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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9uVzhXWp2Y by YouTube]

Journey into Slab City, the last free place in America. Discover the unique community, its DIY culture, and the extreme lifestyle of those who choose to live off-grid in the desert. Explore the challenges and freedoms of this American subculture.

=====Slab City: Living rent-free in the middle of the California desert (full documentary)=====

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfFYDBAgFQ8 by wocomoDOCS YouTube]

Meet many residents (and their dogs) from all over America with unique stories and personalities. They live in the middle of the desert with minimal utilities, but still have access to the internet, coffee, and even video games. The said the number of inhabitants is claimed to range from 300 to nearly 2,000.

=====What is Slab City Really Like? Is It Truly the Last Lawless City?=====

[https://livingastoutlife.com/what-is-slab-city-really-like/ by Living A Stout Life]

However, it can be found on a map and is most definitely a community, albeit not an official one. Slab City is roughly 100 miles northeast of San Diego with the nearest town being Niland, California, about four miles away.

=====Down And Out Escape To 'Slab' In California Desert=====

[https://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145645412/down-and-out-escape-to-slab-in-california-deser by

Gloria Hillard 24/1/12 npr]

There are no signs leading to Slab City. From Los Angeles you head east deep into the desert, and then south, past the Salton Sea. For years, a diverse group of people has been drawn to the abandoned Marine base, but the troubled economy has driven even more travelers to the place dubbed "The Last Free Place in America."

=====Slab City=====

[https://hiddenca.com/slab-city-niland/#google_vignette by HIDDED CALIFORNIA]

This is a highly complex community that cannot really be lumped into one category besides having a few common grounds–living off the grid & as far away from the “man” as possible.

=====Anybody here have experience with Slab City?=====

[https://www.reddit.com/r/urbancarliving/comments/111204z/anybody_here_have_experience_with_slab_city/ by reddit]

I am considering making the move to Slab City. It seems like a good place for people that just want to be left alone for a bit and get away from everything for awhile. Has anyone here ever stayed in Slab City? Any suggestions?

=====Slab City, California: The Last Free Place on Earth=====

[https://beyondthebucketlist.co/slab-city-last-free-place/ by BEYOND THE BUCKETLIST 30/10/18]

Slab City, California. Hidden in the California badlands right smack in the middle of the Sonoran Desert is a little community of….well, squatters technically. Sitting just 50 miles from the border of Mexico is a community of desert dwellers. They have taken over the land previously used to house a military base in the 1940s. Here they live tax-free, completely off the grid with no power, water, or trash collection, and officially they don’t exist.

=====Slab City, California :: The Last Free Place in America | Bombay Beach + Salton Sea=====

[https://laynefable.com/2023/06/21/slab-city-california-the-last-free-place-in-america-bombay-beach-salton-sea/ by LAYNE FABLE]

Its name comes from the concrete slabs that this squatter city was built upon that were left behind by Marine Corps barracks of Camp Dunlap during World War II. The history runs deep. So much deeper than I had originally thought when my friend, Vero ((Golden West Club)) brought up going on a day trip from San Diego to Slab City. The more famous, Salvation Mountain, has popped up on Instagram for me once or twice so I knew a little about it, but that is perhaps the most mundane part of Slab City..

=====Inside Slab City: How California’s Off-Grid Desert Community Balances Freedom and Survival=====

[https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/slab-city-california-desert/]

Acollection of unlikely characters is standing around a fire in the middle of the California desert. There’s an older woman who introduces herself only as Tomahawk, kindly offering to give away a handful of colorful gems she bartered at a recent “trade circle.” Next to her is a bearded man—a former banker, he says—who’s currently staying at the rag-tag community’s hostel for the season.

=====Slab City: The Last Free Place in America=====

[https://www.itsawanderfullife.la/post/slabcity by sab city 29/10/18]

Have you ever wondered what this place is? Maybe you've seen it on TV or read about it in that book, Into the Wild like me and thought does that place really exist? Well it's definitely real and is as kooky and crazy as it looks. Often referred to as the "Last Free Place in America" Slab City, is one of those off-the road pit stops where you can't help but pull over to take a selfie, walk through the crazy art sculpture formations and think to yourself, what the heck are people doing out here?

