Somewhat of the inverse of more luxury: there is approximately 50% more poverty in the US than in Western European countries: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/

Somewhat of the inverse of more luxury: there is approximately 50% more poverty in the US than in Western European countries: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/docs/2010/fullreport.pdf http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/rwss/docs/2010/fullreport.pdf (page 38).