I used to volunteer with the American Red Cross, mostly going out to help people that were displaced by fires in their home. It was an amazing contrast to see.

I used to volunteer with the American Red Cross, mostly going out to help people that were displaced by fires in their home. It was an amazing contrast to see. Almost every time we had a fire in subsidised housing units, they would be decked out like a Buddy's showroom, often complete with a bigger TV than I had. But if you went to cheap unsubsidized apartments or trailers, you'd see a lot more "found it at the curb" couches and milkcrates-as-shelves. Part of that is transportation and availability. A guy living in a lower middle class or so neighborhood that drives a pickup is a lot more likely to find and grab a free / cheap couch than a single mom taking the bus to work.