=====Finding Slab City, California’s Pioneer Spirit with a Counter Culture Twist=====

[https://californiacrossings.com/slab-city-california-counter-culture/ by Carol Guttery 28/4/22 California CROSSINGS]

Take a casual glance at Slab City, California and all you’ll see is a dusty, junk yard full of hippies and drop outs. But look deeper and you’ll also find a diverse community of artists, homesteaders and retirees living off the grid, on the cheap, and absolutely on their own terms.

=====Top 7 Things To Do In Slab City=====

[https://www.christarzanclemens.com/2016/06/top-7-things-to-do-in-slab-city/]

Slab City is an off grid “community” in the Southern California desert a few hours inland from San Diego. Originally built in the 1940’s as a military base, by the 50’s it was closed and the structures torn down, leaving just the concrete slabs. In the 60’s snowbirds, nomads, and desert dwellers in RV’s migrated to Slab City where they could park their homes for free.

=====A Bad Thing Haunts Slab City=====

[https://www.spin.com/2024/03/slab-city/ by SPIN]

Citizens of Slab City, aka 'America's Last Free Place,' an anarcho-republic in California, wish their bars hadn't burned to the ground. But things happen ...

====Slab City Reaches Its Boiling Point====

[https://bluedotliving.com/slab-city-reaches-its-boiling-point/ by bluedotliving]

An off-grid California desert community offers refuge for the overlooked, misunderstood, and disenfranchised. But with deadly heat more frequent, residents face increasing danger.

=====Is Slab City, California the Last Free Place in America?=====

[https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/slab-city-california-last-free-place-america/ by Charlie Hailey 2/11/18 ZOCALO]

When the alert pinged on my phone, I thought of Austin and his house of wooden pallets. A “wall of dust” roiled toward Slab City and other “impacted locations” in California’s Imperial County, and the National Weather Service warned: “avoid outdoor exposure.” It was an official weather bulletin for an unofficial place. An advisory with no remedy, because with pallets for walls there is no inside.

=====Slab City – California’s Gold (806)=====

[https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1997/01/08/slab-city-californias-gold-806/ by CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY]

The California desert has always been a place filled with mystery … and surprises! When you travel through our desert you’re never sure what you’re gonna see, who you’re gonna meet, or what strange and wonderful experiences you’re gonna have. Huell Howser discovered that first hand on a recent trip to the Salton Sea community of Niland.

=====The Last Free Place in America Is a Town Built Completely Off the Grid=====

[https://www.aol.com/articles/last-free-place-america-town-202022338.html by DAN SMITH 29/11/25 AOL]

Slab City, California, situated in the desert near the Salton Sea, is renowned for its unique status as a community that operates outside the conventional structures of government, utilities, and traditional laws. It has even earned the title "the last free place" among some of its residents and visitors.

=====Our Night in SLAB CITY, California | Off-Grid Living in the Desert=====

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnZTeoGS0Kw by Alexis & Lillian YouTube]

We've kicked off our big US road trip and our first stop is the off-grid desert community of squatters, hippies and snowbirds in Slab City, by the Salton Sea in California's Sonoran Desert. We spent a night at Slab City Hostel (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17990088..., which we highly recommend if you're looking for a little adventure experience out of the ordinary and aren't fussy, visited the local night club/bar The Range for prom night and saw live musical performances, and of course visited the art of Salvation Mountain and East Jesus. Many people stopp by just to take a look at these but we highly recommend to spend at least a night there and get to know some of the locals to get some insights to life in the slabs and their reasons for living there.

=====Slab City: A Day in California’s Lawless Desert Town=====

[https://outboundliving.com/slab-city-californias-lawless-desert-town/ by Outbound Living]

Ever since I saw the movie Into the Wild, I was fascinated by Slab City. It sounded like this creative, hippiesque and slightly crazy place in the middle of the Californian desert: ultimate freedom, the chance to be yourself. I mean, I didn’t really know anything about it besides these movie scenes, but for some reason, it drew me in. So when we started traveling through California in March 2018, I knew I had to go see the place.

=====Slab City=====

[https://mindtrip.ai/attraction/niland-california/slab-city/at-8IV95HIv by mindtrip]

Slab City, often referred to as 'The Last Free Place,' is an unincorporated, off-the-grid community located in the Sonoran Desert in California. It is situated on the site of a former World War II Marine Corps barracks, and its name comes from the concrete slabs that remain from the abandoned base. The area is known for its eclectic mix of residents, including artists, snowbirds, and those seeking an alternative lifestyle. Slab City is famous for its vibrant art installations, such as Salvation Mountain, a colorful hillside tribute to faith and love. The community operates without formal infrastructure, relying on solar power and communal resources.

