I do think, however, that you can find dialogues like that by searching the STP forums, rather than starting a new thread dedicated to a question that has been asked/answered a million times before.
So yeah, search that on STP before asking about it, for sure.
And, I do think there is a fundamental difference between searching on STP and searching on google. One is a dynamic dialogue and the other is either a static information site or a heavily edited wikipedia page with no personal stories.
It's all made up of things that people have put in to begin with though. and for sure, searching on google for relevant topics to STP, you will find a lot of STP threads. You will find other forums, as well as the "official" slab city website, made up by people who are a lot more connected to the slabs than anyone on here.
Google doesnt really discriminate on the information being dynamic or static, and google analytics is based on the amount of hits that information source gets (IE more hits=more popular knowledge=closer to first results returned...)
Maybe the way the question is presented would make a big difference. When you are on here and ask a straight forward question, such as, "What is Slab City?", maybe you are implying something else, but it comes across to me as searching for more practical knowledge than personal experience. If someone asked "What is your experience with slab city? What do you like about Slab City" I think the answers would be a lot different.
I dont mean to be so technocratic, but its not really a debate of semantics. When you are making a thread searching for particular information, please, google it first. I'm not going to make a thread asking someone for the current weather in Omaha, or how much an Ipod costs... I will google it. (look it up, research it... probably using google.). If I want to know How people feel about wintering over in Omaha, or if an Ipod is worth the cost, I personally will probably do a bit of research as well, but to mix in the human elelment, sure, I could ask people on STP, who I can assume might have a different opinion than popular knowledge.
I get what y'all are saying, in wanting a personal perspective on things, but some things are not personal perspectives, they are a matter of common knowledge, and I think it's shitty to expect someone else to take their time to give you the answer to something you could find on your own. I am actually the only one in this thread so far, who actually took the time to answer the fucking question, Y'all have some experience with the slabs? wanna post it here instead of just trolling?