Exploring the Ghost Metropolis Side of California City

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The third largest city in California by land area is mostly a ghost metropolis. What happened to this 200-square-mile City?
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[@michaelgrimaud28]

Maybe actually show cal city. I grew up there being my parents were military at Edwards afb. Lived on north loop and also lewis ave. Went to elementary and up to 7th grade before we moved to japan. We still have alot of friends who live and call cal city home. Alls you showed was the expansion that never happend.

[@InternetJury]

OH boy.... I lived in CalCIty for 10 years... I'm going to echo what a few others have said. This was entirely disrespectful and rude. First, there are PLENTY of paved roads in CalCity. 1. Galileo Park??? WTF??? Oh, guys, no, that's not the 'hub' of anything. 2. Well, at least you started with Mr. Mendelson, so that's good. 3. The bouncing around is driving me nuts... Central park to Silver Saddle and then back to the golf course? Yes, it's a real golf course and it's open. OH wait... The one you filmed isn't the golf course. You were out at Silver Saddle and that was the old mini golf spot. You were at the lake... so why not film the ACTUAL golf course there?? Yes, there's a whole, real golf course in CalCity, and people actually use it. Okay, I've subscribed to you guys for years. This video ticked me off. It doesn't tell you ANYTHING about the town except some vague information about the beginning and then you bounce around the far outskirts and don't show the town itself and you missed all of the current legal drama and who lives and visits here. You literally drove 45 miles out of town to Silver Saddle and pretended like that was the main part of town. 45 miles!!!!!! That's super deceptive of you. When I say there's small town drama out there.... it's D R A M A. You skipped over the private prison opening (and closing). You skipped all of the medical mj farms...and the smell. You skipped the city government run by criminals.... no, actual convicted criminals. Michael K... I'm looking at you. Yes, those are fact, feel free to research them yourself. You showed a shot of those billboards leading out of town, but didn't address what they mean. Do you even know??? They were erected by the mother of a woman who was found murdered in Central Park. Her name was Deverrie Schiller, and her murder is still unsolved. Though a few have been closed, for a while there was a LOT of open, cold murder cases. Several still are open, like Deverrie's. You could have at least search the names on those billboards. That's a sensitive issue for many in town and you guys were just making fun. The town used to have a lot of military families from Edwards AFB living there. Though many of them are now back on base. BUt still, many military and aerospace workers live there. They work out of Edwards AFB, China Lake, Mojave Air and Space Port... and even Area 51. Lots oa really great people... and some not so great people, like any town, I suppose. The area is also majorly popular with off roaders. Burning Man has a regional event there, and they have this awesome event called Wasteland Weekend. I've never attended the event itself, but the art cars and contraptions that come through town are quite a show. I don't live there anymore, but I have many friends and family there still. The politics of CalCity are horrible, and always have been. But a lot of good people live there. A lot of bad, too, unfortunately. This video doesn't tell you anything about the town and just makes fun of it being out in the desert. C'mon. You can do better. And I know you were in town because you filmed at the lake, and it takes some effort to get to that spot, driving through an established neighborhood. But based on what I saw you film, you only stayed on the east side of town. You didn't really go past the park, did you? You said there's a hotel and bar there.... wow. There's also a Starbucks, a terrible McDonalds, a RiteAid, several gas stations, 500 Mexican restaurants (a local joke that will go right over your head), two viciously competing pizza joints, an amazing Chinese food spot, a Dollar General Market --- though they desperately need a real full service grocery storeThe nearest one is in Mojave 30 minutes away, but DG is good for the basics. And so much more. Yeah the town has plenty of issues and parts of it are run down thanks to horrible city government policies... but you didn't address any of that. It's like you didn't even try. *Actually, I take that back. You actually DID try, and drove way out of your way (45 miles) to a closed/abandoned area, insinuating that it's the center of town, when it isn't, and never was. That makes this even more ridiculous because you had to work to get out there to get the shots of the dirt roads and the closed dude ranch. You also didn't bother to mention the Desert Tortoise Preserve, which is a shame since you had to have driven past those signs. Finally, the sheep are a common sight out there. They are part of a managed herd, used for weed control. They aren't lost.