=====Slab City: "The Last Free Place in America"=====

[https://slab-city.jimdosite.com/ by Andrew Shewell slab city]

Slab City is a small anarchic community in the Sonoran desert that attracts people from all walks of life who seek independence. Situated on the former site of a now dilapidated military base, with no infrastructure, and currently in jurisdictional limbo, many of its permanent and seasonal residents feel tension between authority and a strong desire to express a level of freedom not available in modern society.

=====What's It Like in Slab City, the 'Last Free Place' in the U.S.?=====

[https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/slab-city.htm by Dave Roos howstuffworks]

The settlement got its name from the concrete foundations left behind when the U.S. government shut down Camp Robert H. Dunlap, a Marine Corps base located near the tiny desert outpost of Niland, California. When Camp Dunlap was in operation during World War II, there were 30 buildings, 8 miles (13 kilometers) of paved streets, water and sewage treatment plants and even a swimming pool.

=====Slab City=====

[https://amazingamerica.com/locations/slab-city/ by AMAZING AMERICA]

Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid alternative lifestyle community consisting largely of snowbirds in the Salton Trough area of the Sonoran Desert, in Imperial County, California. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained after the World War II Marine Corps Camp Dunlap training camp was torn down. Slab City is known for attracting people who want to live outside mainstream society.

=====Slab City, California=====

[https://www.splashtravels.com/destinations/slab-city-last-free-place-in-america by SPLASH TRAVELS]

Hidden in Southern California’s desert is a small squatter’s paradise affectionately known as “The Last Free Place in America”. This off-grid community is home to a handful of residents looking to get as far away from society as possible, but what's it really like to live there?

=====Self-Governing Off the Grid Squatters Paradise - Slab City's Story=====

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcUScfebJ4 by YouTube]

Situated in the Sonoran Desert, Slab City sits in an unincorporated area of Imperial County, CA. For decades, Slab City has been self-proclaimed as, "the last free place on earth." A squatters encampment from it's inception, Slab City attracts a wide array of people from a variety of backgrounds. With a seasonal population that can swell into the thousands each winter, the harsh summer causes this number to dwindle to a couple hundred.

=====Is The Iconic Slab City In California Really The Last Lawless Destination In The US?=====

[https://www.explore.com/1609892/is-iconic-slab-city-california-desert-last-lawless-free-destination-america-us/ by Amanda Morgan 29/6/24 EXPLORE]

Deep within the Sonoran Desert near the Salton Sea and hours away from the bustling metropolitan areas of Southern California, awaits a notorious community known as Slab City. It's a place full of misfits who all have one thing in common — they've made the decision to leave society behind in favor of something different. Slab City is often criticized as a dangerous place, but some view it as a hub for misunderstood creatives.

=====Finding Inspiration at Salvation Mountain in Slab City, California=====

[https://www.roamfarandwide.com/salvation-mountain-slab-city-california/ by ROAM FAR & WIDE 12/1/16]

Should you ever find yourself on Highway 8, skirting the edges of California’s border with Mexico, I’d encourage you to take a diversion onto Highway 111 and then to Niland, California where you’ll find Salvation Mountain, a wondrous display of folk art rising out of the floor of the Sonoran Desert.

=====Inside California’s Slab City, Where People Go To Live Way Off The Grid=====

[https://allthatsinteresting.com/slab-city by Wyatt Redd 5/10/23 ati]

Built on an abandoned military base 200 miles east of Los Angeles in the middle of California’s Sonoran Desert, Slab City doesn’t have many modern amenities. No power lines nor pipes carry electricity or fresh water to the city. Residents have to sort out their own system for disposing of sewage or trash.

=====Slab City, California: Last Free Place in America? (Extraordinary Place Documentary) | Real Stories=====

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTSVWiYee8 by YouTube]

In California's poorest desert region, a colorful group of regulars and their dogs gather at Rob's internet cafe for coffee and WiFi in "the last free place in America".

