"Desolate town" refers to a town or place that is deserted or empty, often with a lack of people or activity. It implies a feeling of loneliness, abandonment, and a sense of sadness or unhappiness. Full definition
Renewal WILL come... but not until Oboomer is removed and sent perhaps to some small desolate town where he can give endless speeches and listen to a crowd applaud him. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Take this factory in Mexico, a cut - and - sew facility employing 1,200 people in a dusty, desolate town called Nazareno. (fortune.com)
THE HOPE FACTORY: Rambling portrait of girl seeking to leave desolate town feels overly familiar, with increasingly petulant lead. (hellisforhyphenates.com)