Was it legal to be a Hobo during the Great Depression?
        
        
     
    
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        I really can't say for sure, but my Dad did his thesis on Hobo life while attending the University of Florida during the depression, and he spent the summer "riding-the-rails".  He often spoke of the comraderie of Hobos, but never mentioned if it was legal or not.