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https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/underwater-ghost-towns-of-tennessee

Apparently, back in the day the government decided that some places weren't worth saving, and the benefits of building dams and flooding the towns outweighed other considerations.

The movie 'Deliverance' has a plot about something like this happening.

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