Yup this was one of my lessons from traveling. Was impressed at how nice these so-called "poorer" countries looked. I grew up in the U.S., and despite our high

Yup this was one of my lessons from traveling. Was impressed at how nice these so-called "poorer" countries looked. I grew up in the U.S., and despite our high GDP most of the country looks fairly unremarkable from a development perspective. Even in our wealthiest cities, there are areas that look like third world countries (eg. Skid Row).