luinil said:
I heard a statistic once, it was very interesting. The average poor person in America has a better standard of living when compared to the average (not poor) person in Europe. Most poor people in America have a car. Most have cable TV. Most have Air Conditioning and Heat. Most have a cell phone. Most have a bigger home than the average person in Europe. I don't remember the rest, but there were about 2-4 other things in that list. I can't remember where I heard that though. And don't have time to look it up. So I am going to have to say, Mafoo has a point. You have to see things from our side of the Atlantic to understand much like we would have to do with you. |
I think the keyword you're using here is "Most". NintendoMan's situation is what "most" poor people in the UK go through.
Then again, most people in the UK have satellite TV rather than cable, and very few people have air conditioning as it simply isn't needed in our climate (most people have centralised heating, though). Bigger houses, well that's because land is so much cheaper (low population + huge landmass).
And I wouldn't say that living standards in the United States is all that great for poor people. After all, according to a BBC documentary 1 in 6 people in the United States are expected to be below the poverty line by this end of this year.
