Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Far from bustling , it had a ghostly desolateness about it . As if the people were clinging to one last hope of industriousness . A man approached us as we departed the marketplace and spoke what was otherwise unintelligible English . Pointing to a wheel on the side of the street , he proceeded to tell us : " when industry was done everything is finished . " 
Question: Why is this place far from bustling ?
Output (English): Because it's in a state of decline .