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Theory of Everything | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 No. Too many educated people here. Slab city is maybe a little bit like NOSTR, But only because people will get offended. Not going to learn much at Slab City except how to cook meth and steal Sudafed.
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7fqx | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Lol maybe. But I was thinking people building their own clients (some more ramshackle than others), wanting to be away from (a lot of) regulation, also building community.

There's probably a lot of ex-white collar workers in slab city, academics, and otherwise accomplished people who have burnt out or escaped for various reasons. Drugs and mental health issues mostly, probably.
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Theory of Everything | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don’t think there is much of a long list of “white collar workers” in slab city. More like retired truck drivers or people who never had a “career” in the first place. Living in your parents basement has become a status. These are people who have no basement.