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Sunken City, Los Angeles
A massive landslide on January 2, 1929, created what we now call Sunken City at the southern edge of San Pedro, Los Angeles. This neighborhood once had beautiful homes along the beach until the ground started moving 11 inches every day.
Workers used railroad tracks and mules to save most houses, but six buildings and parts of three streets fell into the ocean. Now, this 6-acre area contains broken house foundations and sidewalks covered in graffiti, all sitting on top of a 120-foot cliff above the Pacific…