This reminds me of the Summer's memo [0]: This does not even follow from the parent comment. I quote: " it's not only the very poor, it's also in front or in

This reminds me of the Summer's memo [0]: This does not even follow from the parent comment. I quote: " it's not only the very poor, it's also in front or in gardens of villa's in those countries. " I live in Panama, which might have higher per capita GDP than some of those countries, but it still has high income inequality. I have been to neighborhoods with small houses, no glass windows, and no painted walls, all markers of low income, given the somewhat americanized consumption habits of the middle class population. The worst you would see is that they burn their trash, because no one is coming to pick it. They have gardens will plants, both for food and decoration. People with higher income just buy more land, a grass mower, and irrigate their grass in the dry season. So, I see this behavior as a matter culture. Clearly in neither case are people "too occupied with bare survival" but neither has a cold-minded science-based idea of what it means to care for one's surroundings. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_memo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_memo