THE WASTELAND THAT IS SLAB CITY - What They Don’t Want You To Know
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I remember the young lady running the "library"..she was concerned for the children back then...she was damn RIGHTEOUS ❤
You're truly free when you realize drugs are weapons meant to control, subdue, and make you broke and broken. The highs aren't worth the lows.
Ty Lady. Succinct message. Maybe it will help my son in jail for 3rd time in 2 years for drugs. Not a typical down and outter. 24 yrs old electrician. Couple years of college. Honor roll and sports and many friends in school. Polite and never any trouble until after high school.
The same can be said about most things in life.
@@patsmith36 that's sad....he sounds like he has so much to life for. I hope whatever it is that makes him that way can be fixed
@@davidschmidt270 ty for your kind thoughts. He gets out jail for the 3rd or 4th time in April. Hopefully he can turn his life around or theres possibility he doesn't live long. I've wrapped my head around that.
@@patsmith36 ya know Mary......not to try to sound like somebody who's head is in the clouds, but..... sometimes the darkest nights bring the brightest sunrise's. Again I hate to sound cheesy....as an ex-evangelist I can tell you, God has gotten me outta so many jams.....and I'm talking about probably going to prison jams......so.....I said all that to say this Mary- don't give up hope!
God be with him
“Take the word of firefighters” I was a fireman and personally worked under a luitenant who would make a home fire worse before putting it out to make a bigger hero out of himself listen don’t let anyone’s profession be your gauge of credibility
I do that too. I use my own gauge. Made several more videos about the slabs this past winter. You should check them out. Way better than this video. ;)
Nice! I’ll be sure to check em out
Yes ppl do abuse authority & glorify themselves.
An argument from authority is never a credible one.
@@PaulBargeryou always make great content
I still don’t know what they don’t want me to know.
Vinyl Richie - you got that right. I didn’t see any slabs, so I suggest they change the name of it to “ losertown “.
You need to listen to the video. Didn’t you hear him mention that some vermin will burn your hovel out? Why do you comment on someone’s work without listening first? Prejudiced bigot, you are.
Been there several times & there are lots of slabs. So losertown is out. I think the name Slab city fits it perfect.
@@brianmgrim Prejudiced bigot? Another name calling channel with no content.
But how do you know for certain? Some of the non-knowledge may have seeped in thru osmosis. Now... you're one of the chosen ones... a pilgrimage to Slab City is in your future.
And since you wrote your comment 5 months ago, I can only assume that you're already there. So tell me. PLEASE! What don't they want me to know?!
P.S. - What's it like living 5 months in the future? Do we finally have flying cars?
Went to Slab City once. Drove down on my bike from L.A. on a day ride to there and the Salton Sea. Everything around that place feels like death. I knew as soon as I got there that I'd never go back again and honestly asked myself what the fuck I was even doing there in the first place. The whole state is just blehhhh! Everyone says California is beautiful, but it's really not. The cities suck, the desert really sucks, and the few places that are actually geographically appealing are filled with assholes. It has some nice beaches but even most of them are too crowded. Did Cali for almost a decade and I used to miss it occasionally, but I don't miss it at all anymore. And seeing these videos make me so glad I'm no where near it anymore.
above appreciate his honesty/pl. ''feels like death'' never go back again'' SPEAKS VOLUMNES'''
born and raised in L.A. moved away in 93. moved back after 27 yrs in 2019 and I agree. the whole place is bad energy. dark. lasted 8 months and came back here to Florida. they talk much shit about fl. and the south. ignorant
@@asuperstraightpureblood The South is the only place I want to be.
@@pewpewTN yessir! This is where I belong.
You are so right.California has turned into a toilet full of assholes l was born and raised in L.A. county and I am now living in Lancaster CA. and I am happy here because I believe it's the last frontier
Also, why title it "what they Don't want you to know" then only mention firefighters "comments" then proceed to film what everyone else has filmed with nothing else mentioned about what they Don't want us knowing? Again......no hate. You're riding the clickbate line
So what you're saying is that it's just like every other city in America?
Xion Temoc b
Frank Furter where are their interviews?
Yea I was disappointed too. I'm a new member from Melbourne and was intrigued with the empty buildings but hoped we would get a look at the real slab city . Bit ripped off to see a KFC box burning in a fire
Tony Natera You see the truth in Slab City!
Yep.
Slab City is like every other city, everywhere in the world, not only like cities in the USA.
I loved the TV art! Really beautiful and creative way of showing that we need to think for ourselves and not just be convinced of whatever is told to us or in front of us. To do our own research and follow our own hearts to find our purpose! We’re all meant to be different and express ourselves in our own way! 😄🙏🏼❤️
I get a "the hills have eyes" vibe from that horrid place. Seriously creepy. Like, you could be walking through there, and suddenly kidnapped by Jigsaw, and put through the Hunger Games, before being fed to zombies. NOPE!
🤣🤣🤣 NO SH!+ !!!
Yeah, and cities are safe right?
You're a closed minded, scared fool
oh no poor shitty place
That doesn't really happen as often anymore, not like a few years ago
Just from what I’ve seen in the videos, I think slab city provides asylum for those whom need that very thing. Sadly, the druggies use it too but it would seem the majority are part of something way bigger. I have much respect for the residents. If it ain’t for you, book. No harm done.
