YOU SAID:
People lived here and now those people are gone
INTO JAPANESE
人々はここに住んでいましたそして今それらの人々は去っています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
People lived here and now they are leaving
INTO JAPANESE
人々はここに住んでいて、今彼らは去っています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
People live here and now they are leaving
INTO JAPANESE
人々はここに住んでいて、今彼らは去っています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
People live here and now they are leaving
That didn't even make that much sense in English.