Kind of reminiscent of one of those "after the bomb" movies, isn't it? Which, in a sense, it is. The "bomb", in this case, is money. It's sudden and rapid leaving sucked the life out of this area, causing more of an implosion, rather than an explosion. Don't worry, though. It's just waiting to come blowing back in again, with even more destructive force than its leaving generated. This place'll be gone in two years, tops.