The "classic" hillbilly stereotype reached its current characterization during the years of the Great Depression. The period of Appalachian out-migration, roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s, saw many mountain residents moving north to the Midwestern industrial cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Akron, and Detroit.
the "classic" hillbilly stereotype reached its current characterization during the years of the great depression the period of appalachian out-migration roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s saw many mountain residents moving north to the midwestern industrial cities of chicago cleveland akron and detroit