Slammunity - Slab City Short Documentary 

I'm glad you loved it! I really wanted to be true to the community and the people and I'm glad people felt that way watching it!

He is at the restaurant in Niland.

Lurp was definitely one of the best parts of going to the Slabs, hope to see him again next time I'm out there!

Oh wow, that's amazing! I hope he was one of the people I was able to meet while I was out there, there was so many amazing people but I couldn't talk to all of them on camera, but I hope he continues loving his current adventure!

@@TheLoganBoles did you go to the handlebar? He's usually there or by the skatepark..he goes by heylel..got dark skin,short dreads n tattoos.. he's a nice kid.. usually carries around a guitar..tht wld be cool if you talked to him!

I moved and live in Santa Monica. I knew no one at first. I made an effort to meet and know my neighborhood and neighbors. Did she?

He's an entertainer

Thanks man! Hoping to be out there again sometime soon, hopefully can catch you next time I visit!

We talking legends? Cause that's all you bro! Glad you got to witness the journey that brought this together!

There should have been a follow up question. When did they shut it off? I was there for the first time in 1979, long before any of these rejects have been and I can assure you there was no municipal water then.

Thank you so much Karina!

Thank you, glad you liked it!

Honestly, the smell isn't bad, but there were a few locations were the flies were more prominent than in other areas. However, having grown up in the desert most of my life, it wasn't out of the ordinary, just less AC than I'm used to!

Thanks! I'll have to check out your video next!

@@TheLoganBoles :D

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Thank you!

Coming from an absolute KING, this means a lot!

You were there as a child? Did you visit on a vacation or have family/friends that lived there?

I'm always down to work with people to make more documentaries!

Thank you so much! I'm glad that this has been able to help you! Hope you're researching goes well!

While I was out there, I did actually intend to interview Builder Bill, but he was unavailable to be interviewed while I was out there and I couldn't make another trip out during the time frame to attempt to reach him again. To my knowledge he should still be alive, unless he's passed away since May, which would be news to me.

@@TheLoganBoles Thanks so much for your update Logan. It's appreciated. I've grown fond of many Slabbers over time and Bill heads the top of the list so it's good to hear. Stay well💛

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Imagine thinking basic human rights should cost money, cringe.

@@TheLoganBoles So you 'cringe' & don't pay for your water bc it's a basic human right? I, like many others, work & pay for what we need, like it or not. Perhaps if you feel so strongly about our human rights, you could have done a video by interviewing the law makers that make you & others cringe, & demand that our rights are respected? didn't think so... Portraying slabcity as a place of freedom & happiness, no work & drugs is the solution? Is that your message? There are so many ways a person can better their lives, running away to live on drugs, & live in squalor isn't the answer. You seem to glamorise this lifestyle & portray it as something that it isn't. Why not portray the ' other side' of that 'city', so that young ppl aren't totally misled & actually think it's worth throwing their life away to move to a place to simply use drugs & alcohol freely, to not work & who would fund this lifestyle? I wonder whether you reside in this place or somewhere similar? Or do you enjoy air con, hot showers, a normal roof over your head?

@@TheLoganBoles I first went to the slabs in 1979 . There was no municipal water then. It's a shame you did not ask a follow up question as to when and why the municipal water was shut off. What actually happened (from people who have camped there long prior to myself) was when the base was decommissioned, all services were cut off. No more water , no more latrine sewage or power. I have a difficult time with the entitlement some people have. If they want that basic human right as you call it, the solution is simple. Move to where it is accessible. Or they could pay to have these services brought to them like the hundreds of millions of people do without question because they know it costs to have infrastructure, and people to maintain it. The vast majority of us understand this and don't have that sense of entitlement and gladly contribute to society to ensure we have these luxuries such as a water system, environmentally friendly sewage treatment and electricity. If these people want to get up at 7 AM and smoke a joint. Good for them. Just don't expect everyone else to finance it.

@@mikebrown9781 Absolutely well stated! 👍

@@VK-qo1gm Well stated!

Yardy know it brother, and you're coming next time we go, right?

Completely agree, people can and will do whatever they choose to, and when given the choice and agency, proper communities can form that will be able to best suit the needs of everyone involved!

Be fair... Meth is everywhere And no one in this video does meth

You can definitely go build in Slabs, you just gotta spend a few days/weeks meeting folks before you put down your spot. You don't claim land, you just gotta be copacetic with your neighbors, and they'll find you a plot.

@@Jacksirrom thanks for your time, jeff

The minute you leave it unattended some of the scum tweakers would rob you and burn it down.

As someone who also has arthritis (I injured my knee at a young age), as far as climate goes, it’s definitely one of the better places to be. That being said, unless you have an RV or something that won’t take hard work to put together, i don’t know if I’d recommend it. Setting up a place to call your own out there is hard work, and unless you want to put in the effort, it might be more difficult than dealing with your arthritis already. That being said, the winter’s would definitely be easier.

California, in Imperial County!

Town 4 miles away is Niland

Your world view must be disappointingly small if that’s all you gathered from this. The most I can hope for you is that you find a way to get out of your comfort zone and learn to realize the beauty in things instead of seeing the world the way it has always been fed to you.

@@TheLoganBoles Logan these people live like they are in a 3rd world country. I like the fact that I can use the restroom like a civilized person and I can shower and keep myself clean. 9 out of 10 people that live in slab city all have a few things in common, they are drunks, addicted to drugs, very lazy, never finished school, running from the police, spent time in jail or prison but I’m looking at all this wrong. Just think what our world would be like if all of us were just like those 9 out of 10 people in slab city. They all claim to just want to live free of government rules and do art, really you actually believe this crap. Get off you ass, go to work every day it takes to support yourself and family and do your art work. Why is that so hard, well it’s because they are lazy drunks that want to smoke weed all day.

@@nathanurick8320 Comparing their lifestyles to that of a third world country and calling yourself civilized tells me all I need to know. Think what you want and have your opinions, but remember, what they’re doing isn’t harming you, so the high horse you’re choosing to ride is quite irrelevant. And last I checked, I didn’t realize you were the moral arbiter who decided what constitutes a life being lived properly. As far as I’m concerned, they’re good people, regardless of any addictions or choices they’ve made, because they’re people just like you or me. Compassion is a virtue you seem to be severely lacking in. Might I recommend rewatching the documentary to get a better idea of it?

@@TheLoganBoles Logan I live in a world that has sewer and running water for a reason. These people in the slabs live just like people in 3rd world countries. If a dozen of them pulled up next to your house and set up camp would you like that. I’m assuming you have a house.

@@nathanurick8320 The difference between you and myself is I do not live in a world of aesthetics. I live in a townhouse as a college student and have quite literally had homeless people posted up in front of my front door. And you know what my reaction has been? Nothing, because they do not cause me any issues. To only see people that choose to live their lives in this way as a hinderance to yourself shows you don’t see them as humanely as you see yourself, which says a lot about your character as an individual. Again you keep conflating third world countries with a negative connotation, which begs the question in my view, what is wrong to you with third world countries? Do you simply believe you live a more civilized life than them? Does that make you better than them?