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Planned as a city of over 100,000 people in the Mojave Desert, California City just never happened.
California City, near Mojave, CA (1969).
The city of Los Angeles sprawls over several mountain ranges and includes areas of steep chaparral-covered hills.
Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, CA (1974).
The Santa Clara valley all looked like this once upon a time -- now all but the extreme southern end is urbanized.
near Morgan Hill, CA (1983).
The suburban fringe of Los Angeles is now more than sixty miles from downtown.
north end of Lake Elsinore, CA (1993).
People from cold winter climates have created retirement communities along the lower Colorado River -- one of the hottest places in the world.
Sundance Shores, near Laughlin, NV (1992).