Answer to Question #191733 in English for Makaia Hill

Question

During his travels, Chris McCandless came through the Imperial Valley, with stops in the Salton Sea area and Slab City. What are your thoughts about this part of his journey?

Answer 1

Chris McCandless thoughts about this part of his journey is that;

Imperial Valley is found in southern California.

Imperial Valley, intensively irrigated part of the Colorado Desert, mainly in Imperial county, southern California, U.S. The valley extends southward for 50 miles (80 km) from the southern end of the Salton Sea (a saline lake) into Mexico.

Imperial Valley is well known since its economy is based on agriculture. Imperial Valley was so named by the Imperial Land Company, in hopes of attracting settlers. It is now the home of the El Centro metropolitan area and also an economic center of California's government defined "South Border"