[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Could be gypsies, but there are also “Irish travellers”.

BYW, Irish Travellers have been running the driveway repaving scam in the U.S., especially in the Boston area.

[Ingtar]

Irish Travelers call themselves “Gypsies.”

[arthurus]

South Florida periodically gets a Scottish version of the travelers, the Terrible Williamsons. They swarm over a city with all sorts of roofing and driveway scams and all types of theft jump up until they move on. I think the Irish and Scot travelers headquarter in the Carolinas somewhere. We get actual Gypsies, too, on occasion, but they come in smaller groups.