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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Travelers are gypsies. We're these people gypsies? Or were they just middle class white homeless kids?[/quote]

"Travelers" is a British euphemism for what we Americans called "crusties." And yes, the term is a spin-off from the New Age and Roma Travelers that live in the UK and Ireland.

Obviously, the name Crustie is derogatory so it's no surprise that they self-identify as "travelers."

And no, I'd venture to say that most of the Crusties are NOT middle class white kids. Many are from poor families, children of prostitutes or addicts, running away from a broken home, scarred by abuse (physical or sexual), or are a product of the foster home system. Or, most likely, a combination of those listed factors. They are literally the children that "fell through the cracks."[/quote]

Crusty isn't derogatory. They call themselves "crusty punks" and "gutter punks". And yes, they are mostly middle class white kids. I'm sure there is the odd few that fell through the cracks, but for the most part no.[/quote]

Middle class means what exactly? Last I checked families who make $20K to over $250K are all considered middle class in America. [/quote]

You are splitting semantics now. Most of these "kids" are travelers by choice. As a few who live in the area attested to, most could easily head back to their middle class homes, if their drug fog ever lifted.[/quote]

I think you are severely discounting the degree trauma people in this sub-culture have experienced and rampant mental illness.

If they had somewhere positive they could go (i.e. a normal, health middle class home & family), most of them wouldn't be out traveling. [/quote]

Um traveling is like a thing with some millennials. Chris McCandless is their god/hero.[/quote]

And Chris McCandless, even though he was "middle class", suffered horrible abuse throughout his childhood. [/quote]

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