[@alexgrayson4225]

Poor Debi. CCPD couldn't find a rattlesnake out there is they tried, much less a murderer.

[@trexinvert]

Dude, you just wrote the script for the next video documentary or two. Enjoyed reading your comment. As an engr late to the reagan party, i could have ended up here.

[@InternetJury]

@@trexinvert It's not a terrible town... but it's not for everyone, and the city infrastructure is terrible. They aren't managed well and there are a lot of special interests. It's really frustrating. It's just that as someone who did live there, it's actually insulting to see how they actually went out of their way (literally) to avoid showing the town itself. The stayed on the outskirts and drove...no joke... FORTY FIVE miles out into the desert, away from the main part of town, to show a property that is closed and part of an active legal case with the federal government. A lot of people who live in CalCity have never even been to Galileo Hill/Silver Spur. LOL. Then the video just makes fun of the area. I get it, but what they did was an insult -- even condescending with tier urban LA city attitude, making fund of the city as they show billboards about missing/murdered residents.

[@trexinvert]

@@InternetJury It was limited to the landscam story. My friend fell for that and has to occasionally drive out to kick out squatters. He was "banking " on the sustainability of the aerospace reagan fantasy. Didnt happen.

[@roncross1945]

I’m glad you took the time to expand and critique this video. I lived for many years in Victorville so I know desert living. California City is fascinating to me. This video was disappointing, but hey, it’s KZbin. When ever I have a “suggestion “ at work someone will say, good idea when will you be doing that. So, I could go to California City and make my own video. Right now I am unable to do so. I really appreciate your comments.

[@michaeldeal1625]

I see you deleted my earlier comment, saying that I was surprised you didn't talk about the main part of the town, which while it is somewhat depressing, it's very interesting. I thought it was a nice, respectful comment. But for some reason it was deleted.

[@r9999t]

Usually it's just the KZbin algorithm deleting comments. I have no idea why they do it, but KZbin hides vast numbers of inoffensive comments.

[@rafaeldiaz8129]

Expose these mfs lol 😂

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

California City became way more successful than I would have ever imagined. My Dad took us on vacation in 1976/ 77 to visit family in Arizona, and on the way we stopped in California City. A local Investment Broker had invested in California City and was soliciting clients to consider investing. After seeing what little infrastructure and residents existed in California City my Dad declined to invest.

[@VanPray]

I was born at Edwards in 66 and grew up in Cal City. I remember the Central park, swimming pool, paddle boats. Strip Mall with movie theater, bowling ally, restaurants, It was very well taken care of. My Dad was the airport manager at that time so I spent most my time out there. Many people would come to get away from the Big city to RV camp, ride motorcycles, go skydiving. I watched the ups and downs of City Finances vs Investment. I have a good memories of the place but sadly I couldnt see it ever coming back so sold my last property there.

[@clairesmyth8733]

My parents bought property in California in the late 60s. All I knew about it was that they didn't know it would be a bust. On a road trip in the mid-80s, my brother showed me the marked parcel that they purchased. I visited the place again in the early 2000s as a stop while going to Barstow. Not much was left to see or find the parcel.

[@gregv123]

Cal city to randsberg is amazing ride 🇺🇲

[@normhal4908]

My friend Bill Cooper, who died two years ago, had a skydiving business out there. He used the airport for his planes. He joined the city council not because he believed in Cal City but because he wanted to continue using the airport for his skydiving business. He had stories that would curl my hair. He never invested in buildable lots even though he was a licensed Real estate agent, which tells me a lot about the investment value of Cal City.

[@angelviera5315]

So, in the 70s Great Western Bank reached out to my mother Maria Viera (a music producer and song writer) to help promote California City. My dad drove us out there to see the place for ourselves. Soon after, my mother wrote and produced the song "California City". I'd show you a picture of the 45" record if I could paste it here, but don' t know how.

