Ingabe othile uthe uhambo lomgwaqo? Imephu esebenzisanayo iye yavezwa namuhla ebonisa amadolobha ayizipoki anomlando kulo lonke elase-United States - isikhathi esihle sonyaka sokuvakashela nge-Halloween kusasele izinsuku ezimbalwa.
Iqoqa idatha evela emadolobheni alahliwe angaphezu kuka-3,000 ezweni lonke, i-Geotabe ibonisa inani lamadolobha ayizipoki kuSifundazwe ngasinye sase-US futhi igqamisa izibonelo ezimangalisayo ezingu-10 zale miphakathi engumlando.
“Ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, abantu bangase bazulazule emanxiweni asendulo, kodwa kuyaqabukela bahlangane nezipoki zangempela, kusho uPeter Ling, uProfesa Wezifundo ZaseMelika eYunivesithi yaseNottingham. “Ngokuphambene, abantu baseMelika bazazi njengezikhumbuzo ezicacile zesikhathi esidlule sezwe esicindezelekile, esishukumisayo nesinesiyaluyalu: izindawo ezake zachuma ngenxa yemithombo yemvelo ecebile, izixhumanisi zezinto zokuhamba ezisebenzayo, nokwanda kwabantu, kodwa zashabalala.”
Uchungechunge lwemephu ye-“Ghost Towns of America” luvumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bahlole amadolobha anezipoki eziseduze kakhulu phakathi kwerediyasi yamamayela angu-25 ukuya kwangu-50 noma ngendawo nokusabalalisa kuzo zonke izifundazwe nezifunda zaseMelika. Ngokugxila emlandweni kanye nezinsalela zesakhiwo ezisele, ucezu lugqamisa izibonelo eziyi-10 ezikhuthazayo zamadolobha aseMelika ngokungena ngokujulile endabeni yawo futhi abonise ukukhethwa kwezithombe ezinombala ophakeme ovumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bahlole ukuthi la madolobha abukeka kanjani namuhla.
Amadolobha ayi-10 ayizipoki afakiwe yilawa:
“Lamadolobha ayizipoki ayizindawo iHollywood esizitshale yona emakhanda ethu, lapho abephulamthetho begibela edolobheni kuyilapho abavukuzi begembula ingcebo esanda kutholwa,” kunezela uLing. “Uhambo oluya entshonalanga akuvamile ukuba luphele ngaphandle kokuvakashela idolobha eliyizipoki, okunikeza lezo zindawo ithuba lesibili lokuchuma; i-heritage tourism ingaba yindawo yomama abaqhubeka beyimayini kuze kube phakade.”
Izifunda ezinenani eliphakeme kakhulu lamadolobha ayizipoki yiTexas (511), California (346) neKansas (308). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Rhode Island ne-Connecticut ziyikhaya kwabambalwa kakhulu, kunoyedwa nabane ngokulandelana. Ukwengeza, izifunda ezinamadolobha ayizipoki kakhulu yiKern County eCalifornia (113), Lawrence County eSouth Dakota (93) kanye ne-Indiana County ePennsylvania (36).
“Indaba yaseMelika ingeyezinguquko. Amadolobha amaningi akhiwa ngenxa yokukhula kwengqalasizinda, ezohwebo, nezokuthutha e-US, kodwa lawo alahliwe ashiya umlando ocebile. Amadolobha ayizipoki aseMelika ayaqhubeka nokuba yisikhumbuzo esiwusizo sokuthi okwedlule kungasifundisa okuningi mayelana nesikhathi samanje,” kusho uMaria Sotra, i-VP yezokuMaketha kwaGeotab.
