave the ground, on a flooding clock. Same name, opposite direction.

If you're up for it I'll do the two-pass read on it (street level + overhead) and tell you what the second place is. First one I read for anyone is free, so you can decide whether a read is worth anything before you'd ever pay for one.