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== Hitchhiking Books ==
With a long history of vagabonding, the amount of literature on hitchhiking in the USA is extensive. The following list gives an overview, which by all means is not complete.
Jack Kerouac - On The Road <br>
Bill Bryson - A Walk in the Woods <br>
Robert Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance <br>
Jacob Holdt - American Pictures <br>
Colin Flaherty - Redwood to Deadwood <br>
Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild <br>
Tom Robbins - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues <br>
Richard Grant - Ghost Riders
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You may also wish to try asking for rides at smaller local gas stations, but you are unlikely to make as much progress doing this.
=== Getting out of big cities ===
You may find yourself in very sprawled out cities like LA or Phoenix, then try your luck on Craigslist! I (http://hitchwiki.org/en/User:Nora) crossed the US and found a few rides on Craiglist, messaging people who offer rides and asking if they would take me for free. Probably works best as a foreigner and a girl, but is worth a try. And maybe you can 'pay' in stories or music!
== Police/Laws ==
Tourists who intend to cross into the USA by hitchhiking should note that the US immigration department will log that you have been hitchhiking, should they discover that you are. This log will be visible to any guard who subsequently checks your immigration status. If you decide to leave and enter the USA again, it may make your entry back into the USA more difficult if it is not a hitchhiker friendly state.
== Personal Experiences ==
''I hitchhiked from Panama to the US, intending to go through the whole of the US by hitchhiking with my little brother. I cannot recommend to hitchhike in pairs. It takes _days_ to find rides. We looked like regular guys, did 20k+ miles in more than 10 countries. If you do it, do it alone.'' Summer '14
''I crossed the US from Boston to San Francisco the southern way. The north east is tough, prepare for some waits and looks as if you were not worth anyone's attention. Luckily it gets better soon! Texas was the best state for me, lots of rides even from women, and basically no waites. Also California is pretty good to hitchhike, though more tourists. To all girls - it's definitely safe enough in my opinion, though I was asked for sex a few times by people not understanding hitchhiking much. And in general - for me waites for longer than in Europe (when alone I have to hardly wait longer than 10 minutes ever), but still the longest wait during the whole trip were ~2 hours at a bad spot. [[user:Nora]]
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== Links ==
Analyses of hitchhiking in the USA by [[User:Korn|Korn]] on warmroads.de [https://warmroads.de/en/hitchhiking-in-19-the-usa/ - warmroadsHitchhiking in the USA.]
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