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:''Note that this website is mainly about [[hitchhiking]], another free form of transport, which is much more legal and especially more safe.''
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<div class="alert alert-success">''Note that this website is mainly about [[hitchhiking]], another free form of transport, which is much more legal and especially more safe.''</div>
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'''Freight hopping''' became a common means of transportation in the [[United States]] following the American Civil War as the railroads began pushing westward, especially among migrant workers who became known as hobos. It continued to be widely used by the destitute and those unable to afford other transportation, especially during times of widespread economic dislocation such as the Great Depression.
