The story of Vernon in LA County is actually fascinating. It was created as sort of a corporate owned state. The neat trick is that nearly all the housing was o

The story of Vernon in LA County is actually fascinating. It was created as sort of a corporate owned state. The neat trick is that nearly all the housing was owned by the people who run the town, so while nominally it’s a democracy if you don’t like how things are going you can just evict all your voters and replace them. The second season of True Detective is based in a fictionalized version of Vernon, with lots of footage shot in and around the area.