Comments on: How to Be a Hobo

By: Donny

Donny — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:55:53 +0000

I’ve always loved the idea of traveling the country, but I’m too proud for this kind of life. I decided to be a trucker instead.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:39:14 +0000

Been a hobo too myself sometimes, planning further misadventures down the road.

Lots of ninnies on this here, the only real issue seperating 2000s from the 30s is a shrinking crime rate with many fold over paranoia.
A hobo works for their money, thats why they’re called hobos and not bums. As far as “leeching off society”, the footprint of a man living off $100 a month is smaller on society and nature than one who spends as much coffee harvested by amoral corporations through immoral means.

By: Chris Dean

Chris Dean — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:30:03 +0000

I think homeless are actually hobo’s.

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:41:21 +0000

i’d love to be a hobo one day and also i want a unicorn for a pet :)

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:04:16 +0000

Ah, if only cigarette prices allowed people to be so liberal with their tobacco nowadays… Or maybe I’m just too used to the hardened city people.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:32:09 +0000

“A Bum loafs and sits, a Tramp loafs and moves around, but a Hobo works, and he’s clean”.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:29:54 +0000

Interesting read. When I was a young teen, I used to enjoy hitch hiking, and even ran away from home hitch hiking with a classmate. We got caught because our parents were not going to go along with us leaving home to be on our own at 16 yrs, and I cannot blame them. Some times I wonder how I lived through it without a scratch. I enjoyed meeting people. I was not getting in cars with thugs, and I rode with some of the nicest people in some of the nicest cars or trucks and even an 18 wheeler once.

Now my BF is talking about survival in case of a meltdown, and we both have camping and backpacking equipment ready, and weapons for fighting for our lives if necessary. But if the sh*t doesn’t hit the fan, it might be nice to go on a hike and camp out more often, just to enjoy nature.

By: Puzzled

Puzzled — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:37:16 +0000

What’s this talk about the hobo as “relying only on [yourself]“? In case you haven’t noticed, the stock in trade is taking from others what they’re willing to give you. Hardly self-reliance.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:08:50 +0000

This post caught my eye because it’s something I’ve considered as an alternative. I’m 71 in good health, with lots of knowledge and skills I haven’t been able to turn into cash. I’m a burden on a loving family, and I’ve sometimes thought the loving thing I could do is head on out. I was thinking more in terms of cultures where the old are sent out to die from exposure, but maybe I could do better than that.

By: Duke Mantee

Duke Mantee — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:28:53 +0000

I wish there weren’t so many criminals and insane people around because people are so much less trusting than they used to be, and for good reason. You cannot even smile and talk to a kid anymore without somebody thinking you’re a criminal. Same goes for hitching rides. The social dysfunctionality has made it rougher on hobos than it was in the 1930s.