"America has the richest poor in the world!"

[Torie]

Whatever the numbers, the poor in the US are a bit short of nirvana if they can't access health care, and their kids are consigned to crap schools, and they live in neighborhoods that are unsafe. So the numbers don't have much meaning to me. Oh, and then there is the poor public transportation system as compared to Europe and Japan. So in some areas, the cost of living of the poor is higher in the US. In most places, you really can't exist without a car or two, and even clunkers cost a considerable sum to operate.

Based on my own anecdotal experience, it sucks to be poor in America.

[Torie]

What developed country is it worse to be poor in?

Singapore or Hong Kong?

[Torie]

What developed country is it worse to be poor in?

Singapore or Hong Kong?

Unlikely.  There's almost no crime there, which is a big plus for the poor, who are its only victims.

Indeed. Hong Kong I am told is the safest city in the world, and during the week I was there, I saw neither any crime nor any cops. None, zip, nada. In that sense, it seemed like the Garden of Eden. It was also interesting, that all the sidewalks have these little metal balls in them for the blind to follow, along with lights with music so they can "hear" when the light is green or red. Didn't see any blind people either however. Maybe that is where the master race lives, and Hitler just got it wrong as to its identity.