The Hobos of Instagram
Eight decades after the Great Depression, there are still those Americans who get by doing odd jobs or busking for spare change, traveling the country in beat up cars and sneaking their way onto freight trains. But just as they’ve long since traded their bindles for modern backpacks, vagrants, like the rest of the world, have eagerly adopted the internet, smartphones, and other affordable, portable digital tools to help them find short-term work, navigate with GPS and simply stay in touch with family and friends.
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