The Broken Promises of California City

California City is the state's third largest city, trailing only San Diego and Los Angeles. So what happened?

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

They tried to get my Dad to invest in California City in the mid to late 1970s. Drove through there then and it was like a ghost town.

[@susiearviso3032]

There you go! Human failures.

[@swapper_g8293]

It's not for everyone I own 20 acres there @classic_auto_body

[@nathanielpillar8012]

This is where people should be building. Not bulldozing forests for houses, and building on prime farming land.

[@G-546]

There is no water there

[@nathanielpillar8012]

@@G-546 nothing a pipeline can't fix

[@jamesgorman5692]

Honestly I like the desert more.

[@hueroski]

Too hot out there

[@RedLineShortFilms]

@@hueroski It's not. It's only 100 on average.

[@californiamade5608]

@@hueroski really not that bad ….

[@zzzz-ok7733]

I like it as is, empty and open!🏜️... Don't want it to be a big city, that is why I live here!🏜️🏜️🏜️🍻

[@sadtoy1193]

Cali. Gov should give incentives for developers to continue building. Give developers grants and get rid of certain construction restrictions. California is getting overcrowded, so I believe people will actually move into this city. I would actually consider moving there.

[@califdad4]

its out in the middle of no where LOL, it will never be big, but there is over 14K people living there

[@MarxZalez]

@@califdad4 its actually in the middle of TWO power sources

[@ednachavez8242]

Pues te vendo mis dos acres que tengo ahí!😁

[@newmanc6619]

Not likely under a Democrat run govrnment who will think that the environment is more important than housing.

[@dulcehernandez8660]

Recently my husband and I bought a home in California city. Have family members here as well whom have lived there for years. This place is new to us. I have always lived in Los Angeles. California city is slowly growing. More homes being built. More land being bought. More businesses being put like a star bucks which I am very happy about😋 New small markets. Liquor stores. I’m sure the promises once made for California city will uprise 🚍🏡🏥🛤🏨

[@Deej496]

I went here as a young teen. 1970- 1977. It was an awesome place to camp and enjoy the mystical, quiet, and spiritual wilderness that is the California Desert. We spent days and weeks exploring, catching and releasing all sorts of beautiful reptiles, explored the abandoned mines and old shacks that dotted the landscape here and there. I hope that it stays quint and beautiful as it was back then. I live in Wisconsin now and haven't been back there for many years. It saddens me that markets, liquor stores and houses and starbucks are being built. The Mojave is one of our last great natural wilderness areas. Lets keep it that way.

[@susiearviso3032]

No one needs Liquor Stores. That should be overlooked. There doesn't need to be drunks and tipsy people around any town. I have NO clue why alcohol is ever necessary. I see drinking booze as a sign of weakness.

[@MrShobar]

Shielding their buyer's disappointment by showcasing the new Starbucks and some liquor stores...

[@357SWAGNUM_MAGA_X]

That's great. All the LA scum is moving into the good parts of California

[@357SWAGNUM_MAGA_X]

@@susiearviso3032 these los Angeles residents are degenerates

[@screaming1967]

We own 2.87 acres right by the silver saddle. Soon as they build a major supermarket and hospital I will start building my home there

[@mrs.schmenkman]

Well..that doesn't happen until there are enough customers to support it

[@TimothyKelley007]

When did you buy that lot and how much did you pay for it?

[@screaming1967]

@@TimothyKelley007 2004, and we paid 12k if my memory serves me correctly

[@ED-le8bq]

The city council denied the Walmart. City council denied anything that will bring outsiders in. Terrible leadership. They won’t allow the city to build up.

[@SnarkyRC]

Well there's a major supermarket there now.

[@2centsam927]

Not gonna lie. No wildfires, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, no Santa Ana wind's, no neighbors, Perfect!

