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Take a look at how is to live inside abandoned city in America with no laws. Subscribe For More Amazing Videos ► https://bit.ly/Theimpressive ◄ Don't forget to hit that bell! On a map, Slab City looks like Anytown, U.S.A. Streets intersect in a grid-like fashion and have names like Dully’s Lane, Tank Road and Fred Road. But it’s not until you have “boots on the ground” that the reality of this squatters’ paradise in the desert sinks in. 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 Corp Camp Dunlap training camp was torn down. Slab City is known for a lifestyle that contradicts ordinary, civilized lifestyles. Located just east of California State Route 111, the entrance to Slab City is easily recognized by the colourful Salvation Mountain, which is a small hill approximately three stories tall and entirely covered in latex paint, concrete and adobe, and festooned with Bible verses. It was a project built over two decades by Leonard Knight. The work is a 50 ft-tall piece of religious folk art; "an unofficial centrepiece for the community and [cementing] the area’s anarchic creative identity", according to a 2020 report. In 2002, Salvation Mountain was named a Congressional National-Art Treasure. Here, the word “city” is a bit of a misnomer. The Slabs, as the community is known, has no connection to the main power grid, no trash or water services, and a general lack of basic amenities. The encampment is as bare-bones as it gets. Streets are made of hardened dirt, most structures are built from salvaged materials, and packs of dogs roam the area. But despite its wild appearance, Slab City has undergone a significant transformation in the last few years. Now its population swells to a few thousand people in the winter months and roughly 150 in the summer when temperatures can soar up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit and leave desert dwellers particularly vulnerable. But with a bigger population comes real city problems: theft, drug abuse, an influx of trash, and the challenge of successfully starting community programs. The camp’s tagline may be “the last free place,” but as Tomahawk says while she wrangles an armful of brush into the fire: “Freedom isn’t always free.” The Slabs has long been a destination for nomadic-minded people from around the country. The encampment was first formed after a military training facility in the same location, Camp Dunlap, was dismantled in the 1950s. Soon after, drifters started trickling in, setting up their camps and naming the area after the concrete slabs left behind from the base. The land is owned by the state of California, technically making those who live here squatters. Today, the remote community has adopted some elements of a bona fide city. The streets are named, there’s a small library, a few establishments sell food, and several places are available to rent on Airbnb. Located at the entrance of the Slabs, Salvation Mountain—a technicolour art project created by local artist Leonard Knight—also brings in dozens of camera-wielding tourists a day, though most don’t venture past that point. Slab city has a free lending library, an outdoor music venue called The Range and The Salvation Mountain. The settlement also has an internet cafe, a hostel, and a skatepark built inside what remains of the military base swimming pool. In the 2020 pandemic, most tourist destinations, including the Salvation Mountain, The Range, and Slab City's Library, have been closed Crystal meth is fairly common and accounts for much of the crime in Slab City. In 2015, the New York Times reported that the usual cause for police response to Slab City is over camping boundary disputes, sometimes burglary, but that methamphetamine use is a recurrent problem. In December 2019, during the two-day Imperial Valley fugitive-seeking effort, Operation Valley Grinch, four fugitives hiding in Slab City were apprehended. The locals also cut the fence to unlawfully use Coachella Canal as a swimming spot The Range is an open-air nightclub complete with stage, lights, amplifiers, and speakers, with tattered couches and old chairs for seating. Every Saturday night at around dusk, locals and visitors meet for a talent show that features permanent resident musicians and anyone else who wants to get on stage and perform. For copyright matters please contact us at "theimpressiveinc@gmail.com"