Yeah, the image of a sack-of-crap-on-a-stick-carrying, can-of-beans-eating, train-jumping-on-and-subsequently-sleeping-in hobo was iconic back in the day. Of course today it's less feasible due to lack of coal trains with open boxcars, wooded areas devoid of human life, and the public's current view of homeless people. On the other hand, now you've got hitchhiking, which certainly adds to the adventure with the thrilling possibility of being picked up by a cereal killer.