[@LuchadorEMC]

I drove through there recently and my cousin told me the story of California City. Just an amazing view

[@newmanc6619]

I remember reading years ago that Walt Disney once was going to built Disneyland in California City, before the California City idea went bust. Disneyland was originally not supposed to be completed until around 1965. Disney only started building in Anaheim after the California City idea went bust. Even with the change from Calfornia City to Anaheim, he was able to build his park in less than a year after getting approval to build it in Anaheim.

[@anthonyfoxlive]

Wow!! Are you serious that would of made California city another San Diego

[@kilo54]

Nope, wrong. Walt approached the LA county fairgrounds in Pomona and was refused, he then built in Anaheim. Fact!

[@RajeshYadav-to5zq]

Wassup homie 🤣

[@susiearviso3032]

I heard about that. What we have to understand is that humans are subject to fail and break promises. They don't even feel guilty when they do.

[@Baby1245]

Being a former Los Angelino I can relate to the issue there. I have driven up to Bakersfield and passed by Lancaster. California City looks amazing and filled with potential. To get people to live up there I believe you'll need a gimmick.... A bullet train from Los Angeles to California City... back and forth, etc . There should be no stops in between. And, the trains rails should be in the middle of the City so.... California City can create a few stops from the entrance all the way to the end of the tracks.... That way...inside the city limits the train can serve as a LRT or MRT system as well....

[@BeatBoyStill]

that's a smart idea, it would appeal to a lot more people since they could keep their jobs, but yet again that track would be crazy expensive to maintain to the point where daily tickets would add up, not to mention the volume of people it would need to hold, 3 normal trains could work but the main issue that is affecting the bullet train progress would affect this one, if it ever became a possibility.

[@sockol33t]

I'm going there to visit a friend for a few days. I guess Ill just get drunk and stare at the vast emptiness..

[@dylansumpter7949]

How did it go?

[@1copperfly]

smoke weed look at the stars and contemplate life. You will enjoy your time so much.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

@@1copperfly is it true you and Vinnie Tagged teamed Wanda on the show??

[@w3r0ification]

@@dylansumpter7949 he got murder and they weren't able to find his body to this day

[@NotJakeSmith]

The night sky’s are better out there I hope it doesn’t get done ever

[@continental1970]

I lived there for a long time. The size of the scorpions are amazing.

[@seanbryan1739]

Scorpions? That's a big turn off 4 me. lol

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Sean Bryan Better go hide in your safe space!!!

[@seanbryan1739]

scorpions are dangerous. smh

[@milliebarney4354]

Samuel Barr yes and the Mojave Green Rattlers are fast and plentiful.

[@dgronzega8073]

good eatin?

[@josephdesimone9902]

rest in peace uncle jim and auntie jeanie.......lived there dream in calif city.... and raised 3 more generations....originaly from north east

[@witniandyhellonewyeartoeve1986]

@joseph desimone, Hello nice meeting you, how are you doing?

[@ELORIGINALDELASIERRA]

You were blessed looks a realy nice man

[@gallyun1]

It will happen, probably with 20 years or even sooner. People are multiplying.

[@johnkean5848]

OMG That's the exact comment l was going to make!

[@mohammedmuneeb6888]

People are multiplying and LEAVING.

[@ezmealstravels9221]

If they survive the virus 😱

[@chenlee3240]

Have you seen where this is?

[@RealTalk532]

The name California city is a curse to the land change the name and make it a copycat of Los Angeles haha.

[@wilfredoramirez6594]

I see all those bad comments i moved to California City about 2 year ago and I love it. the news only show the dark side side of California city but we have a lot a people and the city still growing ! really great city to make money!

[@zzzz-ok7733]

Exactly! Wide open peaceful living!🏜️👍

[@alleyuseless]

I love it and moved here 3 months ago. I moved to get away from everyone, but still have a small community. GOT IT !!! I dig it here.

[@stevekim7d2]

To me, that desert is beautiful...….

