No two Hoovervilles were quite alike, and the camps varied in population and size. Some were as small as a few hundred people while others, in bigger metropolitan areas such as Washington, D.C., and New York City, boasted thousands of inhabitants. St. Louis, Missouri, was home to one of the countryâs largest and longest-standing Hoovervilles.
Twitter Stock At All Time Low Following Announcement of Longer Tweets. Twitterâs stock price has hit a new all time low, dropping several dollars below the previous record low of $23.31. Now, having dropped another 14%, Twitterâs stock price is sitting at $19.98. This puts a value on the company of $13 billion.
There are a few reasons why Hastings can get away with this attitude without investors calling for his head. Wednesdayâs stock market was a tumultuous one in general, seeing the Dow close down 173 points after a 458-point drop at its worst. And amid lingering concerns that tech valuations in general were too high, many investors were ready to sell any stock on bad news.