Please be polite to everyone you never know where someone has come from in life👣
Yes! Always
Learn from life, better your self, otherwise you are continuing this level of not learning. Sad, garbage people.
Most ppl opinion are valid. I live in the Slabs. I see slabber, tweakers, and newbies doing some stupid everyday. We earned are bad reputation bc of stupid ass Slabbers and wannabe Slabbers.
@@garymoto661 that’s what I was thinking, I’m gonna head out to slab city in the first week of February! I can’t wait, I look at things this way, be respectful, be courteous, mind your business, and the same will come too you, thanks for sharing Gary!
You receive what you give.
Thats pretty impressive for your FIRST VIDEO. Thank you for your insight as well. What you were just describing is called INTUITION. Listen to that little voice inside of you. Listen to it. That will save your life.
I know it doesn't rain much, but can u imagine when it does??? Mud everywhere...seems like this whole area smells!!!!!!
I live in E St.louis and the slab is safer than where I live. I plan on making it out there for a vacation. I might hang my hat there for a while and help out the locals for a bit.
Balls Deep the slabs are better than St. Louis 😂
Just curious what are you going to help out the locals with?
@@goutvols103 idk what they need out there. Most from what I see on here are pretty self sufficient
I will never go to St. Louis again.
@@gsp49 I love my shitty lil city
Have camped out there almost a month and had nothing but a positive experience. Get to know the people out there without a camera. As I'm sure you did had to edit my comment I sounded like a douche your videos always rock keep up the good work.
Yup , your attitude has alot if not all to do with how your treated and your overall experience. 🙂 negative begets negative. Positive begets Positive
All of California will look like this in 5 years
True, Mexico already does.
Why aren't there wells dug out there? I mean where did the military or whomever get their water?
Just watched a video about two teenagers who had their drinks drugged in slab city, the girl was raped and the boy had the shit kicked out of him. I would believe the word of a fire fighter over a community of human trash.
I went to slab city, I thought it to be very trashy. In fact it’s probably the most litter filled place I’ve been to and it is called the last free place. Is that what happens when people live free they dump their trash out just beyond the habitat
it wasn't the slabbers who dumped the trash
Have u been to any city in California?
The city of Niland dumped trash there for years after Fort Dunlap was decommissioned
Hey Paul, Thanks for posting this vid. Special thanks for spending time on the tv art installment. I would have never seen it without you.
I actually kinda liked the TV wall. that was cool. Thank you for showing that.
Rabiez it was my favorite part of east Jesus for sure
If Slab City was to cost $25 per month in rent there would be no one there.
😂
@@mike.p.1400 Spelling disabilities like not knowing how to spell "their".
Yes there would! Bob Wells and the rubber tramp rendezvous
There are people who pay $200 and $350 a month to park the RVs here in Slab City, no clue why, but they do, they get no protection or amenities, just paying for no reason.
I pay with working, I have helped fix things, move trash and lumber and other materials, and helps moved trailers and I go out on donation runs and other things that help everyone in Slab City.
The only theft I have experienced was a tweaker took a shovel we used for keeping burn barrels from flaring up and spreading.
If you have nothing and don't show off, you won't get robbed.
Work for what you get and give more than you take. Always be polite, never inject yourself into other people's discussions or arguments (even if it's a friend) and you will be fine.
@@cinemacynic980 $200 for slab city -$30 LTVA BLM Are you nuts?
From what I've seen of it, it reminds me of the post-apolyptic wastelands in the game " FALLOUT".
I’ve lived in the Imperial Valley my whole life and Slab City has progressively gotten worse over the years. It’s not that fun place to visit like it used to be. The saddest part is what happens to some of the little kids that grow up there. Sick shit. Social services needs to step in and take kids out of there straight up.
This... this is what no one talks about.
I talk about it all the time. In the summer there are around 200 people at the Slabs and in the winter it can climb as high as 2500 people. Among some of these people are child predators and rapists. They go out there to get as far away from the police as possible. Then, they look around and see all of these neglected kids that no one really watches and it's like a buffet to them.
What happens to the kids? Can someone make a video about the children?
@@realeyez369 the kids don’t really know any better. But growing up without running water, surrounded by filth and people who are(the majority) out of their minds on drugs, doesn’t really give them a chance at life. The worst thing I’ve seen is during a show at the range(live music every day night). They stopped the performance and said that a little girl had gone missing. I met her mom who was looking for her. She was high on something. And she told me that the little girl was having a bad time because she “ just got molested a week prior”. I called the sheriffs to report it.
yeah, I lived there for two months and later made a comment like this and got slammed for it so be careful
Old cinder block military base/post housing built in the late 40s - 50s. We lived in multiple variations of it during the 70s and 80s.
If I could imagine Hell on Earth, it would include everything within 50 miles of the Salton Sea. That entire area just gives me the creeps for some reason.
Anza Borrega is beautiful.
above...go to frnt. of class
Thank you for your honesty. From what I've seen of Slab City in several different CZcams videos I really never want to even visit. Not pretty, not safe. It looks to me like the opposite of life in every way.
BINGO...NOT SAFE too many mental cases
Not safe is an understatement. Believe me when I tell you that a lot of these people are chameleons that change their colors to make unsuspecting tourists more comfortable. They mimic kind and sane behavior. There is nothing sane about living in a landfill in the middle of the 130 degree desert. Going out there to party and maybe do a psychedelic and watch the sunset is perfectly fine, but actually scraping trash together to live under isn't sane.
There are so many other places in the U.S. you can do this. Places with creeks and lush forests. The Manson family lived exactly like this and you see what came from that. At first it's love, peace and happiness. After a few weird LSD experiences things start getting a little darker each time until you find yourself being asked to go kill and rob people.
This is definitely fascinating. It is crazy to me that people would go live in a place like slab city on purpose, but then, I am not in their shoes nor do I have their experiences or outlook or goals. I do find the messages on that TV wall very moving. That's art for sure. There is so much to think about from this one video. Thanks for sharing.
Em And the Gang it's free, they are free, why not?
Maybe we're the crazy ones putting up with what Society feeds us daily. The older I get... the more appealing a place like Slab City becomes.
USA taxpayers torture children in GITMO.
taxpayers pay people to torture kids....and commit war crimes.
just watch the movie, "The Mauritanian"
even redActed, the movie proves that USA commits human rights violations every day GITMO is open.
karma doesn't factor ignorance.
do you realize Hawai'i is an *illegal occupation,* and the natives want the US Navy to clean up their *TOXIC MESS* and leave?
it is hilarious that people like you use "Nazi" as an insult....when you are (at least) 10X worse.
(i'm about to call you a racist with facts to prove that you are....if you argue with that last line)
Finds an old plastic water bottle on the ground, “there’s definitely people living here they just don’t seem to be here now”
I'm a retired paramedic I've been to the slabs and I guarantee you I would never camp there if you were there with a group of people stayed couple of days so if you'd be fine if you walk away from your trailer these pricks will rob you for everything they can get
Lived there for 3 years, never once robbed.
@@sydneyriver9927
Amazing restraint on your part.
@@ZekeMan62
How does me not ever having been robbed by anyone in the three years I lived there show restraint on my part?
@@sydneyriver9927
The way it's worded, you can read your sentence the other way around: as a declaration that you "never once robbed" anyone during your three year tenure. Just a silly joke on my part.
@@ZekeMan62
LOL! Never once robbed nor did I once ever rob. There's got to be some bonus points for that, right?
Slab city is a place where when it gets dark everyone lays in their bed in pitch dark wondering if they hear foot steps outside their rv’s while the Ghouls and goblins feast on a quest that they couldn’t find in life!
My sons oldest child went out there years ok.. could still b there??
I heard some really scary stuff.. if u get bad vibes time to get the hell outta there
I like the pick-up-trash crowd vs the polluting types
Leaving trash around keeps out the riff raff.
The government should fix these houses and give it to their homeless people in California.
They wouldn't last three months.
I love that TV display..!! I always have. It is art for sure...!!!
That whole place reminds me of Mad Max days, but the artwork is very cool.
Art is subjective.
The art is odd and makes no sence to me, I would question the sanity and mindset of the creators,
Probably a true depiction of the madness going on in there minds, reminds me alot of art I sor produced by a skitzofrenic lady I one knew,
Me too!!
@@benking9503 most schizophrenic people are highly intelligent people. Their art is probably over your head. Like the t.v. wall, im sure you didnt understand that even though you live it everyday. Stick to your coloring books and paint by the number.
@@stanmoon8806 actually the finish on everything is pretty amatuer. Like you can see their scattered and jumpy mind and they couldn't focus long enough to complete their work. Art is subjectivethough
Don’t trust em …keep,your guard up! Please brother. Arm yourself! Keep defense up!
Just for schitt's and giggles, 💩😂
I would love to walk around that place for a week with a cadaver trained K9 🤔
That's your idea of fun? Fucking weirdo.
@@andreucross4523 why you got something buried out there, does that bother you?. Are you a resident.?
And you think I'm a weirdo 🖕
You probably would need to stay longer then a week 😂 I could only imagine. That would be neat, but watch who you may piss off.
Best video of the Slabs I've seen. We saw what you saw without commentary. Thanks.
One thing I do think is that there should be certain areas like that where the homeless can not worry about getting run off because its illlegal to be homeless. Not one person shouldn't be without a place to lay there head. Shelters are a joke and not enough room. Wether people have hard times or by choice everyone should have food clothing and shelter at tbe minimum that they can still live. Too much greed in the world.
clay carpenter I agree with that. Take a look at my newer vids. I stayed in the slabs for a month.
@@PaulBarger have you met Cornelius Vango? She is the girl in dreads and prosthetic leg at the library I watch some of her videos. How is her bunch?
No I didn’t meet them. I hung out at the Wayside a few times, the range every week, talked to DNA when he came by the slab. Raven is cool as shit. He has the abandoned teddy bears. I was trying to save money. I barely spent anything while I was there. I limited my going out because of that
need a Slab City in every state.
Maybe a pacific island is more suitable. Then they'll truly be "on their own" 😆
If you visit Slab City on the 1'st of each month, it looks like a Ghost Town. Why......... ? It's simple, everyone's in town picking up their Social security checks.
With what SS pays you pretty much have a choice of that, or a tree house. Personally I think they are better off in slab city then the streets of a city.
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306
You offered two choices: Treehouse or Slabcity how about a third ......get a job!!!!!
Social Security is on the 3rd generally, the 1st is for Supplemental Security Income. But yeah, we had a family who showed up thinking they would just lounge and get free donations and shade and food.
They ended up leaving after like 1 week to go to a different camp because they realized they had to help out to improve the community and Slab City, not just wait for their government benefits.
@@dustyroads5409 Not everyone can work, nor has the capacity to work.
Most of the people in Slab City have some sort of Head Trauma or Psychological problems that restrict their ability to hold a job or interact with society on a level for gainful employment.
People on Social Security have had jobs for 50 years. Educate yourself.
It looks like post apocalyptic Mad Max!! It looks like these folks are living on the fringes. People live here by choice, you tubers come out here to film by choice and to get bumped up on the you tube food chain. I think for the most part we get it.
Thanks for being real brother! Appreciate it!
You got me started down a long rabbit hole of urban exploration videos with this one. 😂
You’re welcome 😉
Ha no shit!!! 2 hours later😂
@@shawndickson4590 the worst is seeing the needle exchange guys come out there and pick up a BARREL FULL of dirty needles a month, so what, theyre all on junk or crak? yuk... how do they afford that? airbnb lmao
I’ve long been fascinated by videos of Slab City and part of the fascination is how creeped out I’ve been by some of the residents there who when they tell you that indeed there are vigilantes there who burn people out they find undesirable it’s wise to take them at their word. Anyone in his right mind who wants to go off grid can find land out in the desert where the authorities won’t care if you want to live in a small quonset hut or what not. You just need to be sure that whatever state you buy the land in is not hostile to off grid homesteads with alternative sanitation arrangements such as composting toilets or making absurd demands about electrification, water wells, septic tanks, or building codes. In other words stay the hell away from Colorado in particular.
An interesting book on this topic is RANCHO COSTA NADA The Dirt Cheap Desert Homestead by Phil Garlington. And in particular, don’t ever buy parcels of cheap land in Costilla County, Colorado. They used to tolerate outhouses with 400 gallon pump out tanks but then stopped grandfathering such homesteads in and started harassing people using armed building inspectors who drive around fining people for not having septic systems even though the water table there is FUBAR and not conducive to running a regular septic system. They also want everyone electrified even though most of the roads in the county lack power lines suspended from utility poles. I got rid of my 5.5 acre parcel by donating it to the Catholic homeless shelter in Alamosa as I finally realized to not bother with it anymore. Something in Arizona on the shores of Lake Mead would be a far better investment.
Cool let's go live in a pile of trash in the desert. Sounds super cool and alternative and not uncomfortable at all.
Lmao it is very nice 👍
yeah, like no make-up, who'd give a fuck about their hair and selfies?! NO Caramel Mocha Lattes and sand in every conceivable crevice of your body, all the time....OH, and I forgot the most important part about the rapist / mentally ill degenerates that proliferate the area....
My son looked over my shoulder as I was watching this video and asked if there was a zombie there, that it looked like a zombie apocalypse lol
Your son watches too much tv
fred sting no he doesn’t lol
Seriously though he does not but ok then since you know us so well....not
Thanks for Video, nice camper van. PLEASE EDIT VOLUME,
If I gotta adjust my VOLUME much more in this Video , I going to pull my hair out, and move to Slab City.
This is an old video. I think my videos are better with volume now! Sorry
The government needs to come in and put people in Services they need to get better. Some to rehab some to Mental Health Services and some just into shelters till they can readjust into society. Being free doesn't give you the right to destroy everyone else's land.
Thanks Paul for your time & Video Posted here. I've watched a lot of these various Videos from Slab City, content alone, I picked up that it wasn't all they hype it up to be. I've heard horror stories Posted on Slab City & I do believe its not a lovely, safe place for anyone outside of their little clicks. Wow, the abandoned building you entered & viewed appeared to be possibly lead paint there !
If you want to be safe go to Mojo's camp or Pondarosa. There are safe places just look around.
The Slabs are for a Certain type of person. There are only a few Kids there who get picked up for school by a real school Bus. Some have running water and Most have electricity. It's not as Bad as it's made out to be. Sure they have the same problems other towns have but it's out in the open for all to see so it makes it look worse. They are some Hearty folks living there and they are different but it's all in how you perceive it. If you go there loving ot then you will love it. If you go there Hating it you will hate it. Same as everywhere else.
slab city is known as "tweeker town" to the train hopping community..
Those in the train hopping community are known as "hobos" to regular society.
No they're not.. This is 2018 people just try to get them arrested and call them criminals.. Especially "rail fans"..
I've been a part of that community since the nineties.
yah they are, that's literally the meaning of the word hobo
David Folsom Modern train hoppers have none of the interaction with "society" that middle twentieth century "hobos" did..
The people who frequent or inhabit Slab City have nothing to do with the non-tweeker train hoppers; the closest thing to a "hobo" in 2018.. It also doesn't "literally" mean the the same thing..
Austin Friedner Everywhere but mostly middle-America where it's nice and rural. Most of the train-hopping celebrities on the net linger around densely populated regions for god knows why.. Bad stuff happens either around urban tracks or those small church towns.
Recently an experienced train hopper called "hobo stobe" got his backpack hooked by a amtrak at 65MPH and died. People think experience correlates to accident avoidance, but everyone gets jaded and lazy and stuff happens. People forget it's rapidly moving heavy metal..
A reflection of what we've become. Largely a redoubt for lost souls.
Either Slab City, or tent city, as in many locales in this once great country.
The winner take all economic system has beggared us.
Do not be too critical, one day you may have nothing as well.
I would love to test the radiation in air....theres a major reason it's abandon...
Yes, that, but, imagine what toxins are in the soil after 50 plus years of hordes of people peeing and pooping all over the place and throwing their trash on the ground.....everytime I hear someone saying they got into the "hot springs" there (a filthy dirty water hole) I cringe.....can you imagine the crap that is in that water? I have seen people taking water from the canal, running it through a bit of cloth and claiming it was fit to drink.....right, run off from all the cattle grazing areas and from the poop covered land along the canal.....full of insecticides, poop and heavens knows what else. Just to breathe the air with the dust blown up from the ground is toxic. Add the crime (like the pedophile filled Goonies Camp, the rapes, murders, robberies, the arson, and the meth heads) and why would anyone with one brain cell left ever go there? The meth heads will kill you for a darn nickel. There were some people that wanted to be "left alone" or to "live free" or to "live cheaply" for a long time, but, once the criminals moved in, it just became a dangerous, insane wasteland.
@@lindabass7871 Small input: When I moved to my property, I heard that the elderly former owner had ( for some reason) chosen not to use the bathroom in the house. They had used the wooded area toward the back of the property. I called the county health dept. and was told that human waste is broken down in 6 mos. So, while the people may renew the contamination, it doesn't build up.
Linda Bass yea any woman who goes in will be bleeding when she pees in a couple days after getting out
i was camping there playing music and I saw cops come through and I thought it was fro us. later I found out it was because someone got murdered. no big deal
When, names of victims?
@@IiquidSkys your sick
Why?
SAD/someone was killed/no accountability..toooo dicey
glad to watch your video. i was always curious about the place. i'm an old hippie from the 70's and thought this place would be a blast from the past, but it seems like there is more to it than meets the eye, dangerwise...Thx
That’s funny you said that…cause my place is all smiles, and trees and rainbows and happy flowers. My place is exactly that because nature made it that way and although my feet tread here, I do not interrupt or cause harm to. I let nature live and she lets me flourish. Be safe and walk in love. ❤
Those old buildings, look like they might have been old barracks.
Andrea W. Slab city is a abandoned base Duncan I think
The old abandoned buildings were once a roadside inn. I stayed there with my parents in the 1960's on a roadtrip to the Salton Sea. It was once a very beautiful place. Once the water dried up- so did the tourism & what you see is what is left of a once beautiful man-made place of amusement & recreation.
Andrea W. Your right
I live in San Diego abut 2 hours away from there and sometimes pass through but I never stop. Too crazy to do stop and take a chance
Where in Dago?
They torched my 71 VW bus. What kind of monster torches a 71 hippie bus???
Yeah. Slab City Sucks!!!
SoulJah Roch
Fuckin degenerates
SoulJah Roch If it was my vw bus id find out who did it n i would make them disappear its called a 115 grain hollow point
Richard Hudak
Lol fuck a gun, I’d take pleasure in doing it bare handed.
What was slab city like in 1971...?
Richard Hudak
I know who did it. That's all I'm sayin...
That's true anywhere in the world. People; always try to present themselves in the best life while fighting with their neighbor.
"I guess I'll see ya dancin' in the ruins tonight!" Blue Oyster Cult
Slab City is what you make it tho💜I chose to stick to the sunrise, sunsets, laughter, music, art and rainbows
Guess what’s confusing is with all those abandoned buildings why are slabbers in slab city and all those buildings abandon? Kind of odd it seems or is it monitored and off limits?
That would mean the hippies would have to clean up the inside of them and clearly they not capable or else it would have been done
@@budlit1854 you're an idiot. Slab City was started/founded by Vets who got fucked by the government, so they stayed when the bases shut down
To the OP- You're not very bright either, obviously.
The abandoned building is in a town near SC. If they move to the building, they are now on town limits where there are California rules.
Also, buildings, in that form, are not allowed to be built in SC....which is why you dont see any.
The name SLAB, came from the fact there were foundation slabs left when the Gov tore all the base buildings down.
Do your own research, off YT. You may gain some true knowledge
...I still don't understand why would anyone choose to live here. I would rather work 12hr days just for the mere comforts of life. It seems like its dog eat dog, u loose motivation due to some of the residents. Can u imagine waking up everyday surrounded by junk!! As I always say, that spring is nothing appealing. People been using it since the 40's, so u can IMAGINE what things are harvested in it!! Then Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, NONE of it is something I would waste time to go visit.
I guess I will stay living in the sunshine state of Florida!!!!
I wished that you had asked the police department about slab city!! To get their take on it.
The Netflix film "bad batch" is the best slab city doc. This is good though
Think about it, drugs, alcohol, endless sun, no water, no food mental illness etc. not a good combination
True, but is it better if they live on the streets of cities? At least out there no one has to see it unless they choose to.
Dude!! The Explorers was one of my favorite movies as a kid!
Me tooooooooo 😊 so good
Keep voting Democrat and this is how the whole country will be
Some of the art work installations out there that I've seen in yours and other videos would be sweet to see in my life
I'm from the midwest where people used to talk about Slab City like it was this mecca of hippy idealism and alternative living. I'm a little more grown up now and I realize it's really a homeless camp. The people there have problems that make them unable to integrate into society or live with others in a sustainable way. They get by taking advantage of others and living off of government hand-outs.
dirtnastyish oh! Living off gov’t handouts! Not unlike the corporate giants.
@@bertanelson8062 Liberal Lemming. But you'd never refuse your handouts. Dream on.
Thank you for the heads up and your honesty and perceptions
Sunlinebeeches Nomaddahtous thank you for watching!
he understates the truth about slab city: this is a brutal, dangerous place and "lord of the flies" should be required reading. speaking as a single female resident of many years.
ccwag wag why dont someone kill the troublemakers?
ccwag wag hey single lets couple
ccwagwag I gotta ask :(I know not my business but you put yourself out there), why are you still there and what is your survival strategy long term? This is a serious question?
R u still alive!?
@@williambranham6249 i bet she was doped too the moon.... thats about the only reason
If you want a Mad Max experience, Slab City is the place for you...
Is Lord Humungus there?
Looks like a good place to play some paintball.
I pulled my R V into slab city 2 years ago.I love the freedom the free plot of land I'm cool with everybody. I feel safe.But I will fight you if needed and evil doers since this.Been a good experience while I'm here so I'm staying this turned into my home.Its more dangerous where I come from.Peace out.
It wouldn't be so bad if they all had a tiny bit of happiness and respect for the area vs being so dark and negatively trashy.
Hmmmm. Food for thought.
What a garden spot! It looks like a big junkyard. Straight out of fallujah!
The only times I went out there was when Richard Knight was still alive to see salvation mountain and show others. And just to talk to Richard Knight. Such an awesome energy to be in the presence of. If you go looking for dark things out of curiosity or whatever you should go locked and loaded and in the right mindset. 😂😂😂
His Name Was LEONARD KNIGHT. SALVATION MOUNTAIN WAS DONE BY LEONARD KNIGHT. MY GRANPARENTS KNEW HIM VERY WELL. THEY BROUGHT HIM PAINT AND FOOD EVERY YEAR. HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON.
Bad things happen everywhere!!!!! Have you ever lived in an apartment complex? Anytime there are a lot of people in one place shit happens.
I lived at the Slabs for 2 years because I had no other choice ... arson and crime of all sorts is out of control at the slabs ...
Here's something to think about ..it's Legit to question Cops attitudes about the Slabs ,because we all should know that they often have bad attitudes about things they really shouldn't ... but when The Fire Dept tells you the Slab situation is horrible ..you really should take notice and trust them...
FYI ...those burnt out buildings near Maes Store and that building you're in down in Niland were torched by a crazy meth addict that loved to hang out at the Slabs ...
By the way ...here's something else for CZcamsrs who go to the Slabs and Candy-Coat that place to think about...the ones of you that do that are Directly responsible for one of your subs or viewers who go to the Slabs believing its simply an Artistic Paradise getting Hurt, raped or worse.
Thank you for not doing that ....it's unfortunate but actually true... Slab City really isn't a nice place to visit at all...the bad parts there outweigh any of the good things ...so as a person who lived there on foot being attacked by dogs and people at least 30 times during my stay ... I don't suggest anyone going there unless you have to...or you're the type of person who thinks arson and crime is acceptable ...
TheMobileHomestead wow... thank you for your comment and telling some of your story. I think my videos are honest and open. I think 90% of Americans should never even visit. Most people are not like me and you. Most people could not handle that place.
Actually I do think you are an honest and introspective person .... very few people out there hearing about the crime and arson problem at the Slabs would be intelligent enough to ask the Niland Fire Dept. to speak of this...
So I appreciate you for this ...
Although you were wrong about Gnomes Video...woman get beaten and Raped quite frequently at the Slabs ...if you had asked the fire dept about how many times they've sent ambulances up to the Slabs to transport the bloody bodies of women and girls that their boyfriends beat up and then passed her around for the scum to have sex with you would have heard many horror stories... that and much more is why the fire dept wants that hellhole shut down.
Even so... your Title on this Video ...What They Don’t Want You To Know ..is a perfect summation of what the Slabs is actually all about ....
The Slabs simply survives because of the ignorance of the people who visit there ...they rely on the Rubes to be impressed and wowed by the NOT Particularly Unique things they do ,and do their best to sweep under the carpet the real slab city story....
So if a person is Young or Old and dumb ..without a single clue about what goes on in their own country ..they're going to be super impressed by the Slabs Library , The Internet Cafe , The Range and a few other places there.... what these dummies don't know and Slab Hustlers who rely on donations from the perpetually uniformed don't want them to know is ..
1...There is Nothing Particularly Unique ,Cool and Edgy about running internet and sharing with others off of Solar power...LONG before anyone got internet at The Slabs ..Rvers have been running Solar Internet and sharing it with their friends all over the country...
2...There is Nothing Particularly Unique, Cool and Edgy about having an outdoor library ..hippy communes have been doing this since the 60's and the new Intentional Communities all do this right now ...
3...There is Nothing Particularly Unique ,Cool and Edgy about having a place where people get together and make music ...people have been doing this all across our country since the early 40's..
4...There is Nothing Particularly Unique ,Cool and Edgy about East Jesus Art Commune ... you see that same thing all through LA ,San Diego , Venice Beach , Mount Shasta ,Portland Oregon ,Seattle and a shitload of other places....
Unfortunately most people who visit the Slabs are not really travelers who have been anywhere ..so they don't know about this stuff .... so it's really easy to hustle them into believing that the place is one big Artistic Anarchist Paradise... so they don't see the massive piles of garage everywhere , they don't want to believe the unbelievably high rate of crime and arson there ... IE the Slabbers have them right where they want them..
This is when they pounce .... can you get me a beer , give me a ride ...hey baby want to check out our cool party hut...
TheMobileHomestead I do think these things horrible happen out there all the time. I just think in Gnome’s case, there’s more to the truth than we know. That’s all.
You were there for a measly week and don't have enough time or experience there to know how to tell a questionable story from a real one...
I was there for 2 straight Years on foot ,no vehicle and out of necessity got to know at least 85 percent of the people living there.
During those 2 miserable years ...22 camps and RV's were torched by people at The Slabs ...3 meth labs went up in flames also
5 people were found dead ...2 from natural causes ...1 was a guy beaten so severely at the Range he was dying from head injury's but didn't know that , wandered down to the hot springs and died in the springs.
the last 2 were murders which the cops never found the perps...
I was there when 6 SUVS full of Federal Marshals came to the Slabs to arrest a guy who everyone thought just went AWOL from the Air Force ..turns out he came to hide out at the Slabs because when he ran the day-care center on his base he was sexually abusing the kids.
I was there when the swat team came to arrest a meth Addict guy and his girlfriend who had pulled a gun on an imperial county road worker...
I was there when the girl who runs the Library ,Cornelius was taken away by the sheriffs dept for pulling a gun on someone she was afraid of...
I was there when 3 road girls didn't like what some other girl said ..so they lured her to an out of the way spot ..held her down and sliced her stomach open ,then for added shitz and giggles pulled her insides out.
I was there when two guys sliced each other up with a machete and needed to be air-lifted to the hospital.
I was there when some guy choked his wife so badly her eyes popped out of her head ..he hurt her so badly she will always be brain-dead .
I was there when some guy drugged a girl there and then pulled out a gun and forced another guy to fuk her.
I was there when 2 sick-minded Meth Addicted Families had their Children Taken away for horrific abuses.
I was there when some kids in a car went down the 'Wrong Road'..they got stopped by a gang of crazy people who threatened to beat them to pulp if the guys girlfriend didn't have sex with them...which out of terror she did...but they still beat the boyfriend to a bloody pulp.
I was there when a woman got attacked by vicious dogs and died from it.
I lived there and got to know a lot of other things that went on in that dump ..so when someone says that they drove a couple to the hospital after a rape .. I have NO REASON to not believe them because the same thing has happened many times at the Slabs...
So do me a favor Stay Honest ..but stay out of judging something you don't know anything about.
TheMobileHomestead ok yeah I hear you. It’s a fucked up place. I am glad I’m gone.
Awesome drone footage of the Graffiti in the slab's.
Those abandoned buildings look like they were pretty sad even when they were brand new. Super tiny and windows everywhere so you had no privacy.
Was hoping to see the bad things you spoke about? , what exactly gave you the bad vibe? What things did you see that you didn’t like that you didn’t show? Really curious, I live in upstate N.Y. In the beautiful Catskill mountains. Have been watching different videos about slab city, grabbed my interest because it reminds me Kinda if Woodstock ny with the kind of art displayed everywhere and the free spirited people they have disconnected from society. Usually in these places there is a bad element, mental illness, drugs, a loss of self, no care for personal hygiene or health. But mixed in some people who want to carve out a peaceful existence away from the world and not be bothered by anyone or anything and these places always attract a type of people looking to go someplace to let loose and do whatever they want and get fucked up, trashed and fuck with others and ruin someone’s good time and be obnoxious. People should start realizing that life is what you make it no matter where you are, you don’t have to escape to some wasteland in the dessert that the most of society doesn’t care about . I’ve sometimes considered escaping to a place like that when life gets unbearable, when the world you live in just isn’t enough and you feel there isn’t anything here for me. I call this the grass is greener syndrome. Everyone always thinks someplace else is better, people in other places are better, different. I be realized that no matter where you go, whatever reasons you are escaping, those reasons follow you and you will find the same people you wished to escape from the same scenarios will fallow you no matter where you go. You have to change from within and find the core issues from which you are running from. Once you find inner peace it will be with you wherever you are and it will attract the life you are looking for. We make our own way in this world and we make our own happiness it can’t be found in a particular place. I’m curious why you went and what you saw. Would love to hear your experience and others. Thanks for sharing and look forward to hearing from you.
Nothing bad happens where there are no laws or rules, right? Yeah right! Common sense folks, lots of people with shady past living together with no laws and rules, of course, there are going to be shit that goes down. They are there to escape the law and do what ever they want. If you're there you should always be looking over shoulder.
There’s going to be crime in any society you can’t help it
except police are a drain on society and there is thousands upon thousands of hours of video evidence to back up my claim. if you shoot a home invader under current system they can sue you for damages even though they broke into your house. In a truly free society you just shoot him in the head and drag him out and the problem is solved. cops and laws just bring a whole slew of bullshit. Don't steal, rape, murder, or break into soneone property/trespass and we would have a safe society. If you break these rules you forfeit your life it's that simple. No court dates and missing work or law suits just good old fashion justice.
That " lawless" shit is exactly that, bullshit. In fact, the more it is openly and obnoxiously broadcasted the more the police will show you how lawless it is. They say it's lawless, because there is no police department and police are 30 minutes away. The sheriffs drive through this place everyday. The laws of the U.S. applies to this dumpster in the desert as well.
Now, it is true that there isn't a huge police presence. You can openly drink, snort coke on the bar, take acid and run around naked for the most part, but if someone calls the cops you will be handled just like anyone else. You can also imagine there are MULTIPLE informants that benefits from turning others in. I mean, anyone can throw on a tye dye shirt and sandals and ask around for some meth or LSD. They could even live there and just pass on information to the police. The police will also give these informants pictures of wanted child predators and other fugitives. Once they spot anyone that has a warrant or is wanted, they simply make a phone call. Otherwise, how would the cops even know the fugitives are there?
Slab City is chill... Its just like anywhere else, if you want trouble you can find it. If you want to mind your own business and do your own thing, you can do that too with no problems. Anyway, nice footage of East Jesus sir.
thanks man
I had no idea that there was a place like this, thats crazy
Fallon Chan it is realer than real
I get that all the time from city folks
Fallon Chan into the wild
That's a beautiful story.
Better to live in the forest, not in someones shit. Go figure.
This is the best place for these folks. If you generate enough negative publicity, there are people in The State who, because of who and what they are, simply cannot leave others alone. Those people WILL destroy the lives of the residents whose discourse and living differs from their own. Regulate, commercialize, or close down The Slabs? Where do you expect them to go? With any luck, they would cut a hole in the walls around your gated communities and compounds, lean some pallets up under your bedroom windows, and become YOUR neighbors. Those who cannot stand to leave their neighbors unmolested deserve to be driven out of their enclaves in San Francisco and Bel Aire.
But ... these people are the powerless. Leave them alone.
Did they tell you what percentage of the calls are at the slabs? I think people glamorize the place due to the artistic component.
Only whotes would call that trash art lmfao
As a single woman I stay over at the slabs every chance I get, going to and from Tucson.... never had a problem ...
Sure there are plenty of great stories there.
I agree, whoever did those graffities did a good job, it is still heartbreaking
I agree with ya. Heartbreak is a common feeling out there
Everyone there is from somewhere.
Everyone there has or has had
someone who found joy in their being
someone.
Someone.
Everyone there is a person with a soul.
Everyone there has a heart yet we see
No one
Pretty much sandy shores is Slab City in GTA V.
w6rl0rd exactly
No Sandy shores is based off Salton city
Salvation mountain is in there as well.
CZcams ruined The Slab. Back in the day it was a great place to boondock without being hassled. Now it's just like under any LA overpass. And after watching the whole video, that wasn't even slab city. That's a private residence well outside. There is no power or running water at the slabs.
You didn't seem to be in any danger as you were walking around filming. You seemed more afraid on that traffic stop on the highway where they search your car after the dog alerted. The exact thing people go out there for. To escape the STATIST MINDSET.
You can do that in the mountains of Tennessee or out in big sky country.
Don't have to be in a God forsaken desert full of tweakers.
You can actually have land to grow food on, raise livestock & have plenty of access to water.
@@pewpewTN wait for real tho?
@@pewpewTNlol no.
Looks cool. I love quirky places.
For the wanted and the unwanted. I would like to see the place out of curiosity. It is not on my short list for my dream retirement.
Junkies can ruin anything. Eliminate them, and its a whole different place.
I’ve heard in many other video’s here that if the people at Slab City don’t like you they burn your home down!!! I saw this in newer videos than yours. 10 years ago it wasn’t that bad but now with the Tweakers it’s even worse than ever.
DANGEROUS PL.
That's not entirely true. People are given many chances, but I'd you break local rules or get arrested and taken...then yeah, your shit will be deservedly burned.
Its called instant justice
That's not entirely true. People are given many chances, but If you continually break local rules, mess with kids, or get arrested and taken...then yeah, your shit will be deservedly burned.
Its called instant justice
Something was oddly hilarious about looking at Colonel Sanders grinning on that chicken box as it gently burnt.
TrueTrife I thought so too!