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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1186028" data-attributes="member: 44954">Where to begin.&nbsp; In a way I agree with you, even people classified as living in poverty in the US, have it way better than most truly impoverished people around the world.&nbsp; However, it is not as easy to live on a low income in the US as most people think.&nbsp;&nbsp; Poor people in the US spend a huge portion of their income on food, rent, and transportation, often more than they make.Food prices are huge, and rising.&nbsp; &quot;Urban Deserts&quot; as they are being called, leave some poor people over paying for terrible food from a corner store, because a a real grocery store can&#039;t stay in business in a derelict neighborhood.&nbsp; Poor people often pay tomorrow&#039;s prices for yesterday&#039;s food.&nbsp; The poor nutrition will undoubtedly lead them to future health costs.The housing crisis has pushed a huge amount of people into the renters market, this has increased rent prices around the country.&nbsp; My neighborhood used to be all low income, and now has a lot of middle income people.&nbsp; I&#039;m just glad I have my rent price locked in for a few years, because the comparable houses around me coming up for rent are at least 50% more than I am paying.High interest rates for people with bad credit don&#039;t seem to deter people from buying cars, often because they are uneducated, and they simply don&#039;t understand the debt they are getting themselves into.&nbsp;&nbsp; Add onto that the price of mandatory insurance, and high gas prices, and most poor people either will go into debt to get to work, or will use public transportation.&nbsp; Urban sprawl and &quot;white flight&quot;&nbsp; as we call it here, along with government budget cuts, have left bus routes under serving almost everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp; The time spent working, and waiting to get to and from jobs and home, forces them to spend even more money, on child care.A single person working two part-time jobs certainly can survive, but trying to support a family like that is near impossible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1186028, member: 44954"] Where to begin. In a way I agree with you, even people classified as living in poverty in the US, have it way better than most truly impoverished people around the world. However, it is not as easy to live on a low income in the US as most people think. Poor people in the US spend a huge portion of their income on food, rent, and transportation, often more than they make. Food prices are huge, and rising. "Urban Deserts" as they are being called, leave some poor people over paying for terrible food from a corner store, because a a real grocery store can't stay in business in a derelict neighborhood. Poor people often pay tomorrow's prices for yesterday's food. The poor nutrition will undoubtedly lead them to future health costs. The housing crisis has pushed a huge amount of people into the renters market, this has increased rent prices around the country. My neighborhood used to be all low income, and now has a lot of middle income people. I'm just glad I have my rent price locked in for a few years, because the comparable houses around me coming up for rent are at least 50% more than I am paying. High interest rates for people with bad credit don't seem to deter people from buying cars, often because they are uneducated, and they simply don't understand the debt they are getting themselves into. Add onto that the price of mandatory insurance, and high gas prices, and most poor people either will go into debt to get to work, or will use public transportation. Urban sprawl and "white flight" as we call it here, along with government budget cuts, have left bus routes under serving almost everyone. The time spent working, and waiting to get to and from jobs and home, forces them to spend even more money, on child care. A single person working two part-time jobs certainly can survive, but trying to support a family like that is near impossible. [/QUOTE]

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