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Source. (sfgate.com)

100 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the high desert of California’s Antelope Valley lies the blueprint of a city. But the blueprint isn’t drawn on paper — it’s etched into the sand.

Miles and miles of unpaved roads are carved into the eastern half of California City, intersecting and folding into themselves only to bottom out into empty cul de sacs. Even though there are no houses in sight, the roads are marked with street signs — with names like Lincoln Boulevard, Rutgers Road and Aristotle Drive — that stand among the prickly creosote bushes.

Aside from the dusty roads and the telephone poles, the only interruptions to the landscape are old signs advertising land for sale. Some have fallen off of their wooden posts and lie flat on the sand.

[Source.](https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/california-city-planned-community-explained-18476273.php) > 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the high desert of California’s Antelope Valley lies the blueprint of a city. But the blueprint isn’t drawn on paper — it’s etched into the sand. > Miles and miles of unpaved roads are carved into the eastern half of California City, intersecting and folding into themselves only to bottom out into empty cul de sacs. Even though there are no houses in sight, the roads are marked with street signs — with names like Lincoln Boulevard, Rutgers Road and Aristotle Drive — that stand among the prickly creosote bushes. > Aside from the dusty roads and the telephone poles, the only interruptions to the landscape are old signs advertising land for sale. Some have fallen off of their wooden posts and lie flat on the sand.

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A very small portion of it is still occupied, but nowhere near what was planned.
If I recall they were planning on tourism to support the economy. I doubt many here are familiar with Antelope Valley but in short it sucks. They installed a fake lake and built a grand hotel, but no one came and most of the lots sold on speculation only, remaining undeveloped. The population instead centered on Lancaster and Palmdale From a master planned city perspective it is pretty interesting to look at the proposed layout given how much flat land they had to work with.

"The Ghost Grid of California City" - Jay Owens, Aug 20, 2015 https://archive.ph/kEqeL https://medium.com/@hautepop/the-ghost-grid-of-california-city-b1d028e4b6a1

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Kind of interesting, given that cities like Temecula were basically the same blueprint, and shot up like weeds