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‘Slab City’ squatters seek refuge from recession in Calif. desert

The Lookout

October 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM

About 200 Americans are living in a decommissioned Marine training base in the middle of the California desert called "Slab City." Evelyn Nieves profiles some of the squatters--most of them victims of the recession--here.

(Via Gawker)

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