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1. HOPPING
FREIGHT
TRAINS
WITH THE
DIRTY
KIDS
A new wave of nomadic, homeless youth travel state
to state while hitchhiking, sleeping in cars, and
hopping freight trains. Dirty Kid Smerph also goes by
White Trash because of the tattoos on his face that he
got while serving time in Angola prison, Lousiana
(top). Dirty Kid Bambi throws her arms up while on
the road (bottom right). Bambi and Travis try to
hitchhike out of Bowling Green, Kentucky (bottom
left). A group of Dirty Kids wait for a freight to
slow down (middle left).
Photos by EMILY KASK/The New York Times