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Unpopulated is static, no change implied.

Depopulated implies change, people used to live there. For me it meant no significant number left.



> Depopulated implies change

yes, as I said, it means a decrease, but the question of to what degree is unspecified. The assumption that it means to a near-zero degree is erroneous.


Does 25000 people leaving a city not count as depopulation then?


No, people wouldn’t call Detroit depopulated




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