15 Largest Abandoned Cities In The World!

Since the dawn of time, man has come up with wonderful ideas that turn out to be short-lived, poorly executed or just straight-up stupid. But for city planners, there must be something even more painful about your perfectly-constructed city being left to rot without the appreciation it deserved. From an abandoned mining island to a 'ghost utopia' in the middle of China, here are the 15 Largest Abandoned Cities in the World!

[beyblademaster]

15) Hashima Island (Japan) 0:42
14) Ordos Kangbashi (China) 2:30
13) Ashgabat Turkmenistan 4:00
12) Ruby, Arizona 5:25
11) Tianducheng, China 6:41
10) Pripyat, Ukraine 8:12
9) Oradour-Sur-Glane, France 9:27
8) Bodie, California 10:50
7) Craco, Italy 12:22
6) Humberstone, Chile 13:39
5) Mandu, India 14:55
4) Varosha, Cyprus 16:15
3) Centralia, Pennsylvania 17:47
2) Balestrino, Italy 19:14
1) North Brother Island, New York 20:29

[mzcarriebby]

The fact that China is over populated & has been for years yet they have an uninhabited city is wild .

[denisevedpremsize]

Anyone here who’s watching this because of getting bored home due to Corona? And it’s an ghost town out there ....

[johnloydmaghanoy]

the title: top largest abandoned cities
the video: shows a village

[MaynMike]

Balestrino is no mistery. Why are you posting random ideas without even fact checking first your information? Balestrino was inhabited until 1953, earthquakes, landslides and instability caused people to flee. The town dates back to 11th century A.D. It is believed that the town was owned by the Benedictine abbey of San Pietro dei. I visited the town 2 years ago and the only structure remaining is the castle. For God’s sake please read and research before you post all this garbage on YouTube.

[moonshine]

It’s not abandoned if there is 1 million people living there

[laurafraixanet]

This kind of mini documentaries are very interesting if the facts were accurate. The Italian city Balestrino is inhabitable due to too many earthquakes in the regions that give a grand instability to the ground. People left in 1950 for safety, it was only 400 people back then, the maximum habitants that Balestrino has know was around 800.
And that's why it's not opened to the public.
The idea behind this video was great, make sure you know your stories though

[strippinheat]

You apparently don't know what "abandoned" means since you included cities with people still living there.

[marywilliams]

Interesting choice of the word one in Arizona had like 3 buildings in it...

[TheAmbientUniverse]

>15 largest abandoned cities!
>gets to second one on list
"Fortunately, there ARE people living in this city..."
And more importantly, absolutely NO mention of Mayan cities which are ALL abandoned, and are older and larger than most of these examples. They are still there, just look under the jungle!

[zakkingram]

Some of them look like great historical ruins. They could be great sightseeing spots.

[coldvenm]

Just so you know, Varosha isn't closed to the public, because when I was 14 I was one of the first people amongst a line of about 400 to enter the city after 26 years of it being abandoned. We went on a tour around the city, and it's creepy as hell, many buildings are riddled with bullet holes, plates remain on restaurant tables, plants grow out of the hotels etc, it was an amazing experience.

[ibowdee]

Believe it or not I actually lived in Centralia, Pa in 1977!!!

[louieg]

King Bashi: we have population of 100k.
YouTuber: I now declare your city as abandoned.

[bintlooda]

Most of the cities feel like abandoned cities right now due to the corona virus!!!

[xplicittokki]

Bruh i cant think literally 4 different songs are playing at all times like excuse me what?

[DynamicAlex]

For what I know, the 'old' Balestrino borgo ( little village ) was abandoned for continuous landslides and ground instability... The community moved down the valley in safer places, and yup, the area of the old Balestrino is closed to anyone, just for the hazard it poses to improvised tourists and explorers...so, no mistery behind it...

[TipsEnClips]

These city structures are beautiful but nothing is more beautiful when you are at home in it

[leacher]

First isle, 16 acres, "Only slightly larger" than Manhattan Island. Manhattan Island =22, 000+ acres

[Evan-bkwx]

"16 acres, making it larger than the island of Manhattan"- that's not correct at all, Manhattan is 20, 000 acres