The Town That Refused2026/05/18 21:01:21
Bolinas, California — population ~1,500 — has been quietly removing the state highway sign pointing toward it for over fifty years. Every time Caltrans puts one up, someone in town takes it down. This episode traces how a small coastal community turned a repeated act of civic vandalism into something close to a founding myth, and what the town looks like today because of it.
The Town That Keeps Tearing Down Its Own Sign
Bolinas, California — population ~1,500 — has been quietly removing the state highway sign pointing toward it for over fifty years. Every time Caltrans puts one up, someone in town takes it down. This episode traces how a small coastal community turned a repeated act of civic vandalism into something close to a founding myth, and what the town looks like today because of it.
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