My wife and I dream of having a view like that. I don't have to attach a picture of where we live, I can illustrate it.
Imagine the surface of the moon (but dryer and 120+ in the shade) add some tumbleweeds, creosote bushes, sidewinders, blackwidows (the main maufacturing plant in the USA is here for these guys), fast food places and
beer joints. That's Barstow. Or better yet visualize a very well used kitty litter box with cars and people.
If anybody has driven from LA to Vegas you've seen this hole.