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Slab City, near Niland, California and between Palm Springs and San Diego, is a desolate place in the desert that used to be owned by the government. The buildings were removed long ago leaving just the concrete slabs. Summer temperatures reach 120, so it's a special breed that call the place home.
  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Leonard Knight lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. Knight spent 14 years painting a hillside religious tribute seen at the entrance to Slab City. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: The entrance to Slab City, a squatter paradise in Niland, California. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Woody, a retired truck driver, lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Kids play on abandoned cars inside Slab City, a squatter paradise in Niland, California. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Anita Parman lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Kids play on abandoned cars inside Slab City, a squatter paradise in Niland, California. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Woody, a retired truck driver, lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Leonard Knight lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. Knight spent 14 years painting a hillside religious tribute seen at the entrance to Slab City. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Trailers dot the desert inside Slab City, a squatter paradise in Niland, California. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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  • NILAND, CA, 1999: Woody, a retired truck driver, lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. By photographer Todd Bigelow
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