I visited a small town like that a few years ago. Place was so over that even the birds left. I didn't see one sign of wildlife the whole day. Not a bird. Not a fish in the lake. Lake used to have a pier but they took it down because nobody used it. I asked everyone I encountered what there is to do in the town. Without exception, every single person could only come up with "Shop at Walmart." There used to be a local band that played at the otherwise unremarkable local restaurant, but they gave up. It felt like like the entire town had decided to go extinct and were just going through the motions until it happens.
Still more populated than the Wild Manes town.
Still more populated than the Wild Manes town.