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The Depression The Worst Of Times: 1930-1933 The Depression hit the country hard, and go worse as time went on, yet you would not be able to tell from just looking outside. Unemployed men and their families would not just find some place on the street to live; there were certain places designated for them. For example, on the edge of town, people would be huddling around a bonfire or a municipal incinerator just to keep warm, or even scrounging around dumpsters looking for food. No one but those experiencing it could explain what it felt like to live in poverty. Most of the agony of the people was hidden. People would have to sell their houses, move into little apartments or basements, and do odd jobs for the landlords in return for a room for the night. These people were distinguished as the “deserving poor” rather than as the people who did not want to work for their food. If there had only been a few of these “deserving poor,” then charity services would have taken care of them; but the numbers were too large. In December of 1929, 3 million people were people, poor, live, just, hoover, food, depression, work, whole, unemployed, outside, out, money, miners, million, made, looking, life, learn, know, jobs, give, deserving, charity, care, came, article, around, am, yet, worst, worse, world, wild, ways