[@shepelkstone]

Back in the day, my Dad was a pro baseball player and got pitched (no pun intended) the offer to buy some lots out there. He did, and that was the last he saw of it. We still have to deeds with all the family records. It's a good laugh

[@superoffended6737]

WOW! You need to work on ir videos big time. You didn't show harldy anything. I live near Cal city, there's a ton u didn't show. And so much info was incorrect. 🤯

[@darrylnelson05]

And people say the state of California is crowded.

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

This isn’t too far from where I live but I’ve never been there. I’ve known people who lived there. They specifically do so because it’s isolated and they don’t have to worry about anyone looking over their back fence.

[@brooklynbaby1987]

Your videos always make me wish I wasn’t such a homebody and that I actually got out and explored more. 😂. Another interesting video as always!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Nothing beats the comforts of home with the fur babies, though! Hope you're weekend is off to a great start 💞

[@lorrie5881]

I suggest starting in your own backyard.. do some research.. I'm sure there's got to be SOMETHING interesting.

[@tommcelroy6975]

Go out

[@randywhite7622]

The city so nice, they named the state after it.

[@tompantle3884]

Lou Gherig died from Lou Gherig's disease. Can you imagine the odds?

[@randywhite7622]

@tompantle3884 that was just an unfortunate coincidence. Thousands of people get, or die from ALS each year, but they don't have the same name as the desese. So the chance was very small but obviously not zero that Lou gherig might get a desese with the state name.

[@myraisshort7208]

I’ve always seen this on the map and wondered. This was Very informative thank you Always loved your videos.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you for watching! It's great to hear from you again! :)

[@bricks645]

Drive by there once out of curiosity. Pretty trippy.

[@ciphercity]

Hey you guys should do a video in Trona next time! Its a really welcoming place and they'd love to have you! 💀

[@gordybishop2375]

This was pretty biased sadly. Like going to skid row and saying that LA. Very disappointing crew. Folks that do live there care as much as they can. This will be one video I won’t be sharing to others.

[@whatsup7253]

Still better in Cal City then Metro L.A.

[@StephenTareila-bv8sh]

LA has had an area the size of Manhattan burned, dozens killed, animals incinerated, 10,00 homes and structures destroyed, no water available for fires,

[@gordybishop2375]

@@whatsup7253 not saying either better, just that this is pretty biased view of Cal City.

[@gordybishop2375]

@@StephenTareila-bv8sh not sure what that has to do with Cal City or this video. There was and still is water available in LA. Thats why so many houses were there with lush vegetation, with trees that did not burn because they were well watered. Your statement of no water availability is a lie. Go to your city and open every hydrant and see how much is coming out. City fire systems are built for house fires, not fire storms.

[@91362moose]

How could you ignore the thriving off road community supporting and supported by the town?

[@InternetJury]

Or...the entire freaking town?? 😂🤦‍♀️

[@Robert-qn7bs]

We lived in Palmdale and would go to Cal City regularly in are RV with our off-road vehicles and motorcycles, it was awesome you there's plenty of old asphalt roads that lead to cul-de-sacs all over the desert you could circle your rigs with friends party and ride all weekend and howl at the Moon at night 👍 it was awesome to hear a pack of coyotes eating their prey and howling in the distance. A desert truly is an awesome place❤

[@lynnmccurdythehdmmrc2561]

I know a number of people that live in California City. Almost all work at Edwards AFB, just across the freeway from Cal City. The airport was mostly used for Civilians frying in from out of state to visit or work at the Base, really nice restaurant there too. There's a North South street in Cal City named "Neuraila Rd." (New-Rail-Ya) so named by the Southern Pacif Railroad around 1900, a water stop for the steam engines headed toward Lone Pine to haul water pipe for the Los Angeles Aqueduct. There was also a very popular Holiday Inn by the Lake, the AF base used it a lot for special events. One of the Downfalls of Cal City is the Base, there are frequent layoffs that effect the housing market.