=====A Night in Slab City, California: The Last Free Place?=====

[https://therollingpack.com/a-night-in-slab-city-california-the-last-free-place/ by The Rolling Park]

Tom, Indy, and I rolled into Slab City on a painfully hot afternoon in November. The entrance was mostly deserted, aside for bits of trash blowing across the dirt road that leads into this “city”. To be honest, the entrance to Slab City has an ominous feel to it- first the giant Salvation Mountain praises Jesus in bright, frenzied colors that feel unsettling. Continue driving and you’ll pass the charred skeleton of a burnt out RV encampment.

=====Slab City, California=====

[https://www.instagram.com/popular/slab-city,-california/ by Instagram]

Watch reels about slab city, california from people around the world.

=====Slab City is America's Most Colorful Desert Community=====

[https://www.wideopenspaces.com/slab-city/ by Josh Monthei | 14/1/22 SPACES]

Slab City, famously known as "The Last Free Place in America," is a 640-acre off-grid, lawless community located on an abandoned military base in California's Sonoran Desert, just east of The Salton Sea. In recent years, Slab City has seen an influx of visitors due to media attention.

=====Visiting Salvation Mountain and Slab City in California=====

[https://www.desktodirtbag.com/salvation-mountain/ by desk-dirtbag]

Salvation Mountain is located near Niland, California, the somewhat infamous Slab City, and not that far from the Mexican Border to the south.

=====Slab City, the last “lawless” city is in California, where you won’t find water, electricity or taxes, but maybe some inner peace=====

[https://en.as.com/latest_news/slab-city-the-last-lawless-city-is-in-california-where-you-wont-find-water-electricity-or-taxes-but-maybe-some-inner-peace-n/ by CACHITO]

100 miles northeast of San Diego, you can find a community where most residents want to get lost. This “squatters paradise” is home to up to 4,000 people who just want to be left alone.

=====Slab City=====

[https://www.going2paris.net/post/slab-ci 9/2/21]

Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid squatter community consisting largely of snowbirds in the Salton Trough area of the Sonoran Desert, in Imperial County, California. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained after the World War II Marine Corps Camp Dunlap training camp was torn down. Slab City is known for a lifestyle that contradicts ordinary, civilized lifestyles.

