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much less destitute poverty in small American towns, and there is much greater class mobility. Eh, this really varies by region. I've driven through a number o
by _delirium 12y ago
much less destitute poverty in small American towns, and there is much greater class mobility.
Eh, this really varies by region. I've driven through a number of small American towns with housing that doesn't look particularly first-world, people living in stuff like shacks with corrugated-tin roofs and half the windows filled with plywood. Rural Louisiana and Mississippi are particularly sad looking, as well as some of the more remote areas of Appalachia, and parts of coastal and south Texas. The class mobility in these areas consists mostly of younger people looking for a way to get out.
- stegosaurus 12y agoThis illustrates to me the complexity of talking about poverty. In the UK such housing just doesn't really exist as far as I know. (If it does, I probably want to move there). Our planning system and the cost of land basically means that your home will necessarily meet some basic standard or you'll be harassed and end up having to tear it down. I'd love to, for example, get a large static caravan, buy a few acres of land, site it and see how that goes for a few years. Maybe I'd hate it. But it just isn't really possible here. Perhaps there are European countries where such a thing would be viable that I could emigrate to.