[@austindreher2791]

I Agree

[@paulleckner8235]

If you had a lot that measured 2 acres across by 2 acres deep. A sturdy & reliable water well, water filter, and water tower. Perfect for a retired U.S. Army engineer to build a micro farm.

[@ED-le8bq]

When you buy your land out here, you are notified that you don’t own the water under your homestead. You can’t build a well. Or the city will come after you.

[@paulleckner8235]

@@ED-le8bq Thanks for the clarification. Point well taken.

[@paulleckner8235]

@@ED-le8bq Thanks for the clarification. Point well taken.

[@qwillaqwincy]

I can't help but wonder what the promises were that weren't kept. And, had they been kept, would it have made a difference to the growth and prosperity to the rest of the city. Interesting story.

[@metanoia416]

The salespeople told investors that an airport was coming in, that a space station was gonna be built, they made it seem like a certainty that within years the land would quadruple in value. But it was all BS.

[@RealTalk532]

Los Angeles become everything California City wanted to be.

[@austindreher2791]

I grew up in California City ( Cali City). My Gramps working as a cook at Silver Saddle in the 80's.People come and go. When jobs go scarce people go. But there is a lot of crime. In the 80's nobody locked your doors. Not even their car doors.

[@Ripper13F1V]

Then I've eaten your Gramps food many times! That's pretty cool.

[@abobbybaby4]

And tell us WHY there is a lot of crime there now.

[@austindreher2791]

@@abobbybaby4 crappy people are moving there.

[@abobbybaby4]

@@austindreher2791 exactly. I know who you mean.

[@califdad4]

its 40 miles to the nearest Walmart, and most people who don't work at Edwards, would rather live in Victorville or Lancaster I guess, closest hospitals are in Tehachapi which is 27 miles away, its kind of out there all by itself, not even really close to the hwy

[@milliebarney4354]

califdad4 they are all dives

[@Brooklyn_Powers]

Walmart in Tehachapi now.

[@califdad4]

@@Brooklyn_Powers I saw it last trip down there in May.

[@californiamade5608]

That’s why you build a highway.

[@ED-le8bq]

The Walmart in Tehachapi was going to be in Cal city, but our city council denied it. I’m pissed that they denied us a grocery store, when we have no grocery store!!!

[@paul2019.]

Now it could be a giant dirt bike track

[@PawelzLublina]

Last Vegas in 2100

[@xcrimsinx]

Housing prices are so high in LA, why not go to Cali city and build a cheaper house?

[@moonshinefuel]

because there are places much closer to los angeles than ca city is that are affordable, ca city is way way way way way out there, you can find affordable places 1/4 of that distance. Until all those gaps get filled I imagine ca city won't change much.

[@voss9352]

because who the hell wants to live in an empty land

[@w3r0ification]

@Alberto Abarzua is any hot girls ?

[@alleyuseless]

@@moonshinefuel NOPE !!!!!!! Just bought a place in Cal City, couldn't find anything CLOSE to the prices here. I got a killer home, great condition, for $164,000.00 on 1/2 acre! Neighbors are great, quiet, friendly people, and a LOT less angry than LA!

[@alleyuseless]

@@voss9352 Tons of people. Who wants to be surrounded with as*hole people all day? I HATE PEOPLE, so this place is for a different type. We don't want your type here. Stay away.

[@Peng_Pong]

I want land.

[@milliebarney4354]

Radiant Penguin go to northern arizona its awsome and beautiful.

[@austindreher2791]

@@milliebarney4354 Arizona is Beautiful but so the California desert

[@jeffmurray4627]

Great report.

[@alyssahenson1818]

Many dirt bike riders including i use this land to ride on and camp

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Alyssa Henson You Keep doing you Boo boo👍⛺🚙🇺🇸

[@taylorpine1886]

Alyssa Henson same

[@desertdispatch]

exactly and don't forget to gas up before leaving because gas is cheaper here than in los angeles

[@oleanderpink4505]

Funny I’ve been a lot and never see anyone.

