chippie130 wrote:
I have very close friends in CT and MAS, I visit at least once a year for 2-3 weeks. Much as I love to visit and experience the difference the void between the wealthy and poor is almost as polarised as I have seen when visiting wealthy relatives in South Africa. On a visit to Florida I was appalled at the extent of what we in the U.K. would term slums, surrounding great chunks of Miami. It made Mosside and Toxteth appear luxurious. If this seems a little anti America please accept my most humble ap.........................................
There is no void. Don't judge based on how people houses look. I live in a two story house with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a catwalk/balcony overlooking a living room with a two story ceiling, a huge kitchen, and the outside is made from sandstone with a big half moon window above the front door. And guess what? My family can't afford a new car, an XBox, or a flat screen TV to match. Meanwhile, I have a friend whose family doesn't make much less money than mine, living in a rather run down home (which looks like it was intended as mobile home), with one bathroom and two bedrooms, but has an XBox, four computers, 10 acres of land, a couple horses and all the video games in the world. What someone spends their money on can be deceiving. I don't doubt you saw truly poor people (and Florida is sh***y state to begin with), but everywhere I've lived there was never one set standard for a neighborhood or town. There were always households of differing income.
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