Suggestion for expanding article Hello I was just checking out the main page and noticed there is no hobos now or hobos in North America today section Fact of the matter is there is a huge explosion in tent cities and homeless in USA and obviously the same dynamic as in the 1930s Great Depression e g massive economic downturn super hi layoffs equals more and more hobos and homeless Man San Francisco is full of homeless vagrants as is Portland Oregon Fact of the matter is there is a HUGE homeless encampment by the PDX Portland Airport There are loads of folks living out of their cars nowadays or in friend s cars The term hobo applies to these folks today facing such hard times going city to city by train hitchhike etc