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