[@nike1rosa]

How is it out there for New Years ? I’m thinking of riding and camping 🏕 for new year’s

[@darrenspohn8376]

If the California government stepped in to keep prices down, the city could be used to ease the homeless problem.

[@Timberhawk]

Wha'd'ya complaining about? China has at least 20 of these types of ghost cities. 😝

[@gablerogers4855]

Timberhawk there way worse too over in China..

[@blurryflag6466]

but chinese ghost cities are prettier :3

[@floydbrown2142]

Though, with buildings of actual use and value. As I seen on the tv

[@califdad4]

its not a ghost town, over 14,000 people live there,

[@darthvader5300]

@@califdad4 Has anyone of you Americans ever thought to turning it into a multi-functional and multi-purpose garden-farm prepper offgrid homesteader community that can grow, produce, process, manufacture, and service their own needs both as individuals and as a tight community like the mormons and amish combined?

[@OddTimeMan]

People go where the work is. No jobs, no people. It's really that simple. If they built an airport, shopping centers, schools, etc., people would flock over there.

[@austindreher2791]

They do have schools. The market runs prices up so you for little things Jobs are hard to get but you may have to drive to your job

[@josemoreno3334]

My dad bought a lot there in the late 1960's. Today I own it. What am I going to do with it, I have no idea.

[@JosephChavez]

I'll be there soon enough. My parents bought 10 acres in the early 1970s. I can't convince him to take the $2,000 he has supposedly been offered repeatedly. He keeps paying property taxes on land that will never produce a dime of income.

[@TimothyKelley007]

How big is the lot? I might be interested in buying it

[@TimothyKelley007]

Joe Chavez how much are the property taxes on it? Where is the lot lactated in. Cal city? I might be interested in buying it

[@Al_Dee]

My parents bought a piece 20 years ago. We never went back until recently. But I think there is still potential

[@andreqdominguez8226]

That's where they went wrong when they said they were gonna rival LA.

[@californiamade5608]

Please LA is a shithole. Even San Francisco rivals LA in many ways. Dubai started from nothing to what it is now. I’m sure California city can do the same.

[@JoseContreras-mv5yz]

@@californiamade5608 1year later and calif city still doesnt rival it😆

[@xentaatnex8261]

Sounds like this is what we need during this housing crisis.

[@phillip6500]

no discerable employment centers!

[@reempire888]

In order to become a rival to LA, you're forgetting there are two cities before you can reach California City, those are Rosemead and Lancaster. Until those cities have completely run out of room, Cali City has no chance in hell.

[@javo2005]

Haha LA is a trash hole full of crime and trash everywhere. People from Lancaster would prefer to move to cali for cheaper rent and more calm area.

[@californiamade5608]

LA is gross. And I live here in San Francisco, so u can only imagine what that means! I love SF. But our cities in CA are getting over populated and crimes are rising. I wish California city was built out and became the biggest city in CA and start all over with new city and homes.

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

@@californiamade5608 .... and new problems that ride the big cities.... once it is big, it is no good anymore....

[@austindreher2791]

You forgot Palmdale and Mojave.

[@reempire888]

@@austindreher2791 yep how can I forget Palmdale and Mojave!!

[@hughjassol2072]

The problem is simple. The land was sold in individual pieces. To build a city, you need large development. That can’t happen, when the land is owned by thousands of individual people, who don’t live there. In order to get that land back, and build a dream city. The state would have to go to each individual owner, and buy it. And the owners are going to charge ridiculous prices. It can be done, but the state would have to pass new laws, that say a livable house or building has to be build on the land you own, or you forfeit that land.

[@SouthCalifas619]

I wish i was a billionaire, so i can make this city have tall buildings like new york, that would attract investors

[@Oli-cv9yq]

It wouldn’t attract investors. What else will the city have to offer other than skyscrapers?

