Slab City: anarchy irl

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Slab City: anarchy irl
« on: November 21, 2017, 09:29:53 pm »
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City,_California

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Slab City, also called The Slabs, is largely a snowbird community in the Sonoran Desert located in Imperial County, California, 156 miles northeast of San Diego within the California Badlands, and used by recreational vehicle owners and squatters from across North America.[1][2] It took its name from concrete slabs that remained from the abandoned World War II Marine Corps barracks of Camp Dunlap.

Several thousand campers, many of them retired, use the site during the winter months. The "snowbirds" stay only for the winter before migrating north in spring to cooler climates. The temperatures during summer are unforgiving [as high as 120 ?F (48 ?C)]; nonetheless, there is a group of around 150 permanent residents who live in "The Slabs" year round. Some of these "Slabbers" derive their living from government programs and have been driven to "The Slabs" by poverty. Others have moved to "The Slabs" to learn how to live off the grid and be left alone. Still others have moved there to stretch their retirement income.

The site is both decommissioned and uncontrolled, and there is no charge for parking. The site has no official electricity, running water, sewers, toilets or trash pickup service. Many residents use generators or solar panels to generate electricity. The closest body of civilization with proper law enforcement is approximately four miles southwest of Slab City in Niland where the residents often go to do basic shopping. As a result, the site is described by its inhabitants and news outlets like Vice News as a miniature de facto enclave of anarchy.

Re: Slab City: anarchy irl
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2017, 12:39:42 am »
This sounds like a cool place, I want to see the sunset at East Jesus some day.

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Into The Wild (2007) includes 14 minutes of the film shot in Slab City.





Fun fact: Into The Wild star Emile Hirsch has a foreskin. I saw it in real life on a movie set
*spork*

Re: Slab City: anarchy irl
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2017, 07:37:39 pm »
probably smells like poop
dried out turds roasting in the sun
m'lady