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The town of Britain now consists of literally three buildings: The Mayor's house, a store that sells three hamburgers for $15 each, and a building that KIND of looks like a store but probably isn't, because all it has inside is a piano and a guy behind the counter by the name Gnu Gnu who doesn't actually sell anything. That's it. Lord British must tax the shit out of Britain's 3 tax-paying citizens if the burgers are that expensive.
Noah Antwiler on Ultima: Runes of Virtue

"Why is this city even worth saving? There's nobody in it!"

"Very conveniently, DS9 has been mostly evacuated due to mumble plasma mumble, leaving a few recognisable faces from the show and a lot of empty rooms."

Icirrus City is an average-sized city with a population of 34.
— Example of this trope in Pokémon, as described by Bulbapedia (specifically, Pokémon Black and White).

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