[@InternetJury]

Exactly, and when the base demolished and rebuilt all of the base housing, that had an impact, too. Most of the active duty AF families now stay on the base because the housing is nicer, newer and closer to work. There are a lot of retired military out there. My uncle used to fly gliders out of the airport there. The area was super popular with gliders and sail planes. Unfortunately, local city management has really run the place into the ground. The airport is now mostly a hub for the mj farmers. There are TONS of mmj farms out there now.

[@paveltolz6601]

From high ground at night you used to see all the meth cooking fires dotting the areas around the vacant, unfinished, abandoned homes. Haven't been out that way in 8 blessed years so, things may have changed....yeah right.

[@13thworker45]

When I was 12 or 13 I won a vacation to California city at the state fair. My older brother was getting married so I gave him the vacation to use on his honey moon. All I remember is he was not sure of the city. That’s about 51 or 52 years ago.

[@rickg882]

I was a GI at EAFB in the 70's, I poked around around the area and went to the movies in town, I was told that they tried to make Cal City the new Vegas, but in this day and age you never know if people will seek out this area to build that town and get away from LA.

[@ivanbrewski]

I wish you took some footage of the trailer park just below Galileo hill. We used to camp there all the time , rode motorcycles in the desert. Thank you for covering this. The last time I was down there riding was Easter of 1986 or 87. Always had wondered what had become of that area.

[@ciphercity]

Oh nooo you guys drove past the entire town of Cal City itself...... Why didn't you follow GPS? 😂

[@ElCamionero]

I remember the desolation we drove through from our home near San Bernardino to get to the Potemkin village that MERBISC had set up to sell their promises to the earnest rubes - like my family - trying to get ahead away from the smog. The brochures spoke breathlessly of the potential growth that would parallel an expansion of the Palmdale airport. It was only after our second visit, long after the first, that I realized my dad was about to invest our meager savings in this desert version of Florida swamp land. Even with today’s extreme real estate prices, no sane person would live there. #AbsoluteHumanFollySinceICanRemember

[@awcinema8333]

I live in Cal City now and it is a beautiful thriving place and I love it

[@missmartyjackson]

I've been there. It gave me a scary vibe and I was really sad about the animal shelter, knowing it's a killing factory. But I didn't see any of California City in your video. Just the desert outskirts. There are paved roads and businesses and homes.

[@Saunders7]

There's alot more to cal city then what you showed......

[@MyName-ln6mk]

Then make your own video. Lol. Have some self awareness.

[@logix7]

from the aerial view, it looks like this is about where trevors trailer might be

[@jamesfenton7338]

I rode enduros out that way, Hook and Ladder was a family affair, haven't been back since the late 70's. Great place to ride, but i don't like desert wastelands, I prefer rainforests, Coastal Oregon was nice, at least we had plenty of water and cool weather.

[@J3scribe]

Pyramid scheme is the term you were searching for. Another cool video, well done.

[@ezcoinshopper5943]

This California City would be ideal for a TESLA city everything could be solar and be developed from building improvements we have learned in the last few years. Plenty of room for manufacturers. Elon come on down!

[@BenjaminWarntaparri-x5g]

Cal City already has houses and paved roads and even a service station. Just checked it on GOOGLE EARTH...

[@gayleschoepflin1985]

I have golfed at California City years ago. It has an amazing amount of water hazards. How come not a word about all the water there? Guess I won't be subscribing.

[@roncross1945]

California City is a fascinating place. Perhaps you could dig a little deeper into it in a future video. Sounds like some locals found it interesting.

[@stickynorth]

Bingo! I would love a 30 minute video on it with inteviews from locals about the place and their hopes if any for the future...

[@sunflowersarles]

There's already a lot of videos on California city. I thought I was going to see an update on the community itself.

[@vincentp149]

I had a friend whose parents had a home in California City in the 1980s. They used to fly in gliders/sailplanes a lot.

