Ghost City Horden: Houses for Sale at Bargain Prices in England’s Abandoned Town

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Phenomenon ghost city’ real in England. There is one city that has been abandoned by most of its inhabitants, leaving only empty houses for sale.

In fact, the European continent still has places with low property prices. After before it was reported that there was a house of 1 euro or Rp. 16 thousand in Italy. This time, low-priced housing was also reported in the UK.

Quoting the Daily Record, the town of Horden in County Durham was once a bustling place where thousands of people worked. However, this city has becomeghost city‘ since the decline of the coal industry in King Charles State.

The mines in the town closed in February 1987 as the UK coal mining industry shut down. Now, there are only streets with empty and abandoned houses.

“Formerly home to the Horden Colliery, this town gained fame throughout Europe, after tireless workers set a record for the most coal mined in one day, extracting 6,758 tons on May 9, 1930,” the media was quoted as saying Monday, (5 /6/2023).

YouTuber David Burnip, who goes by the screen name Wandering Turnip, recently visited the city. He visited several properties currently vacant and for sale at staggering costs.

“There’s hardly anyone left here now,” the man said.

Four properties were listed on RightMove at the end of May this year, up for auction with prices starting at £5,000 or equivalent to Rp.80 million.

Apart from the dead industry, Horden is also struggling with criminal issues such as drugs. This is also what ultimately encourages residents to stay away from the area. A local resident who spoke to Burnip said the town had indeed fallen in the wake of the coal industry’s decline.

The man went on to claim that drugs were running rampant in the area. According to him, this problem has also reached people aged 40 to 50 years and over in ghost city That.

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This article has been published on CNBC Indonesia.

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