>>857879The one you're quoting is in southern British Columbia but I'm sure it's a pattern in the US as well. Out here most of the ruins I find are gold rush related, abandoned settler's cabins, abandoned mines, abandoned powerplants and coal processing buildings. So many towns in the late 1800s and early 1900s built themselves upon faith in gold claims, many of them turned out to be built on lies, many claims turned out to be duds, and when the price of gold dropped people literally just packed up their shit and chased a new life somewhere else. No reason for outsiders to move into a boom town if the claims surrounding it are useless.
As for abandoned homes in residential areas, I really don't know. I know the US experienced this on a massive scale with Detroit but I don't know the story behind it or the economic reasons why.
The mountains of British Columbia are full of abandoned cabins, hunters and trappers built them wherever the fuck they wanted, nowadays they serve as free campsites/shelters for hikers and snowmobilers.
Abandoned houses near any urban centers don't last long out here. In fact this afternoon I spotted two from satellite view (imagery dated 2016), jotted down their coordinates, went to check them out after work, and both were completely demolished and the land cleared for resale.
