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the-new-style 32 points ago +34 / -2

I'm a BritBong and I've lived in India and the USA.

I was shocked by the poverty in both (and in some areas of the UK)

One difference was shopkeepers in India will try to maximize what they charge you.

In Atlanta I went into the downtown area and the three black guys working in the clothing store wouldn't even acknowledge my presence, despite me being the only customer, and I left empty handed.

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the-new-style 18 points ago +19 / -1

They sure showed me "you dumb motherfuckers, you let a tourist dying to spend money walk away"

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jacquire14 25 points ago +27 / -2

In the USA if you're poor, it is because you choose to be poor, as the opportunity to be anything else is abundant if you don't mind working for it.

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PantsJihad 7 points ago +7 / -0

Poverty is a cultivated mindset and result of bad decisions.

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jacquire14 3 points ago +3 / -0

True. Been there; done that. But now I am out.

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the-new-style -4 points ago +6 / -10

indeed

people rightly moan about illegals but they're the guys you see hanging round HomeDepot touting for work