what does the term Hoover Hotel mean?

Marty Tichnell: Because the Depression struck while Hoover was president and he didnt do a lot to help people many things that were bad were referred to hoover. So a Hoover Hotel is probably not a real hotel just a shanky place with very bad living conditions where the unemployed homeless lived

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Wally Gower: Probably sarcastic anger at Herbert Hoover.

Toby Women: It's symbolism for being poor. Hoover flags were empty pants pockets turned out. Hoover blankets were newspapers. Hoover houses were cardboard boxes or shanty towns. Basically the recreation building became a hotel of sorts for the poor and homeless. Hoover was the presiden! t who happened to be in office when the policies that gave bir! th to the depression actually had an affect on the market so he gets blamed. Kind of like Clinton and Bush lol.