You're right about everything you said, minus the "poverty tourism", I think that's a little excessively condescending. Poverty is the wrong word for this. Som

You're right about everything you said, minus the "poverty tourism", I think that's a little excessively condescending. Poverty is the wrong word for this. Someone else in this thread said it better than I can come up with: poverty is lack of options. If this lifestyle is a choice it isn't poverty. I agree with that. No matter how simple you choose to make your life, if you've got options you're doing good.