[@blurryflag6466]

nah, it would be like those chinese ghost cities

[@californiamade5608]

Oli4 Dubai was built in the middle of desert with high rises

[@jjcooks7401]

Oli4 he is right, Obviously it would involve more than just “building skyscrapers,” But it’s not impossible to build a city, there are people with the profession of city planner. I know what I would do, I have a plan, I just need billions of dollars.

[@bcl3341]

Dubai is a Middle-Eastern novelty. Literally built it because they could.

[@irwinisidro]

Well people can buy cheap lots but of course no one is actually gonna move there unless an actual house is built on on, that was their mistake, selling the property before building anything on it. And also it's really risky building a large 'city' especially if there is no industry there or at least planned. Los Angeles and a lot of Southern California cities didn't grow large from the start, it grew overtime because different industries started there and population grew over the years.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

irwinisidro 🗿🚬They Should just Grow Reefer there! it's legal Now!

[@milliebarney4354]

The water taste's like battery acid. Maybe that could be the nane for weed grown there.

[@oleanderpink4505]

Lots of military testing and two car companies testing out there. It’s stealth but there’s plenty going on. Just too run down and no civilian medical care.

[@californiamade5608]

SoCal mainly grew after the 1906 earthquake & Fire in San Francisco, they migrated south.

[@austindreher2791]

@@oleanderpink4505 I don't think Honda is there anymore. Hundai is in Mojave

[@voss9352]

man i hope this city gets built soon. so much lost potential

[@TheDieselDangler]

Its about to blow up out there. Big weed moving in

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Ian P 🗿🚬it sure is!!! The Stickiest of the Ickiest on It's Way!

[@windsongshf]

Water supply?

[@bitkrusher5948]

do your research Modoc county does not allow out door growing of weed

[@KingSkullie]

@@bitkrusher5948 do your research, California City is in Kern County, not Modoc. You are about 500 miles off.

[@galvanizedgnome]

Lol you are all idiots

[@rocklanddale8646]

I USED TO LIVE IN CAL CITY, 1 GAS STATION W/ 2 PUMPS, BUT AT LEAST THEN THEY HAD A NICE BOWLING ALLEY AND SHAKEYS

[@windsongshf]

Why not start building RV parks for snowbirds?

[@gerardkowalski7683]

You must be a visionary! See something that isnt there. Deserts are beautiful in their own way . But lets not over build and ruin a good thing . I would love to build a large ranch compound out there . Thankfully all the infrastructure is there . It could be a resort city or a working class city . The potential is definitely there .

[@ednachavez8242]

😁pues te vendo mis dos acres que tengo ahí!

[@jaynelson5793]

There is a huge OHV presence in Cal City. A bunch of revenue comes from it. We camp out by Galileo around water tank 5 and ride dirt bikes all over that area. There is a new marijuana grow building not far from Galileo. That might not be something people want down the street when they build a house.

[@alleyuseless]

Marijuana grows are legitimate businesses, just like any other business in California. Stupid people believe that the drug cartels are going to set up a giant eight building grow in the middle of the desert where EVERYONE can see it? Yea, that’s ridiculous, these are legal grows. No more dangerous than your 7-Eleven

[@moto5513]

They really missed the boat when they turned Galileo hill into Silver Saddle ranch. They should have turned it into an RV park that catered to OHV. They do have the Borax Bill Park and a nice prison off Virginia Blvd.

[@grannykucklooney7799]

That’s just crazy, all the broken promises. We used to go but there on our way to Bishop every year until my husband passed in 2018, even when I was younger, I used to go passed there, since the 60’s. BROKEN PROMISES.

[@DjmDjm-hl8pt]

Hot hot hot ! 100+ all summer day and nite and getting your house broken into is a welcome to the community.

