Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Slab City: "The last free place in America"

Have you heard of Slab City? It's a community of RVers on 600-acres of desert land that was once a WWI artillery training range. The RVers here squat for free for weeks, even months at a time in the otherwise desolate area near the Salton Sea in the Southern California desert. Some of their RVs run, some don't.

There's no water, no electricity, no sewers, and no mail service. But no problem: the residents love it just the same. And "free" is good. Many of the residents are happy to call the place home.

Here's a story from National Public Radio about "the Slabs," sometimes dubbed "the last free place in America."

Photo courtesy DesertUSA.com.
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  1. kenbJanuary 28, 2012 at 6:51 AM

    If it's in California, you can bet your bottom dollars, the State knows about it and is looking for a way to get a buck or two out of it. Everything is taxed here. And if they decide to tax those at Slab City it won't a "straight forward" tax, it will come in the form of a fee. Fee's don't need voters 2/3 approval. And not simple. The fee will be something like, tax the tires, or a fee for the license plates, or a fee for the square footage you use, or a fee for the sewer you generate, or the carbon you put in the air. Will not be a simple fee, a buearcracy will be created, and 5 years from now a commission will come up with recommendation, even after the voters vote it down. One of 20-30 propositions on the ballot.

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