Speaking for the US many populated arid areas are completely unsustainable as population centers (ironically also where most people in the US have been moving for awhile now), especially because water resources haven’t been managed rationally in many arid areas. This story will absolutely be a global one though, see Tehran for one massive example, Lake Mead for another. No water and deadly heat waves are going to make for limitless ghost town tourism attraction opportunities!
The future is bright for abandoned building photography communities!
The only reason Vegas is more than a couple truckstops is because it once had a near-monopoly on legal gambling in the United States. That is no longer true. Las Vegas is going to see a collapse that rivals Detroit.
Vegas is a destination to its own now. Collapse isn’t happening. Give your head a shake.
Sure, but the people aren’t coming to see Red Rock and the Mormon Fort. They’re coming to see washed-up musicians performing in poorly constructed event venues, which can be done anywhere.
It’s an experience now. You can disagree with it, but it is. It hasn’t been just for gambling for a long time.