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hitchhiking is a great way to get around for cheap or for free, and the rumors about it being dangerous are mostly a product of the fear syndrome that's taken ahold of american society lately- BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING! If you are confident in yourself and in your judgment of other people, you have no reason to be scared of hitchhiking. The way I see it, there are millions of empty seats traveling around the country every single day... why shouldn't we try to fill them up a bit? I hitch to the mountain when I need to, but also hitch for travel or for fun... sometimes it's fun to just hit the road with a backpack and a time limit in your head, and see how far you can get. It's absolutely amazing the variety of people you meet and the stories you hear - people totally open up to a hitchhiker because they know they'll never see you again. One night I had a guy drive almost an hour out of his way so he could drop me off in front of a hotel (i had been planning on just curling up somewhere on a bench), gave me a $100 bill, and drove off without a word.