Here’s something that’ll make you do a double-take: there’s a California town where you can buy a house for less than what most people spend on a wedding.
Taft sits in Kern County about 35 miles from Bakersfield, quietly offering home prices that sound like a typo in a state where everything costs a fortune.
This town built its identity on oil, and unlike some places that try to hide their industrial roots, Taft wears them like a badge of honor.
The landscape around town features working oil derricks that nod rhythmically like mechanical birds, a constant reminder of the industry that created this community…