Many of the buildings from the late 19th century were, to their eyes and the eyes of many citizens, ugly, dilapidated, and no different from those in dozens of other run-down western towns.

As explained in the story, fiends unconsciously drain the life of those around them to keep themselves alive; this results in a barren, run-down town that surrounds the manor in which the fiend is trapped.

The Nintendo DS version of MySims Party takes place in a run-down town with the player tasked with the job of bring residents into the island.

He finds them in a semi-deserted, run-down town, but instead of killing them right away, he decides to play cat-and-mouse with them first.

The trial begins seven and a half years after two terrified girls were rescued from a dungeon under a terrace house in Charleroi, a run-down industrial town in the south.

"We've gone from a run-down town of Chevrolets and peeling paint to a town of Victorian gems with BMW's out front."

The story follows Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to solve the on-stage murder of an actor in the run-down town of Port City.

This kitchen sink drama which takes place not far from Déborah's home town in the run-down industrial town of Seraing features a young couple Bruno and Sonia.

But because Germany was the leading technical nation at the time, he feels reasonably comfortable there, first in the run-down small town of Mittweida, then at the main Bergedorf Observatory just outside Hamburg.

"Oh, I've seen run-down towns before," Blade said.