In a state where a parking space costs more than most people’s cars, there’s a town in Kern County where actual houses sell for less than a Tesla.
Taft, California is about 35 miles southwest of Bakersfield, and it’s proving that affordable California living isn’t just a myth your grandparents made up.
The first thing you’ll notice about Taft is that it doesn’t apologize for being an oil town.
Drive through and you’ll see the evidence everywhere, from the working derricks dotting the landscape to the West Kern Oil Museum that celebrates the industry with the kind of pride other towns reserve for their wine or their beaches…