1.   By the autumn, the hotels along the sea front were emptying, and the town became quiet again.

2.   The town became an unemployment blackspot after the factory closure.

3.   The town has become a mecca for tourists.

4.   Along the Columbia River in the high desert of Washington, the farther you drive from the interstate highway, the more conservative and isolated the towns become.

5.   An inner-city neighborhood becomes Dodge City, and a surfside California town becomes Baywatch beach.

6.   And nowadays, along with the voices of carolers, comes the ring of cash registers because the tiny town has become home to five factory discount centers.

7.   A very tough town will become a lot more attractive and somewhat easier to deal with.

8.   But along with sightseers, the town has become something of a magnet for students of the Spanish language.

9.   But the gold made only a few people rich and the boom towns quickly became ghost towns.

10.   But the town became the international symbol of the tragedy and that brought an outpouring of attention.