Rural alley Westwood, northern California, CA (1985)
	Once the recipient of a huge influx of money that was brought in by the California Fruit Grower's Association, the town of Westwood, near Lassen Park in northeastern California, is a striking example of the collapse of a once-affluent community and the survival of a company town that has been sold off for parts. When Fruit Growers withdrew in the 1950s, the company-owned houses were sold. The counter-culture movement of the 1960s and 70s moved to Westwood to find cheap housing, and the towns fortunes hit financial rock-bottom. It is crawling back.
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