[@denkn]

I was taken to a nice dinner while in the Navy in 1970 by a salesman for California City. Nice presentation and good food. He dropped me like a hot potato when he found I wasn't 21 and couldn't sign the papers. My folks, rightly so, declined to co-sign...

[@darthvader5300]

Has anyone of you Americans ever thought to turning it into a multi-functional and multi-purpose garden-farm prepper offgrid homesteader community that can grow, produce, process, manufacture, and service their own needs both as individuals and as a tight community like the mormons and amish combined?

[@darthvader5300]

@xtrmst_012 ALL OF YOU!

[@ED-le8bq]

Also all the people in the comments saying they own land but waiting to build a house. You are the problem! The city needs to tax anyone who owns land and doesn’t develop/break ground within a year of owning. And I’m not talking pennies, I’m talking thousands of taxes per lot that people hold on to. Don’t buy a lot for a house, and not have a house.

[@melvinacosta1310]

This is the perfect time to make this city into the city of the 21st Century where the city is powered by Renewables and Solar. Where self driving cars can start going around. People pay with Crypto or mobile pay. This new city would help the Bakersfield Airport expand. Instead of people driving to LA more people would fly out of Bakersfield. It can work

[@Defender_messenger]

This would be smart! Especially since we are in a climate crisis! Solar panels, rain water collection, wind you name it!

[@austindreher2791]

The town gets it electric for the Tehachapi windmills.

[@austindreher2791]

Quiggle is still there WOW!!

[@chetsjug]

Why are people so surprised? Land developers always make promises they can't keep they are worse than politicians! The people that live in California City are very happy living in the desert environment. I'm willing to bet more people would move there if they knew about it. Maybe that's something the Chamber of Commerce should take up because most people from LA are moving to Adelanto Victorville Hesperia Lancaster Palmdale. They don't even know California City exist. I would certainly live there but I'm leaving California due to the liberal politics. Sorry for those left behind but I'm out of here soon. But this is a ridiculous news report because I've seen other positive videos on California City and I certainly would love to live there. What is ridiculous is there is no water because ladwp owns the entire Owens Valley. It would be beautiful if there was an aquifer like Phoenix Arizona. I grew up playing around the Mojave Desert and I definitely am a Desert Rat but I've had enough politics and I'm leaving for the Tornado Alley where land is 5 acres for $10,000 and a single-wide LOL

[@liamjay6181]

I remember staying at the silver saddle ranch for a weekend and the people who were selling lands all across the city showed us the future of this city. They were selling 1acres for only 15k dollars way back then. I was young in my 20s then and I actually thought of buying a 5k sq feet lot for less than 8k dollars. I wish I went for it back then but looking at it now, I’m not sure if that would’ve been a good idea.

[@averagejoe413]

I saw that recent info silver saddle ranch is gone because of a lawsuit that convicted 7 owners and agents of fraud selling land worth less than an actual value is worth. Idk what to do with the land now

[@lucianoquezada7689]

Good thing you didn’t! Silver saddle is a scam!!

[@oleanderpink4505]

I’ve been several times and would love to live there but there is literally no medical care. Tehachapi and Lancaster/ Palmdale are far away. What do people who aren’t military do?

[@Pump_up_the_jam]

20 miles is too far away for a medical care clinic?

[@michaelboyd3924]

The "power" has never wanted a hospital, even a small one. No ER!

[@austindreher2791]

Wait what happened to the clinics??

[@arfism]

Absolutely NO broken promises were stated in the video. Very shoddy reporting, or perhaps even just total falsehood.

[@dannycastelan4899]

Is that in Kern County

[@oleanderpink4505]

Yes on the Southern border with LA County

[@shialabuff4997]

How many times did this reporter say reminder

[@shialabuff4997]

I feel like this was some of the shittiest reporting ever lol

[@gwendolynmitchelle7267]

I live in California City the rent is cheaper than Los Angeles and it is strong build up

[@judypratt2868]

One listens closely, not close.

