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Hoovervilles
- The encampments of the poor and homeless that sprang up during the Great Depression . They were named with ironic intent after President Herbert Hoover , who was in office when the depression started.
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They call their tent city Romneyville, a play on the Hoovervilles, shantytowns of the Great Depression.
From The Daily Beast
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