"Riding the Rails." American Experience. WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013. Web. 4 Nov. 2016. I wanted to know if it was common to leave your family and get away after the Great Depression. “Some Americans left their homes to escape poverty or troubled families.” Many people would leave their families and hop on trains to get away, but it was very dangerous and illegal to do so. The people running away wanted a better life and thought they would get one. Most Americans and teens became hobos, because they had nowhere to go and no money.
Tapia Granados, José A., and Ana V. Diez Roux. “Life and Death during the Great Depression.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.41 (2009): 17290–17295. PMC. Web. 4 Nov. 2016. I also thought suicide was a big part during this time period. I thought Willy could have killed herself to get away from everything. Suicide only increased by two percent. Suicides were more common than people dying by diseases and sicknesses. Car accidents were also less common than suicide deaths. There was also an increase in smoking and alcoholism, which can lead to