# How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBuffalo
- Speaker: John Paget
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/john_paget_how_to_keep_your_hometown_from_becoming_a_ghost_town)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"My very first film was about a town that disappeared," says documentarian John Paget. It was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with cities and towns across the US that experienced slow-motion declines -- but managed to stage a comeback after an era of demise. From the closure of the iconic Route 66 to the roller-coaster history of Buffalo, New York, Paget reveals the power of sharing your town's "civic story" to spark local revitalization.

## Lectures

1. [How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/john_paget_how_to_keep_your_hometown_from_becoming_a_ghost_town/6bd00603d125), 16 min (TED's player)