… Have Slab City residents found a squatter's paradise in decidedly anti-squatter California?
Without a doubt, there are some pressing social problems in the area, including inadequate …

… Slab City has been variously described as a “squatters’ paradise” (Bry and Rissolo 2001),
an anarcho-republic (Gercke 2024), a trailer park utopia (Perry 2011), “the most dangerous …

… called it, the outback, where the true squatters lived" (733). In this place … paradise, having
found a haven of grace in destitution and a lyrical haven of poetry on the stark slabs of Slab City…

… call a place like Slab City home. Slab City is an unofficial com m unity of squatters living on
the … My precious tropical landscaping, my illusion of paradise would wither and die. The world …

… This study traces the transition of Slab City, California, from a military camp to a squatter …
Of interest, and what distinguishes this study from past scholarship on Slab City, is its emphasis …

… “Slab City” explores the former military base turned squatter’s paradise in California that is
known simply as Slab City… Du Bry provides an interesting assessment of Slab City’s relevance …

… to Slab City, an abandoned 640-acre Marine Corps base where a makeshift community of
‘‘snowbirds’’ with recreational vehicles and other modern day nomads have squatted … paradise …

… , be it owned, donated, or squatted. Landscape art depends on … , united to somewhat gentrify
Slab City, and sought funding. … Slab City is a haven for campers from all economic status. …

… The city cannibalizes its people, creating what Victor Hugo once called a “paradise of the
rich...… On the Lower East Side, a makeshift cadre of squatters fought a twenty-year battle to win …

… paradise, trying to get inside their vision of a better world. The belief in an attainable paradise
… Neither definitions of paradise nor modes of attempted entry remain stable over time; this …