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* Brendan DuBois' novel ''Resurrection Day'': In 1972, New York City, along with a good chunk of New Jersey and New York State, is completely deserted and cordoned off by the US Army as a result of 3 Soviet nukes that hit Queens, Idlewild (JFK) Airport and Orange New Jersey (bomber missed Newark Airport) in 1962 when the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated into World War III. {{spoiler|However, later in the novel it is revealed that many residents never left, and some even came back, and now live underground in a 'free' society compared to the rationing, censorship and drafting still ongoing in the USA. The Army knows but seemingly doesn't care, but still keeps it secret.}}

* In ''[[The Old Kingdom]]'', Sabriel travels through two cities that have been mostly deserted because of [[The Undead|the Dead]]. During the day, they're Ghost Cities and at night they're crawling with Dead. In both places the survivors found a part of the city they could fortify against the Dead (who don't like running water) and are living there.

* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Daenerys Targaryen and her few remaining people {{spoiler|after Drogo dies}} cross the vast desert of Red Waste when they find an abandoned city, which is a good thing because they find water and food there. They don't stay for long though.