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