Teens Hopping Freights

[WhoozOn1st]

In journalistic slang a story like this is called a "think piece." "Column One" is a regular L.A. Times front page feature, and covers a wide spectrum of topics outside the realm of hard news. Often the articles focus in depth on fairly obscure elements of American and other cultures. This one seems distinctly American:

On the run from everything but each other

Includes photo gallery.

 

[Carter]

Thanks for that. I thought the article was pretty fair. Anytime kids like those two show up in our local paper the attitude is usually "they need a haircut and a job."

 

[nr272]

Nice article, but for some reason I can't view the photo gallery. I find the whole sub-culture very interesting and I can definitely see the attraction in riding the rails.

 

[Green Maned Lion]

... That sounds just like a story I am writing.