In western Germany's coal region, whole villages were abandoned to make way for mining. Now, the towns have been reinhabited by Ukrainian refugees fleeing war at home.
It must be veryyyyyyy boring to them - even some not so small towns in Germany (Zwickau, Hof, Glauchau etc) can sometimes feel like a ghost town, and this is literally a village with no people living there (except for few families), no stores, no events - I can't imagine living like that