Me Dad whom was a runaway/hitchhiker said he never seen some much garbage in all his life. Human garbage in 3 out of 4 of those states before hitching to Ontario. This period of time of U.S. hitching was later 50's early 60's. He got over the border(stories changed many a time so too long to tell that story llol) to Timmins in '64 with a few of the youngins in tow
He never really explained why but he did enjoy his brief time in Georgia