The Ghost Grid of California City Jay Owens, Medium, 20 August 2015 “California City is an
The Ghost Grid of California City Jay Owens, Medium, 20 August 2015 “California City is an exurb, a town without a centre, a place without place: only an aggregation of affluent-ish detached lots. A city, population 13,223. Nearby there’s a prison, an air force base, a Hyundai testing facility and a boron mine. Other sources of employment include Mojave Air and Space Port, which started to hint at why my travelling companions wanted to come here: we were on the trail of failed utopian dreams.” Last month me, Brad Garrett & Wayne Chambliss drove 2400 miles in 8 days. I’ve finally got one episode, one place story written up. Read it here. “If this place was haunted by anything it was by the fantasy of what we wanted to see there” -- source link
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