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9uVzhXWp2Y by YouTube]
   Journey into Slab City, the last free place in America. Discover the unique community, its DIY culture, and the extreme lifestyle of those who choose to live off-grid in the desert. Explore the challenges and freedoms of this American subculture.
+=====Slab City: Living rent-free in the middle of the California desert (full documentary)=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfFYDBAgFQ8 by wocomoDOCS YouTube]
+ Meet many residents (and their dogs) from all over America with unique stories and personalities. They live in the middle of the desert with minimal utilities, but still have access to the internet, coffee, and even video games. The said the number of inhabitants is claimed to range from 300 to nearly 2,000.
+=====What is Slab City Really Like? Is It Truly the Last Lawless City?=====
+[https://livingastoutlife.com/what-is-slab-city-really-like/ by Living A Stout Life]
+ However, it can be found on a map and is most definitely a community, albeit not an official one. Slab City is roughly 100 miles northeast of San Diego with the nearest town being Niland, California, about four miles away.
+=====Down And Out Escape To 'Slab' In California Desert=====
+[https://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145645412/down-and-out-escape-to-slab-in-california-deser by
+Gloria Hillard 24/1/12 npr]
+ There are no signs leading to Slab City. From Los Angeles you head east deep into the desert, and then south, past the Salton Sea. For years, a diverse group of people has been drawn to the abandoned Marine base, but the troubled economy has driven even more travelers to the place dubbed "The Last Free Place in America."
+=====Slab City=====
+[https://hiddenca.com/slab-city-niland/#google_vignette by HIDDED CALIFORNIA]
+ This is a highly complex community that cannot really be lumped into one category besides having a few common grounds–living off the grid & as far away from the “man” as possible.
+=====Anybody here have experience with Slab City?=====
+[https://www.reddit.com/r/urbancarliving/comments/111204z/anybody_here_have_experience_with_slab_city/ by reddit]
+ I am considering making the move to Slab City. It seems like a good place for people that just want to be left alone for a bit and get away from everything for awhile. Has anyone here ever stayed in Slab City? Any suggestions?
+=====Slab City, California: The Last Free Place on Earth=====
+[https://beyondthebucketlist.co/slab-city-last-free-place/ by BEYOND THE BUCKETLIST 30/10/18]
+ Slab City, California. Hidden in the California badlands right smack in the middle of the Sonoran Desert is a little community of….well, squatters technically. Sitting just 50 miles from the border of Mexico is a community of desert dwellers. They have taken over the land previously used to house a military base in the 1940s. Here they live tax-free, completely off the grid with no power, water, or trash collection, and officially they don’t exist.
+=====Slab City, California :: The Last Free Place in America | Bombay Beach + Salton Sea=====
+[https://laynefable.com/2023/06/21/slab-city-california-the-last-free-place-in-america-bombay-beach-salton-sea/ by LAYNE FABLE]
+ Its name comes from the concrete slabs that this squatter city was built upon that were left behind by Marine Corps barracks of Camp Dunlap during World War II. The history runs deep. So much deeper than I had originally thought when my friend, Vero ((Golden West Club)) brought up going on a day trip from San Diego to Slab City. The more famous, Salvation Mountain, has popped up on Instagram for me once or twice so I knew a little about it, but that is perhaps the most mundane part of Slab City..
+=====Inside Slab City: How California’s Off-Grid Desert Community Balances Freedom and Survival=====
+[https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/slab-city-california-desert/]
+ Acollection of unlikely characters is standing around a fire in the middle of the California desert. There’s an older woman who introduces herself only as Tomahawk, kindly offering to give away a handful of colorful gems she bartered at a recent “trade circle.” Next to her is a bearded man—a former banker, he says—who’s currently staying at the rag-tag community’s hostel for the season.
+=====Slab City: The Last Free Place in America=====
+[https://www.itsawanderfullife.la/post/slabcity by sab city 29/10/18]
+ Have you ever wondered what this place is? Maybe you've seen it on TV or read about it in that book, Into the Wild like me and thought does that place really exist? Well it's definitely real and is as kooky and crazy as it looks. Often referred to as the "Last Free Place in America" Slab City, is one of those off-the road pit stops where you can't help but pull over to take a selfie, walk through the crazy art sculpture formations and think to yourself, what the heck are people doing out here?
+=====Finding Slab City, California’s Pioneer Spirit with a Counter Culture Twist=====
+[https://californiacrossings.com/slab-city-california-counter-culture/ by Carol Guttery 28/4/22 California CROSSINGS]
+ Take a casual glance at Slab City, California and all you’ll see is a dusty, junk yard full of hippies and drop outs. But look deeper and you’ll also find a diverse community of artists, homesteaders and retirees living off the grid, on the cheap, and absolutely on their own terms.
+=====Top 7 Things To Do In Slab City=====
+[https://www.christarzanclemens.com/2016/06/top-7-things-to-do-in-slab-city/]
+ Slab City is an off grid “community” in the Southern California desert a few hours inland from San Diego. Originally built in the 1940’s as a military base, by the 50’s it was closed and the structures torn down, leaving just the concrete slabs. In the 60’s snowbirds, nomads, and desert dwellers in RV’s migrated to Slab City where they could park their homes for free.