[@josev5903]

This couple!!! Did not know much about Californiana city.

[@stickynorth]

Very cool place despite the heat. I think because it's still so affordable that it will develop into the city envisioned soon enough. I mean if people were smart about it and wanted to leave Los Angeles prices behind they'd move past Palmdale and up to Cal City especially for retirees and people looking for affordable starter homes...

[@jimkeskey]

Palmdale is ghetto. Whey the heck would anyone in their right mind move there??

[@danminer3995]

I remember the pitch... it was going to be the next Los Angeles, It was going to be a great investment. A bus ride out of the LA area (about 2 hours) brought you out and as you got off the bus you were greeting by salesmen. I think we were served lunch, we were shown a lot of what the future plans were for California City and then people broke off for one on one time with a salesman. If I remember correctly it was $7500 for a lot. It seemed impressive as all the streets were graded, signs, etc. If you decided not to purchase you got back on the bus back to LA. If you did purchase you got a ride back with the salesman in his air conditioned Cadillac. I stayed at the Best Western about 5 years ago and took a tour through the town... what a dead city. Too bad.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you for sharing your experience! We heard some of those luncheons had a lot of flashy incentives (raffles for trips to Hawaii, the chance to win new appliances, etc.) and the Cadillac was mentioned as well.

[@bobdenton1]

5:21 Sign in guardhouse: Parking isn’t at a premium. 😂

[@jerrymail]

The aliens must think that all these lines must be a language intended for them.

[@MrJckpttsn]

I remember going to CA City in 1973. Drove thru all the promises of a utopia and ate out at Holiday Inn at a rather nice resturaunt. I wonder if it is even there any more. Nothing to go back to anyways.

[@harrymarnell8669]

I've heard of California City, but only raced past it along the highway! Thanks for the program today! /Harry

[@atleeriksen8514]

I dont know. Pretty biased really. Why dont you show where the 14 000 people lives in CalCity?? It might be a nice place. I know land is cheap up there.

[@BZ-Dodgers]

It is not nice 😂😂😂

[@charlescole-p9v]

If you fly sailplanes, Cal City is a REAL spot !

[@mudpuddle8805]

Why didnt you speak with some of the residents of California City? I was really interested in hearing more about the infrastructure and the living conditions. This video was a let down.

[@MrJojo2go]

Nice to see that you brought your cat with you. 👍🏻😀👍🏾🇵🇭🇨🇦🇺🇲

[@jlcii]

Few viewports are more beautiful than the views of the California desert

[@FirstLast-ii5cp]

That’s it? 8 mins? …I was wondering if we were going to see where the 14,000 people actually live, …or just more of the town, or if you were going to chat with any people there?

[@kevinhermes]

I love waking up to a new oddity odysseys on a Saturday morning!

[@Golfnut_2099]

That's a win!!!!!

[@lukecat3825]

If they try the newest techniques being used on the Sahara dessert to reclaim some of the land there is a decent chance they could have a bigger area with trees and plants.

[@scottcarmichael805]

Thanks for the video

[@1958Cajun]

You didn't even go to Borax Bill Park

[@lousir89]

Has OO replied to any of the comments about it being a negative doc?

[@InternetJury]

Nope.

[@ocsrc]

There should be a microwave relay site up there and some repeaters and a ham radio This is exactly what Los Angeles looks like

[@andreac5691]

My parents bought a lot and then sold it when they split probably at a loss. I remember going out to see it as a kid in the 70's.

[@stylatarium]

I remember Erik Estrada was in the late-night infomercials.

[@noelbrown6771]

14,000 residents and you wouldn't film one. Mendelsohn played up Cal City. You play it down. You give the public a phony impression of a ghost town up there. It's difficult enough for residents and businesses to convince others to make the long trip up there for a visit, in part because of stories like these.

[@MrCountrycuz]

If only the lots that my wife and her late husband bought had power and water and sewage.

