>>“When I came out here in the ‘90s,” he says “it was like old-time hippies. Peace… love… flower children. You know, everybody was so kind to each other.” But in recent years, he says, meth addicts have caused endless problems. “You see people walking around and talking to themselves,” he says. “And they don’t seem to get along with their imaginary friends because they are yelling and screaming at them.” [...] Most of the money that comes into the community is brought in by the numerous artists living on the site, who sell their work to curious visitors that have driven out from San Diego or Los Angeles. Some of the art is too big to sell though. A vast installation called Salvation Mountain, created by local Leonard Knight was described by California Senator Barbara Boxer as "a unique and visionary sculpture... a national treasure.”