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I'm fairly certain I'm not poor but a few of these apply to me. Not enough room for all the people in the house. Driving an $800 car - although it works very r
by hndamien 9y ago
I'm fairly certain I'm not poor but a few of these apply to me.
Not enough room for all the people in the house.
Driving an $800 car - although it works very reliably - maybe it is $1200 US.
Living next to the freeway - well a 5 lane highway and a many many lane motorway around the corner.
It is incredibly hard to break the cycle when living from paycheck to paycheck unfortunately.
- sidlls 9y agoThe "funny" thing is people who aren't poor but who have experienced one or more of these things once or twice tend to sort of double down on the "being poor is people wondering why you chose to be" item. They don't "get it" long or hard enough to understand how for most it's not a choice.
- brudgers 9y agoBecause it is common to use the term "the poor" when talking about poverty, it is easy to miss episodic poverty. Between 2009 and 2011, thirty one point eight percent of Americans were below the poverty line at some point. [1] [1]: https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/01/07/nearly-one-third-of-americans-were-in-poverty-during-downturn https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/01/07/nearl...