I used to hitchhike everywhere 40 + yrs ago- -Up and down the NE Thruway from NY to Boston and back every week end for awhile- - Even thumbed from San Diego to Norfolk Va back in 1978(I think 78??) - - Now a days I don't even see anyone hitching anymore- -at least not here on the east coast-
i live in florida,, i camp out, and see ppl come and go all the time. there are lots of ppl hitching on the east coast actually. most just go up to around the carolina's not too much further north than that