From Hoovervilles to Suburbs
By Asher Edgar, volunteer blog writer at Mentor A Promise By Hmalcolm03 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, link "I do not believe that Hooverville differs much from any other shanty town. It has just gained more notoriety. Hooverville is just another shanty town, where on nine and one-half acres of ground many shacks are located, some good, some poor, but to us shanty dwellers, be they ever so humble, they are Home, Sweet Home." [1] Hoovervilles, also commonly referred to as 'Shantytowns,' were communities formed by the unemployed and unhoused during the Great Depression, sarcastically named after President Herbert Hoover. The Great Depression being a time in American History (1929-1939) which it faced the worst economic depression it has ever endured. [2] [3] In such a time where the unemployment rate, cost of housing, and economic depression were all running rampant it became only natural that like minded people struggling through the same financial situations would come t...
