Few people move to the Mojave Desert by choice. It’s usually the last stop on a long road of regrettable decisions and bad luck, a vast dumping ground for everything too poor, dumb, and ugly for Los Angeles and its gentler climate. Looking for a nice little bank-owned stucco box surrounded by thousands of other foreclosures? Not moving up the Gang Management ladder back in L.A.? Want to bomb things for the Marines by day and burglarize houses in Barstow by night? Got a disability check and a neckload of tattoos? Child support payments cramping your style? Need to dress up in a multi-colored rubber suit and ride a motorized dildo in dust-cloud circles around your double wide? [Los Angeles CityBeat - Too Poor, Dumb, and Ugly]

Few people move to the Mojave Desert by choice. It’s usually the last stop on a long road of regrettable decisions and bad luck, a vast dumping ground for everything too poor, dumb, and ugly for Los Angeles and its gentler climate. Looking for a nice little bank-owned stucco box surrounded by thousands of other foreclosures? Not moving up the Gang Management ladder back in L.A.? Want to bomb things for the Marines by day and burglarize houses in Barstow by night? Got a disability check and a neckload of tattoos? Child support payments cramping your style? Need to dress up in a multi-colored rubber suit and ride a motorized dildo in dust-cloud circles around your double wide? [Los Angeles CityBeat - Too Poor, Dumb, and Ugly]

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