Talk:Hooverville

Dr Who Citation
That doctor Who citation is premature. The second of the two episodes doesn't air for another week yet at time of writing. Who says it ever will?

If you were to have the attention span to stay past the end credits, you would have noticed that the trailer for evolution of the daleks clearly shows the inhabitants of Hooverville defending themselves against the Daleks. --Andy mci 19:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

And if WW3 starts before 28 April, the second of the two episodes will not air on 28 April as planned. Articles should not refer to future events as if they have already occurred.
 * It violates WP:CRYSTAL but I'm too lazy to bother. In general references should not be written that way. --Dhartung | Talk 22:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I think we came out of the depression like champs yeah the united states always manages to pull it off

> "In New York a street was dedicated to children's games, the games were provided as an idea of Herbert Hoover. This worked to boost the morale of the nation."

I am only speculating, but I would assume that seeing the extent of the US President's relief to be suggesting kids play games, to be of little relief to the dying nation. Am I wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Viceroyvic (talk • contribs) 09:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Origin?
Does no one else find it odd that this page doesn't mention who "Hoover" was? 68.146.41.105 (talk) 05:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC) Good point, and there are many short falls to the article. How did Hooverville end? Did it contribute to social change, or was it merely Democrat badging of something they themselves failed to address? Yes it existed and yes it was deeply symbolic, but what about Douglas MacArthur and Hooverville? What about Dwight D Eisenhauer? Was it deserved when Hoover, notable for feeding Germany and Louisiana during times of crisis did his best?Did the actions of MacArthur result in FDR denying aid to the Philipines in WW2? Did the social upheaval in Germany influence the government's view of Hooverville? There is the potential for a wonderful article here, but instead it looks like a Democrat shrine to campaigns past. DDB (talk) 11:24, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Made up of men only??
Did anyone notice these were most likely made up of families. The most famous (to me) photo is of a woman who had 7 children shown in the article called Great Depression & I'm sure there were thousands. Shouldn't that be changed to "families"? Socialism20091011 (talk) 06:51, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * the Hoovervilles were all male according to newspaper accounts and newsreels. Rjensen (talk) 18:43, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Then it was more Corporate lies-by-omission. Stars4change (talk) 17:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Here are many photos of families in Hoovervilles to add?: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=great+depression+families Aslave9090 (talk) 04:36, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Another Hooverism
In the deep south, during the Great Depression, a particular species of tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) was harvested for food. It became known locally as 'Hoover Chickens'. The wikipedia entry for gopherus polyphemus does not mention this, but one site Gopher Tortoise Council has a post concerning this. I'll leave the decision about if this is sufficiently notable to make it to the article page to someone else, but thought I should mention it here. Cosmicray (talk) 03:11, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Modern Hoovervilles
I have notticed some recent news articles discussing the rise again of Hoovervilles. I cant seem to find any articles currently, but I though that it should be mentioned. One in particular were the ones in Reno and Seattle that are growing up in parkling lots, dunno if this is already here or not. 08/12/2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.180.192 (talk) 21:38, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I added several links about "Bushvilles", but the Pedia Gods struck them down for some unknown reason. --76.89.189.214 (talk) 02:12, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Obamavilles
Until Barack Obama is given the same amount of time as George W. Bush did to respond to the current economic crisis, I will remain keeping the reference to Obamavilles off. President Obama is less 2 months removed from his inauguration. If at the end of his current term, there is still widespread sentiment to place some responsibility on him, then the term Obamaville (regardless of anyone's political perspective), will be allowed to remain. For now, I will continue to remove this reference, as it is more the product of bias than of time passing by (such as in former President Bush's case) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.211.122 (talk) 12:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Casual searchng of the traditional media is showing growing support for the terms "Bushvilles" and "Cheneyvilles." Those terms should probably also be held in abeyance. This is going to be another "edit war heaven" methinks. --Quartermaster (talk) 18:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Question?
Who was the "unofficial mayor" of the St. Louis Hooverville? I was amazed that it was not disclosed in the readings and wish to share this with my students. I teach 2nd grade and the economy has become a concern and curiousity for my students. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.187.220 (talk) 19:04, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Popular culture
The Hoovervile was--and remains--an important element of American memory of the Great Depression. That memory is expressed through films, plays, novels, TV shows and the like and is important, as the numerous scholars cited here demonstrate. Indeed, it is probably the MAIN reason this article is useful ro readers. Wiki rules do not allow wholesale blanking of relevant material fully sourced to RS. Rjensen (talk) 23:24, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hoover as Commerce Secretary
The main article on Hoover mentions that in 1927, Hoover built over 100 tent cities to respond to the Great Mississippi Flood (outside of his normal Secretarial duties, but apparently he did things like that). This should be mentioned in this article as background at the least. Perhaps the term itself dates from this time, maybe in a more positive (for Hoover) light? Herbert_Hoover Arlo James Barnes 04:50, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Hoovervilles of other countries
Since the Great Depression was worldwide, did other countries have Hoovervilles, and if yes were they also called "Hoovervilles" or some other name?184.186.4.209 (talk) 05:23, 11 January 2019 (UTC)