{"id":20719,"date":"2013-07-08T22:40:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T06:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2013-07-13T19:00:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T03:00:44","slug":"the-ol-haunted-shuttered-amusement-park-cambria-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?p=20719","title":{"rendered":"The Ol&#8217; Haunted, Shuttered Amusement Park, Cambria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20949\" href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=20949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20949\" title=\"karamap2\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/karamap2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/karamap2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/karamap2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a>I am reading Steven King&#8217;s new book,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenking.com\/promo\/joyland\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Joyland<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">s<\/span><\/span>o when I caught a glimpse of this from the side of the road, I had to take a look-see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s abandoned gated communities, shuttered amusement parks, forlorn desert strip malls &#8212;\u00a0cr\u00e8ches for\u00a0a new society struggling to survive the ruination of the old. 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