[@xotimojaco2540]

Get hyperloop to come through town and you could build a high tech city to design.

[@witniandyhellonewyeartoeve1986]

@Xotimo Jaco, Hello nice meeting you , how are you doing?

[@averagejoe413]

Eventually but not anytime soon. Scenario #1: Unless a big company moves in which creates jobs. People go where the jobs go. then restaurants will pop up and gas stations then hotels, then houses. Scenario #2: if oceans truly do keep rising from global warming most of LA, OC etc will be under water n this land is prime for that if you can wait 50-100 years

[@SnarkyRC]

If Amazon opened up shop there, then the city would grow.

[@dls951]

Looks like a perfect stop for California High Speed rail.

[@robserrano8971]

Perfect spot for a station stop between Bakersfield and Palmdale.

[@robserrano8971]

It can become the weed capital of California

[@mang1953]

WATER AND WEATHER! big drawbacks.

[@MrTmenzo]

I remember those late night commercials trying to pitch you to buy lots up there showing fancy houses and a lake etc it was all fake then 😂

[@diegodelamota1199]

Optimism at 3:30

[@runnerfromjupiter]

It’s got a lot of potential 😉

[@guyglot]

Just spent 8 days and nights there and didn't want to leave

[@GREENLALI]

You can't have a city if there have no jobs to make money to live in. Why don't they do off grid homes.

[@ericochoa4271]

this is offroad paradise for dirt bikes and desert runners

[@triblues7065]

Agriculture is the key. Terra form it to a green city. I would live there if given a chance.

[@Its_Me_Wheelz]

Being it's California there would be someone that would fuss if you put a mobile home out there.

[@JoseContreras-mv5yz]

There is plenty of those

[@mteevie1609]

Imagine going there buying your dream home as a young man, fast forward 40 years later, you're old and wasted your life in a dessert town still waiting for the big city that never came. In L.A. your friends and family are bragging who much their home is worth now.

[@austindreher2791]

Ok but how much are Mortgage.s of said homes. And how loud is the city?? Yeah I grew up there. The town has grown A LOT. When my Mom was a kid the ONLY school the town had was the Elementary school. She had ,like all the kids, to go to Mojave for Middle school and High school. Cal City now has a Middle and a High School

[@mteevie1609]

@@austindreher2791 I was from a small town too so I know what it's like. What I found was big city has more opportunities which I.couldn't get in a small town. Mine town went from 25k to 50k in population but still you don't have whole bunch of jobs.

[@austindreher2791]

@@mteevie1609 I understand that. My Mom thinks of Cal City as a place in the middle of nowhere but in the middle of Everything. Why? Because you go to Hwy 14 you're two hours for LA go to Hwy 58 and your five hours for Vegas. But you're right you may have to travel for week. I do miss Cal City and the desert though

[@TubeDupe]

What are those snow-covered mountains named?

[@jeffmurray4627]

The Tehachapi's

[@nunyerbeeznaz2906]

I remember hunting that desert in the 60's with my father during "rabbit years" when the vector control folks would pay a bounty for jack rabbit ears. Boxes of .22 ammo !!! Rabbits so thick you had to kick them to shoot them. Overpopulation of rabbits one year led to overpopulation of Coyotes the next years. We laughed telling the state people that the best hunting was "so-and-so" street LA!!

[@austindreher2791]

You should of been in Cal City when the City decided to kill more than half of Coyote population in the mid 80's. Couldn't go five feet with almost hitting a few rabbits.

[@afropick69]

I notice commenters here often compare California City to Los Angeles, and that seems odd to me. California City doesn't need to be the next Los Angeles. If you compare California City with it's surrounding cities, Tehachapi and Ridgecrest, you will see that California City needs to "clean it's self up". Too many blighted properties, but I understand many people live here to enjoy the freedom to do whatever they want on their property, and the city allows that.

