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http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/bDCB4DjFwTFMyos0wEXNtg/photo http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/bDCB4DjFwTFMyos0wEXNtg/photo Looking at all those nice cars. Sure
by thecamelisdead 11y ago
http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/bDCB4DjFwTFMyos0wEXNtg/photo http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/bDCB4DjFwTFMyos0wEXNtg/photo
Looking at all those nice cars. Sure they are not the latest model but also don't appear to be too much older than 10 years. But this doesn't change the fact that they are after housing the most expensive thing I need in my life. Pretty much everything else is extremly cheap. Even the most expensive Macbook Pro costs nothing in comparison (I'd rather use a chromebook with a good screen anyway).
This is the straw that broke the camels neck to me.
To me poverty is dead.
Even a minimum wage job at about $8,50/h is enough to live a relatively financially carefree live where I live. You won't get that nice car (you'll have to compromise) and you certainly will never in your entire life get that nice home.
Yet what I'm seeing on that map is the exact opposite. They should be significantly worse off than me but they aren't (good for them!).
Everyone who is still claims to be in poverty can only blame themselves (I do symphasise with the disabled on the other hand). Don't sell off your kids to child laborers which also means they can't go to school, they will only compete with you in a race to the bottom, causing your own downfall.
The camel died a long time ago.
- Kiro 11y agoWhile I agree poverty is being combatted at an insane rate you are probably looking at a wealthy neighbourhood. Do you really think everyone in Tanzania is poor?
- dalke 11y agoAs an example, I easily found less affluent parts of the city: http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ksaYF5rId3XfMwVy6jA56g/photo http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ksaYF5rId3XfMwVy6jA56g/photo , http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/hfUcafz1arRwlz1E84E5Xg/photo http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/hfUcafz1arRwlz1E84E5Xg/photo , http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/dsTTqnjFmTAQsaIudIz1Ww/photo http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/dsTTqnjFmTAQsaIudIz1Ww/photo . thecamelisdead: does a picture of Wall Street really show how most of Americans live?
- mikeash 11y agoBecause you happened to look at a photo of a wealthy part of town, you've declared poverty to be dead and anyone who is still poor has only themselves to blame? Wat?