[@JB-tr4lg]

This has to be the worst documentation of Oddity Odyssey. You pretty much disrespected what this community still has. It's has a wonderful park and golf course. You didn't even show the city.

[@InternetJury]

Right? It's as if they purposefully avoided showing the town itself. They literally drove way up north to Silver Saddle and along the northeastern outskirts to get the drone footage of the dirt roads. They called Galileo the 'hub' which it most definitely isn't. I mean, most people who live in CalCity have never even been up that way, it's so far out. Also, that property is under receivership, as there are still pending criminal charges against the owner and salespeople who were running a scam until just a couple of years ago. I mean, the levels of history and corruption as well as highlights of the good people and things could be many episodes long, not a 8-minute piece where the LA snobbery and disdain is evident. It's annoying that those of us who know the area can see they purposefully avoided showing the actual town and instead decided to be pretentious and condescending about it, if not outright deceptive. What's worse is that they went to the lake at Central Park, which means they had to drive at least a little bit into town and through an actual neighborhood to get there. And all they mentioned is that the town has a hotel and a bar. 🙄

[@mcam7383]

Welcome to california, shity

[@JB-tr4lg]

Agree 100 percent​@@InternetJury

[@NWLee]

Beautiful, even more scenic than Lake Los Angeles. Does that also have an interesting history?

[@valerie9762]

Thanks for sharing.

[@richardweaver9682]

Too bad you did not show what CA City DOES have IN TOWN. It's actualy a nice small town and a place to visit.

[@nickbooch4787]

Your high AF it's a shit hole

[@stickynorth]

I know right? I was hoping for a bit more of Cal City in the Cal City video despite its main attraction being the plotted lands and streets that are empty...

[@matthewclayton9038]

There are big desert grids like this in other places too. Northwest of Albuquerque,NM, East of El Paso TX, West of Kingman AZ, and more. I made a short vid using Google Earth images on my YT channel a few years ago that no one saw. You might check out these other grids.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

G;Day from Australia. I just discovered your channel and have subscribed.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you so much for the sub! If you ever have suggestions for Oddities in Australia, let us know!

[@DdfTtt-i2h]

G;Day Mate , I discovered this channel in its beginning

[@DdfTtt-i2h]

Its*

[@drueatcer]

Wow, I have bought gas in California city on the way to red rock State Park, never knew it was that large and of course the history.

[@richiecabral3602]

This is the most I've seen about it, and I'm just going off some vague things I'd heard throughout my life, so I really don't know, and I'm speculating here, but I'm pretty sure that my grandfather had been one of those salesman who got family and friends to invest, they lost everything, and it resulted in my grandparents getting divorced over how disgusted my grandmother was with him. For the rest of her life, she couldn't stand being in the same room with him. That and supposedly there were streets there named after my mother and aunts.

[@pi.actual]

@5:31 put a metal post in the ground out in the middle of the desert, paint it International Orange and somehow, somebody will manage to run their car into it.

[@AdventureAryck]

🤣😂

[@guizot2010]

01:45 Someone does actually hold big parties--immersive, theme parties--on private land, between California City and North Edwards.

[@hughbarton5743]

You told us very little about Cal City, and showed us even less. This could be the worlds shortest video: What's in it? Here's a place, but we aren't going to show it to you. Some stuff obviously happened. We aren't going to tell you what. 11,000 people live here, but why talk to them? Compared to us, for example, they were uninteresting small town stiffs. Why bother making this??? Let alone watching it.... Get an editor, please.

[@Hobotraveler82]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. But you didn’t cover all of. Just the outskirts and the dude ranch. Never been there. But I have heard of it and seen videos on it. It is a beautiful city despite its flaws and one of my favorite cities in California. 😊

[@LiamMichael-zr1uz]

Another interesting trip to an unusual location, thank you!

[@OddityOdysseys]

You're awesome, Liam. Thank you so much!