[@bryceowen3114]

Glad it never happened. Grew up riding in Cal City! Don't take our riding area away!

[@alyssahenson1818]

Bryce Owen this is so true I love cal city riding it’s great

[@gablerogers4855]

Bryce Owen you will be fine, i dont see it talking off realy fast or at all.. lol enjoy the rides out there

[@screaming1967]

The riding you do is on other people’s land

[@screaming1967]

Grumpy MC what’s a hidden spike and where can I get some please buddy

[@izacnewton5761]

im in where do i sign

[@allistorreed2271]

Hmmm... If this place would have facilities that would specialize in helping/counsel the homeless and support those who need/want to get their lives back in order and into society, provide a mixture of voluntary and paid work; this place could potentially be their saving grace. The CA cities have very few solutions that worked long term, sometimes relocating outside of the hostile environment and into a new one is their best option for a better future. If all of the able/willing homeless were transported, provided shelter/counseling/education; they could populate the area and create a community with local businesses and jobs in agriculture, maintenance, infrastructure, supplies, medical, etc..

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Now you said it : THE WILLING & ABLE HOMELESS, how are you going to weed out those who are homeless but not willing & able .... ?

[@jimafton5659]

Yeah right

[@SoapinTrucker]

Since FINALLY finishing HWY58 widening/improvement things should really take off, the HIGH Desert is ready! LOL ;)

[@scoots0077]

That would need a lot of very expensive, purposely scarce California water.

[@erich84502b]

Needs to have what Mojave and Barstow has

[@adventurem8887]

Remember the former Lake Dolores Resort?

[@erich84502b]

@@adventurem8887 Yep

[@dgronzega8073]

. . . a bypass?

[@austindreher2791]

What does Mojave have? Not many trucks go through since they rerouted the HWY.

[@vestel777]

How much does a lot of land here cost???

[@199gonzo]

Little dramatic there.... “Brandon”

[@mrs.schmenkman]

Awful news reporting. No answers whatsoever

[@mistythelion]

They should build casinos like vegas.

[@jk484]

Why would they build all the roads (which are apparently still maintained at taxpayer expense?) and water connections all at once, instead of in stages?

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Most of the roads look quit bad & need to be redone, but there is no money....

[@bassdrumflextime1253]

they expected rapid growth because of the post war housing boom

[@robertdavis5714]

Very difficult Climate, Winter months only time for decent weather. Otherwise wind and heat dominate.

[@hughjassol2072]

Nats dream was to sell lots, not to build a city. He was a crook.

[@johnb5254]

Leave it to nature, not humans.

[@jaym5938]

There's not enough water. It's not an oasis. Works for a few.

[@SnarkyRC]

There's plenty of water. California City sits on top of a massive underground lake.

[@sciwater1642]

We found our spot

[@tomekaridley6371]

Broken dreams, broken promises, and dead bodies.

[@firstimeshooter6590]

What are you guys talking about?! This is prerunner land! 🛻 💨

[@prettypumpkin6891]

It is the middle if no where. Why build there when u can buy on the outskirts of Bakersfield or Fresno or tehachipi?

[@alleyuseless]

Cheaper.

[@lyte4240]

That place need side walks too much dirt ..homes on septic units out there ..just horrible.. build side walks @ least

[@noneofyourbusiness6269]

LA is by the ocean. People love the ocean. Who would wanna move in the middle of the desert of all places?

[@zzzz-ok7733]

Me!!🍻👍

[@jimba6486]

This sounds like a pipe dream and location looks ugly. Building a small town in a desert. The facts speak for itself, there is no economy that exists to support a development for housing. The economy comes first, then you build homes. Not the other way around. That’s how a city fails. Look at Detroit, a city build on debt. Community’s are built organically, otherwise they collapse. That’s why you can find videos of ghost towns of Chinese developers pipe dream utopias. You can’t support developments without a productive work force and job creators.

[@evanaloe]

im gonna do it