The term “Downtown” might evoke a much stronger image than what actually exists there. Especially given that most of this neighborhood was built at a time when local ordinances forbade the construction of anything over 150ft tall (so roughly 14 to 15 stories). Still, it constitutes the main nexus through which all traffic and commerce (such as it is) flows through the Sixgun City.

• Magdalene Tower - The tallest building in San Arroyo, measuring out at around 17 stories due to the massive radio mast that gives it its distinctive silhouette. The broadcast station of the popular radio show Seven Minutes to Midnight is located on the top two floors.

• The J. Connelly Historical Society - A museum devoted to preserving artifacts and histories of the original 49er-era miners and pioneers that founded the city, almost entirely funded by a historical society of the same name. If you grew up here, you probably went there at least once on a field trip in Middle or High School.

• The San Arroyo Switchyard (“The Yard”) - Originally constructed as an ancillary rail yard to the Southern Pacific Station during a proposed extension of San Arroyo’s train lines. When the commercialization of the automobile dashed those hopes, for a while it remained something of a public eyesore, especially when the Great Depression saw it become an infamous “hooverville”. However, in the 1950s local real estate magnate Frederick Worth saw it rebuilt and refurbished into a unique open-air mall: nearly 700,000 square feet of family-friendly retail. Of course, as with many malls in the modern day, it’s slowly but surely been sliding into decline and foreclosure…

Taking up most of the area directly north along Interstate 14, the Hollywood Entertainment District is a crumbling testament to the city’s glory days. Ironically enough, its dilapidated state has transformed it over the years into the city’s unofficial red light district, even as the city council continues to try and make lemonade out of the dismal situation.

• Palmdale Luxury Resort & Hotel - Built during San Arroyo’s “Golden Age of Tourism”, deliberately aping the architectural styles of famous LA hotels such as the Hollywood Roosevelt and the Chateau Mormont. After being foreclosed in the late 80s, it was later bought out by local real estate group Magyar Realty and reopened, though the term “luxury” is becoming more and more facetious.  

• The Roll of Honor (“The Roll”) - The platonic definition of a dive bar. Originally the chapter clubhouse of the Grim Bastards, it’s still heavily patronized by bikers but no longer quite as “exclusive” to their ranks as it once was.

• Alvarado Industrial Laundromat - Originally catered to the bulk-laundering needs of the many hospitality-related businesses in Little Hollywood. Has been condemned since the 80s, owing to major chemical spillage making it too much of a financial and bureaucratic hassle to demolish.

• Three Flags Truckstop - Named after one of the many nicknames of the historic Route 395 (which connects Canada, the US, and Mexico). One of the largest and busiest truckstops in Yorkshire County.

The oldest part of San Arroyo, though if you’re not from there then you probably would assume it's just a small outreach of Downtown with a public square. These days, the only real testament to the city’s boomtown origins are a few dusty bronze placards that pop up every now and again, providing the odd historical tidbit.

• Provence - An unlikely hidden gem in the form of a 2-Starred Michelin restaurant, built upon the foundations of the original Provence Saloon - the first “fine dining” establishment founded by a Marseillais chef in the late 19th Century. Specializes in mainly French/American haute cuisine - something that a lot of locals really can’t afford.

• St. Francis Garcés Catholic Church - The oldest building in the city, having remarkably weathered centuries with most of the original Spanish-Adobe architecture still intact. Is a registered Historic Landmark, as well as the seat of Yorkshire County’s Catholic diocese.

Strieber University - despite being a fairly decent if chronically underfunded institution - is more known for sports than education. The Pronghorns are a big point of local pride, and games at Fitzsimmons Stadium are regularly patronized.

• Mustermann Sculpture Park - Originally a scrap landfill, it was eventually cleared and rezoned into a public park in the late 60s, after mounting pressure caused by multiple environmental protests by Strieber University students. A local artist by the pseudonym “Max Mustermann” even went so far as to contribute several abstract metal sculptures using materials from the former landfill, which decorate the park’s landscape to this day. Over the decades many similar sculptures and works of public art have been added, contributing to its unique appeal. Often frequented by Streiber U students due to the campus directly abutting the park.

• Mira Loma Regional Airport - Was a WW2-era aviation testing ground, later sold to the city and converted into a small regional airport. It barely gets any traffic these days, save for the occasional stopover.

Located on a low rise overlooking San Arroyo’s central districts and with its back directly to the Tehachapi Mountains, Feldspar Hills is what could charitably be described as the city’s most well-to-do neighborhood. During its original boomtown period a lot of wealthy landowners set up personal residences in the wake of the Great Flood, owing to it being a natural point of high ground. Locals sometimes call it “San Quixote”, both due to its proximity to the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm and the strange, insular nature of San Arroyo’s precious few “old money” families.

San Arroyo may not look like it, but it's old enough to have “old money”. Locals refer to these dusty Feldspar Hill dynasties as the “Three Cs”: the Castillo, Connelly, and Crawford families. The Castillos are definitely the oldest of the bunch, supposedly descendants of the original Spanish rancheros who owned the land upon which St. Francis Garcés was originally built. The Connellys are Scots-Irish industrialists responsible for many of the “modernizations” that put San Arroyo on the map in the first place, though their numbers have significantly dwindled in the last two decades. Finally, there are Crawfords, the children and grandchildren of Golden Age actor Josiah Crawford, who retired here in the post WW2-era and for a time was considered a major patron of the arts.