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Down And Out Escape To 'Slab' In California Desert

by GLORIA HILLARD
January 24, 2012 3:44 PM

There are no signs leading to Slab City. From Los Angeles you head east deep into the desert, and then south, past the Salton Sea. For years, a diverse group of people has been drawn to the abandoned Marine base, but the troubled economy has driven even more travelers to the place dubbed "The Last Free Place in America."

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Down And Out Escape To 'Slab' In California Desert

by GLORIA HILLARD
January 24, 2012 3:44 PM

There are no signs leading to Slab City. From Los Angeles you head east deep into the desert, and then south, past the Salton Sea. For years, a diverse group of people has been drawn to the abandoned Marine base, but the troubled economy has driven even more travelers to the place dubbed "The Last Free Place in America."

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