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With all due respect, that's a crazy exaggeration. There is nowhere in America where the entire neighborhood has no electricity, no running water, no sewage, an
by apsec112 10y ago
With all due respect, that's a crazy exaggeration. There is nowhere in America where the entire neighborhood has no electricity, no running water, no sewage, and no paved roads. Such places are common in Africa and India.
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- Animats 10y agoSuch places are common in Texas.[1] [1] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/the-americans-without-running-water/471909/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/the-amer...
- realusername 10y agoThere are indeed places in the US without running water right now (see Flint as an example). I also don't think comparing with in development countries is relevant.
- selectodude 10y agoThere are places all over the world that have suffered disasters taking out normal services. That doesn't mean that the services never existed or the country as a whole isn't industrialized yet.
- kuschku 10y agoFlint isn’t a disaster, it’s direct mismanagement and corruption combined.
- shrikrishna 10y agoWhenever someone quotes poverty and hardships in India, I feel the urge to defend - the scale at which India has to operate is completely different from any other country. Being a democracy, and hence having to deal with high viscosity in governance
- hkt 10y agoHow long ago was it that people in America without insurance would go without lifesaving treatment?