Have not seen a running Contour of any age in several years in Newport News VA area, or pretty much anywhere I drive.
They used to be a common site about 10 years ago. The interest in them was I think, the cheap price, the fairly decent engine performance, small body, which appealed to certain group of people in the city.
Parts are difficult to get now. Maybe Ebay and Rock Auto, eventually there wont be hardly any of these left.