Formulae Relating to Tramps and Hobos

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"North America" = Economic Potential + Room to Roam Person + Willingness to Roam in Pursuit of Economic Potential = "American" Person + Need to Roam, Not Necessarily for Economic Reasons = "Tramp" Tramp + Freight Train + Work = "Hobo" U.S. Economic Depression, 1870s + Railroads and the Open Road = Tens of Thousands of Tramps Tens of Thousands of Tramps + Harper's Weekly et al. + Party Politics of the 1860s-1900s = "Tramp Menace" Tramp - Ability to Travel = "Bum" Bum + Contemporary Perspective = "Homeless" Homelessness - Perspective = "Bums" Tramp + Automobile = "Rubber Tramp" Talking About Hobos = "Nostalgia" Freight Trains - Hobos = [photos by Hans Hansen] Young People Who Will Not Fit In = "Nothing New, and No Problem" Young People Who Cannot Fit In = "A Problem" Young People Who Cannot or Will Not Fit In + Freight Trains/Hitch Hiking/Greyhound = "Travelin' Kids" Travelin' Kid + Overwhelming Personal Problems = "Tragedy" Travelin' Kid - Overwhelming Personal Problems = "Tramp" Hobo - Freight Train = Today's "Migrant Laborer"