+=====A Bad Thing Haunts Slab City=====
+[https://www.spin.com/2024/03/slab-city/ by SPIN]
+ Citizens of Slab City, aka 'America's Last Free Place,' an anarcho-republic in California, wish their bars hadn't burned to the ground. But things happen ...
+====Slab City Reaches Its Boiling Point====
+[https://bluedotliving.com/slab-city-reaches-its-boiling-point/ by bluedotliving]
+ An off-grid California desert community offers refuge for the overlooked, misunderstood, and disenfranchised. But with deadly heat more frequent, residents face increasing danger.
+=====Is Slab City, California the Last Free Place in America?=====
+[https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/slab-city-california-last-free-place-america/ by Charlie Hailey 2/11/18 ZOCALO]
+ When the alert pinged on my phone, I thought of Austin and his house of wooden pallets. A “wall of dust” roiled toward Slab City and other “impacted locations” in California’s Imperial County, and the National Weather Service warned: “avoid outdoor exposure.” It was an official weather bulletin for an unofficial place. An advisory with no remedy, because with pallets for walls there is no inside.
+=====Slab City – California’s Gold (806)=====
+[https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1997/01/08/slab-city-californias-gold-806/ by CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY]
+ The California desert has always been a place filled with mystery … and surprises! When you travel through our desert you’re never sure what you’re gonna see, who you’re gonna meet, or what strange and wonderful experiences you’re gonna have. Huell Howser discovered that first hand on a recent trip to the Salton Sea community of Niland.
+=====The Last Free Place in America Is a Town Built Completely Off the Grid=====
+[https://www.aol.com/articles/last-free-place-america-town-202022338.html by DAN SMITH 29/11/25 AOL]
+ Slab City, California, situated in the desert near the Salton Sea, is renowned for its unique status as a community that operates outside the conventional structures of government, utilities, and traditional laws. It has even earned the title "the last free place" among some of its residents and visitors.
+=====Our Night in SLAB CITY, California | Off-Grid Living in the Desert=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnZTeoGS0Kw by Alexis & Lillian YouTube]
+ We've kicked off our big US road trip and our first stop is the off-grid desert community of squatters, hippies and snowbirds in Slab City, by the Salton Sea in California's Sonoran Desert. We spent a night at Slab City Hostel (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17990088..., which we highly recommend if you're looking for a little adventure experience out of the ordinary and aren't fussy, visited the local night club/bar The Range for prom night and saw live musical performances, and of course visited the art of Salvation Mountain and East Jesus. Many people stopp by just to take a look at these but we highly recommend to spend at least a night there and get to know some of the locals to get some insights to life in the slabs and their reasons for living there.
+=====Slab City: A Day in California’s Lawless Desert Town=====
+[https://outboundliving.com/slab-city-californias-lawless-desert-town/ by Outbound Living]
+ Ever since I saw the movie Into the Wild, I was fascinated by Slab City. It sounded like this creative, hippiesque and slightly crazy place in the middle of the Californian desert: ultimate freedom, the chance to be yourself. I mean, I didn’t really know anything about it besides these movie scenes, but for some reason, it drew me in. So when we started traveling through California in March 2018, I knew I had to go see the place.
+=====Slab City=====
+[https://mindtrip.ai/attraction/niland-california/slab-city/at-8IV95HIv by mindtrip]
+ Slab City, often referred to as 'The Last Free Place,' is an unincorporated, off-the-grid community located in the Sonoran Desert in California. It is situated on the site of a former World War II Marine Corps barracks, and its name comes from the concrete slabs that remain from the abandoned base. The area is known for its eclectic mix of residents, including artists, snowbirds, and those seeking an alternative lifestyle. Slab City is famous for its vibrant art installations, such as Salvation Mountain, a colorful hillside tribute to faith and love. The community operates without formal infrastructure, relying on solar power and communal resources.
+=====Slab City: "The Last Free Place in America"=====
+[https://slab-city.jimdosite.com/ by Andrew Shewell slab city]
+ Slab City is a small anarchic community in the Sonoran desert that attracts people from all walks of life who seek independence.  Situated on the former site of a now dilapidated military base, with no infrastructure, and currently in jurisdictional limbo, many of its permanent and seasonal residents feel tension between authority and a strong desire to express a level of freedom not available in modern society.
+=====What's It Like in Slab City, the 'Last Free Place' in the U.S.?=====
+[https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/slab-city.htm by Dave Roos howstuffworks]
+ The settlement got its name from the concrete foundations left behind when the U.S. government shut down Camp Robert H. Dunlap, a Marine Corps base located near the tiny desert outpost of Niland, California. When Camp Dunlap was in operation during World War II, there were 30 buildings, 8 miles (13 kilometers) of paved streets, water and sewage treatment plants and even a swimming pool.
+=====Slab City=====
+[https://amazingamerica.com/locations/slab-city/ by AMAZING AMERICA]
+ Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid alternative lifestyle community consisting largely of snowbirds in the Salton Trough area of the Sonoran Desert, in Imperial County, California. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained after the World War II Marine Corps Camp Dunlap training camp was torn down. Slab City is known for attracting people who want to live outside mainstream society.
+=====Slab City, California=====
+[https://www.splashtravels.com/destinations/slab-city-last-free-place-in-america by SPLASH TRAVELS]
+ Hidden in Southern California’s desert is a small squatter’s paradise affectionately known as “The Last Free Place in America”. This off-grid community is home to a handful of residents looking to get as far away from society as possible, but what's it really like to live there?
+=====Self-Governing Off the Grid Squatters Paradise - Slab City's Story=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILcUScfebJ4 by YouTube]
+ Situated in the Sonoran Desert, Slab City sits in an unincorporated area of Imperial County, CA. For decades, Slab City has been self-proclaimed as, "the last free place on earth." A squatters encampment from it's inception, Slab City attracts a wide array of people from a variety of backgrounds. With a seasonal population that can swell into the thousands each winter, the harsh summer causes this number to dwindle to a couple hundred.
+=====Is The Iconic Slab City In California Really The Last Lawless Destination In The US?=====
+[https://www.explore.com/1609892/is-iconic-slab-city-california-desert-last-lawless-free-destination-america-us/ by Amanda Morgan  29/6/24 EXPLORE]
+ Deep within the Sonoran Desert near the Salton Sea and hours away from the bustling metropolitan areas of Southern California, awaits a notorious community known as Slab City. It's a place full of misfits who all have one thing in common — they've made the decision to leave society behind in favor of something different. Slab City is often criticized as a dangerous place, but some view it as a hub for misunderstood creatives.
+=====Finding Inspiration at Salvation Mountain in Slab City, California=====
+[https://www.roamfarandwide.com/salvation-mountain-slab-city-california/ by ROAM FAR & WIDE 12/1/16]
+ Should you ever find yourself on Highway 8, skirting the edges of California’s border with Mexico, I’d encourage you to take a diversion onto Highway 111 and then to Niland, California where you’ll find Salvation Mountain, a wondrous display of folk art rising out of the floor of the Sonoran Desert.
+=====Inside California’s Slab City, Where People Go To Live Way Off The Grid=====
+[https://allthatsinteresting.com/slab-city by Wyatt Redd 5/10/23 ati]
+ Built on an abandoned military base 200 miles east of Los Angeles in the middle of California’s Sonoran Desert, Slab City doesn’t have many modern amenities. No power lines nor pipes carry electricity or fresh water to the city. Residents have to sort out their own system for disposing of sewage or trash.
+=====Slab City, California: Last Free Place in America? (Extraordinary Place Documentary) | Real Stories=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTSVWiYee8 by YouTube]
+ In California's poorest desert region, a colorful group of regulars and their dogs gather at Rob's internet cafe for coffee and WiFi in "the last free place in America".
+=====A Night in Slab City, California: The Last Free Place?=====
+[https://therollingpack.com/a-night-in-slab-city-california-the-last-free-place/ by The Rolling Park]
+ Tom, Indy, and I rolled into Slab City on a painfully hot afternoon in November. The entrance was mostly deserted, aside for bits of trash blowing across the dirt road that leads into this “city”. To be honest, the entrance to Slab City has an ominous feel to it- first the giant Salvation Mountain praises Jesus in bright, frenzied colors that feel unsettling. Continue driving and you’ll pass the charred skeleton of a burnt out RV encampment.
+=====Slab City, California=====
+[https://www.instagram.com/popular/slab-city,-california/ by Instagram]
+ Watch reels about slab city, california from people around the world.
+=====Slab City is America's Most Colorful Desert Community=====
+[https://www.wideopenspaces.com/slab-city/ by Josh Monthei | 14/1/22 SPACES]
+ Slab City, famously known as "The Last Free Place in America," is a 640-acre off-grid, lawless community located on an abandoned military base in California's Sonoran Desert, just east of The Salton Sea. In recent years, Slab City has seen an influx of visitors due to media attention.
+=====Visiting Salvation Mountain and Slab City in California=====
+[https://www.desktodirtbag.com/salvation-mountain/ by desk-dirtbag]
+ Salvation Mountain is located near Niland, California, the somewhat infamous Slab City, and not that far from the Mexican Border to the south.
+=====Slab City, the last “lawless” city is in California, where you won’t find water, electricity or taxes, but maybe some inner peace=====
+[https://en.as.com/latest_news/slab-city-the-last-lawless-city-is-in-california-where-you-wont-find-water-electricity-or-taxes-but-maybe-some-inner-peace-n/ by CACHITO]
+miles northeast of San Diego, you can find a community where most residents want to get lost. This “squatters paradise” is home to up to 4,000 people who just want to be left alone.
+=====Slab City=====
+[https://www.going2paris.net/post/slab-ci 9/2/21]
+ Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid squatter community consisting largely of snowbirds in the Salton Trough area of the Sonoran Desert, in Imperial County, California. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained after the World War II Marine Corps Camp Dunlap training camp was torn down. Slab City is known for a lifestyle that contradicts ordinary, civilized lifestyles.