A ghost town's caretaker
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There might only be a few people on Planet Earth who can say they've been more socially-distant during the pandemic than Brent Underwood. "I thought, hey, you know, what better place to socially-distance than an abandoned town in the middle of nowhere?" he said. "And so, I packed up my truck, I drove out here."
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