Mr.Mark wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
Mr.Mark wrote:
When we drove to Slab City back in '08 or '09, to see Salvation Mountain, we were just curious about the whole thing called 'Slab City'. We actually were staying in Borrego Springs at the 'Springs of Borrego RV Resort' in the RV and wanted to discovery things in the area. We had lunch at the restaurant in Niland.
After visiting the Mountain, we drove through the Slabs of which some of it looked really junky and some looked much more organized. We didn't see any people around and I wouldn't bother them anyway, we just wanted to see the place.
I'm a strong proponent of 'live and let live', if you are not bothering me, I'm not bothering you so we are good!
Safe travels,
MM.
Would you be as strong a proponent of "Live and let live", if those principles such as the zoning, land use and law enforcement at the Slabs was the standard in your neighborhood, or better yet, across the country? "Live and let live" as practiced at the Slabs is only appealing when it is like a circus sideshow. Fascinating to see, but not something you ever want to encounter in real life.
Western..... Of course I would not want my neighborhood to look like the Slabs. That's why we chose to live in a gated, guarded, manicured HOA. I live where and how I want, so do the people at the Slabs. That's what I meant by 'Live and Let Live', I make my choices, they a make there's as I'm sure you do too. Thats all.
In my HOA, you will not find any motorhomes, unpainted unkept houses or junk laying everywhere. You will get the boot so that the rest of us can 'Live and Let Live' within our HOA rules. :p
MM.
The problem is someone does live next to the Slabs and I doubt that the appreciate the tenet of "Live and let live"
The facts are at one time the Slabs was a military base. I am sure that good people bought property, established businesses and prospered off of the people who were stationed at the base. Then the base closed, bad for all of those people. I am also sure that those people hoped that the base and the surrounding area would be repurposed like many other bases. Unfortunately, what happened is the base was turned over to local control without a plan and up sprung the Slabs. It didn't happen over night and people probably just looked the other way until it got to the point that it couldn't be overlooked. But before anyone took positive action it became too costly in time, money and enforcement action to change. I would wager that most long term residents of Niland and neighboring communities are not happy with their neighborhoods being the test bed for "live and let live."