[@jagr9228]

I have enjoyed your presentations over the years. Glad to see you back. I would make a deal with you. If you will put out a video, I will watch it ! Thanks

[@PIPEStheVOICE]

Just what the type of junk KZbin is allowing

[@neilmarsh1904]

At one minute in: Old real estate development-type "Welcome to . . " sign for a town with no town behind it, streets laid out but no buildings. I'm calling real estate investment scam.

[@Lone_Star_Proud]

Wow! The citizens of California City are mad as hell. I have actually been there once.

[@CharlesBrown-dd8vz]

I remember the commercials of happy people water skiing on the lake and playing golf amid a forest of lush green trees. Even then it sounded suspicious.

[@jedizelfknight]

I've been there a couple of times, sure it's a small town and every once a year Wasteland Weekend people will gather there for Wasteland Weekend or Neotropolis

[@DudleySchmedlap-s6i]

You can't get lost after you get to California City . . . You are already lost before you get there.

[@noahcount7132]

Love the camera's eye scenic vista you shared from Galileo Hill. Long-look landscapes are far more appealing to me than hemmed-in claustrophobic ones. Many thanks, Bethany and Drew. 👍

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Check out Eagle Mountain, to the south. A whole huge company mining town, abandoned. Several hundred houses, stores, public spaces - even an airport. Someone bought it recently, and is based in the old high school now, doing something or other. A modern mystery. Sounds like your thing. North of Desert Center, where 177 meets Hwy. 10.

[@jimkeskey]

Have you been out there?

[@andre1987eph]

I drove to California City and couldn't find anything - it look like a normal so cal desert city. I gave up and drove back to LA

[@stephenpolos1689]

Good video my family home stead back in 1920 they 640 land there is 2 40 parcel left I inherited the land out side the city a few miles the town can be dangerous drugs

[@ezcoinshopper5943]

Well if anybody is selling I'm buying

[@RetiredArmyMan-fk4yi]

If this wasn’t California with all the craziness and water sent in it could be the new Las Vegas! Pretty area, not sure if it’s a lot hotter than Vegas. That may come into play

[@cliffdavis8065]

We camp down the road from Galielo park every thanksgiving. my friends just got married up on that hill 2024 thanksgiving.

[@andyluevano]

Happy Saturday Fam 🫶

[@OddityOdysseys]

Happy Saturday, Andy-Fam!

[@blockisle9]

Thank you, interesting.

[@ocsrc]

There should be a microwave relay site up there and some repeaters and a ham radio

[@jin1063]

I for one, love your videos and really enjoyed this one. I regularly go out in this area of the desert and explore. Hope to run into you guys one day. Be safe on your journeys.

[@alanrandolph2149]

Been there a lot had a Polaris sportsman 500 brother had a few Honda 4 wheelers camped at borax bill camp ground. It's been a while been there

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Flippin' hot as balls there in July. I suggest driving full speed WEST until you reach the Pacific Ocean.

[@jbaz830]

Ooooffff I’ve read the reviews and looks like you guys pissed off aaaaaaaalllootttt of people that have first hand experience of Cali city!!

[@InternetJury]

Yeah, but according to Drew, nobody lives there.😂

[@bmepdoc9675]

Not quite certain of its validity as it could just be local folklore down here in Acton, but rumor had it that Mike Tyson owned a significant 'grow' facility in Cal City.

[@InternetJury]

He broke ground on it... so it's not a rumor. There are photographs of it with the mayor and everything. I believe they are still working on it. It's part of the Tyson Ranch... and he also has one in Desert Hot Springs. I've heard various things about whether it's actually moving forward or not... but it was supposed to be a resort/Ranch destination where they have a grow op, but also where people could take classes or something.

[@richtercreative]

very much approve of the new hairdo, Drew.

[@californiamade5608]

Lol a lot of people are mad in the comments about how they missed the “town” area of California City but can’t read the title that says “exploring the ghost metropolis of California City” 😂

[@ocsrc]

There is no WATER !!!! THIS IS WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE A CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT