Living Without Laws: Slab City

For a few moments I thought Vice had done a documentary about California's once prosperous, now perilous Salton Sea hellhole, but I soon realized this city was a whole new level of crazy. Located in Southeastern California, the site is mainly used by offroaders, but is also home to thousands of 'campers' and marginal folk who have made the inhospitable, amenity free area their own home. Why Slab City? The name came from giant slabs left behind when Camp Dunlap, a WWII era Marine Corp base was decommissioned in October 1961.

Despite the madness, all the hippies, tweakers, vets and other folk that the Vice crew ran into during their time at the camp seemed pretty damn friendly and focused on one thing: Peace of mind. Can't say I couldn't use some of that myself as of late.