mikehudack: barthel: California City’s “second community” has miles and miles of mostly unpaved streets — a ghostly monument to overreach. In the background are a park and country club. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / August 3, 2010) empiricalmediatheory: A desert city that didn’t fan out - latimes.com California City is California’s 3rd largest city by geographic size but is called home by only 14,000 people.  It’s a fascinating failure of a planned community; a weird ghost town of unpaved roads and cul-de-sacs surrounded by empty desert lots. My favorite part of the article (inevitably) is this: But the zombie of speculation is easily awakened. During the recent real estate boom, California City’s population nearly doubled. Hundreds of homes were built in the city’s core. Late-night infomercials hawked land in the distant “second community.” Lots that had been selling for $3,000 fetched $20,000.“People lined up to buy them,” said Cheryl Hoffman, a local real estate agent. “They were being told, ‘This is where you’re going to make your fortune.’ “
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barthel:

California City’s “second community” has miles and miles of mostly unpaved streets — a ghostly monument to overreach. In the background are a park and country club. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / August 3, 2010)

empiricalmediatheory:

A desert city that didn’t fan out - latimes.com

California City is California’s 3rd largest city by geographic size but is called home by only 14,000 people.  It’s a fascinating failure of a planned community; a weird ghost town of unpaved roads and cul-de-sacs surrounded by empty desert lots.

My favorite part of the article (inevitably) is this:

But the zombie of speculation is easily awakened. During the recent real estate boom, California City’s population nearly doubled. Hundreds of homes were built in the city’s core. Late-night infomercials hawked land in the distant “second community.” Lots that had been selling for $3,000 fetched $20,000.

“People lined up to buy them,” said Cheryl Hoffman, a local real estate agent. “They were being told, ‘This is where you’re going to make your fortune.’ “

Source: barthel

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