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California City: The Largest City Never Built

submitted by Mordhaus

8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago

In the middle of the Mojave desert lies California City, the largest city never built. It is now a vast network of roads carved into the sand for miles and miles with nothing but tumbleweeds and cacti to inhabit them. Tom Scott is a man on a mission to explore interesting places and share them with the world. He explains why this city didn’t grow to fill its vast scope, and how it has evolved over the years into the small, thriving and growing community it is today.

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So weird to think of the Mojave as being an actual place.

Dumdeedum says...

If only we had a lot of people from a desert environment looking for a new place to stay!

awesome.

If only we had a lot of people from a desert environment looking for a new place to stay!

This sounds like a place you'd either have to be retired to live at (i.e. Palm Springs), or otherwise have access to one of the nearby airfields/military bases.
If people can't commute into a city center for growing industries, ... Well, from that perspective this is just a pre-Detroit.

Did they say that such a new place to stay have to be a literal desert? Those people probably desire an environment on par with where you are right now..

If only we had a lot of people from a desert environment looking for a new place to stay!

I suppose if you're allergic to dihydrogen monoxide, attempting to erect a metropolis in a desert might seem like a sound plan.

DHMO 'is' a major component of acid rain.

I suppose if you're allergic to dihydrogen monoxide, attempting to erect a metropolis in a desert might seem like a sound plan.

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