Tracy Hills
Tracy Hills, California
August 2021–June 2024
Tracy Hills is a new master-planned community in the San Joaquin Valley, two hours east of San Francisco, California.
Browsing the official website, one can read about “endless amenities,” “room for everything,” “countless possibilities to take home further” among other slogans that suggest unboundedness.
With climate change, the scorching drought that has plagued the American Southwest, or the fact that such remote communities rely on affordable fossil fuels for their residents to commute to distant city hubs, I photographed an anachronistic place that magnifies short-sighted, fast-buck real estate opportunities while probing how long these cheap stuccoed houses will stand.
Tracy Hills, California
August 2021–June 2024
Tracy Hills is a new master-planned community in the San Joaquin Valley, two hours east of San Francisco, California.
Browsing the official website, one can read about “endless amenities,” “room for everything,” “countless possibilities to take home further” among other slogans that suggest unboundedness.
With climate change, the scorching drought that has plagued the American Southwest, or the fact that such remote communities rely on affordable fossil fuels for their residents to commute to distant city hubs, I photographed an anachronistic place that magnifies short-sighted, fast-buck real estate opportunities while probing how long these cheap stuccoed houses will stand.
![Tracy Hills, Independent Construction Water Truck, August 2021.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68bd289ec85a0579c511ba08b4ae49ab6fa4fd2fc87b903eafb2d5278acbc1aa/2021-08-15-09.01.03CF004672_cropped_retouched.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Newly erected walls at sunrise, December 2023.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a315d996375509ec031ed403b9ac6304913cb2d74f81904d578a2698bce56dcd/CANON-Canon-EOS-1Ds-Mark-III-000002835701-12_9_2023-8_32_30-AM.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Newly paved streets southwest of the I-580, December 2023.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3df7cf126dd2f075307eb4b1f8973f5ea1465f79ad8eda7a4aab9f8a9f82953/2023-12-08-15.24.10_CF005549_2000px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Framing Nails, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3502b7c09b960ae75d8e09ee36ffc422f9f60fcbb8ad4e33132937bd130f9bf2/2022-06-17-16.04.58__UYO6695_3x2_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, California Aqueduct, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff01b0d52c31af170bd01f7efac67fb2e7ed6e38ceaf03bff903d77f63d0550/2022-06-19-06.20.20__UYO7167_3x2_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Untitled, January 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c0dd26debbfd3e7f869b503ca14077026612e71388ce2c738f155b30541ecd6/2022-01-30-10.22.50__UYO1838_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, October 2021.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2870f6bc72364a0dc5ba31849b3ea9a60a0e72c41d771cfadf2148301193b1fd/2021-10-23-13.17.10_UYO9316.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07c34e2903cea2c61da5c49dfc94ad385e46c9d377bc79b8acf52f72117485e0/2022-06-17-14.15.09__UYO6609_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e76f2d972e39414f7e24c7549e6c28c575047a5e9d8ecb171e624dc24f48174/2022-06-17-13.52.26__UYO6592-1_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Bobcat, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c83af1811db025ce531bb248baa3b57dbdbe539f5298bf7790e96c5b435314de/2022-06-17-14.57.37__UYO6646_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, January 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/768d409d9f1cbc13f6fbffdf316c8e3e324ca87daffc2d87d514843205308765/2022-01-29-08.22.39__UYO1604_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3301c6bfbd767822e0b28739d1a955430ac565efbc37d04c8474d8c81941135/2022-09-24_Untitled_Panorama-6.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Legacy, October 2021.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c8d761edb63a73b52ca4ad44ccaac56f9b09da2dc29ea687d4794b5d6ce18c7/2021-10-23-12.12.35_UYO9257.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Heavy machinery lube, August 2021.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/680812a154c12f3c819cf792f15a3ff249e60660e31c35d267dd6c95c11c8bc6/2021-08-15-09.29.46_UYO8945-1.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Newly paved streets on the rolling hills southwest of the I-580, December 2023.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9ff245bd34d6b4b9d98969c960aaaebdae2dcca1d475edd301278c863116785/CANON-Canon-EOS-1Ds-Mark-III-000001194485-12_8_2023-4_48_15-PM_2.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, New Facades at Sunset, August 2021.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7995eea1f7460396fc795e047c3965dd80d64cf6ea0fb7209ca9908af78a30b/2021-08-14-17.45.14CF004630.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Weeds on vacant graded expanses, December 2023.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2276acd7be2fc95abcece475452d71a4d03d4a745d0c354fcebb6003edd8e83d/2023-12-09-15.19.51_CF005642.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Spurs, January 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e855af33baf0b45e5c9e4b5419e9f1778ddd0d228af3edc622e12ce5b2863e31/2022-01-29-16.58.23__UYO1740_3x2_2500px.jpg)
![Tracy Hills, Freshly stuccoed house, October 2021.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ab8fb452de74f26748ca6683907a43a90ea70abde61cc987c27b2c88ef2192b/2022-01-29-14.17.48__UYO1643.jpeg)
![Tracy Hills, Outrigger scaffolding kit, June 2022.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a21e1483b11ab3cce4e2adb69ba34ce2fc3a4531b4d1949e66cb8dc3404e0e3/2022-06-18-16.05.27_CF005489_2500px.jpg)