Slab City, California Observations
We recently visited Slab City, California; it is located just southeast of the Salton Sea. Slab City started as a Marine training base during WWII. When the base was no longer needed, the building...
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The Slabs is interesting to watch because it is a unique dynamic.
I'm pretty sure the main reason that it hasn't been swept clean is because there is just nothing out there for some party to make money from. The Salton Sea isn't anyone's idea of a tourist attraction, especially after 2017 when the contract mandating water be put into it expires, so it will end up with no incoming water and wind up a dry bed. Since the area just has no way of being used for much (even farmers can't use it due to the salt and other pollutants), there hasn't been any reason for any party to bother doing anything with it.
It does have a law to itself. The police may not patrol there, but from what I've read, the locals are more than willing to enforce their rules by using gasoline and a lighter on someone's RV regardless if they are in it or not.
I'm pretty sure the main reason that it hasn't been swept clean is because there is just nothing out there for some party to make money from. The Salton Sea isn't anyone's idea of a tourist attraction, especially after 2017 when the contract mandating water be put into it expires, so it will end up with no incoming water and wind up a dry bed. Since the area just has no way of being used for much (even farmers can't use it due to the salt and other pollutants), there hasn't been any reason for any party to bother doing anything with it.
It does have a law to itself. The police may not patrol there, but from what I've read, the locals are more than willing to enforce their rules by using gasoline and a lighter on someone's RV regardless if they are in it or not.
