The Ghost Grid of California City Jay Owens, Medium, 20 August 2015 “California City is an exurb, a town without a centre, a…
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.
“If this place was haunted by anything it was by the fantasy of what we wanted to see there”