Wow--so much comes to mind about this. But to attempt to compare some small rural-ish town with a major urban centre... my mind boggles. Urban life, particularly in areas of poverty, lack of (decent!... as in "life-sustaining!") employment, etc... just cannot be compared. I'm writing from living within Canada's most impoverished postal c…
Wow--so much comes to mind about this. But to attempt to compare some small rural-ish town with a major urban centre... my mind boggles. Urban life, particularly in areas of poverty, lack of (decent!... as in "life-sustaining!") employment, etc... just cannot be compared. I'm writing from living within Canada's most impoverished postal code, where I see poverty--tents on streets at Main St. and Hastings St.--all the time; Canada's shame.
Poverty just does something deadening to people. Working too many hours, too much time away from loved ones and creating connection, nourishing what needs to be nourished in human life... Then the lure of making money without the madness of trying to scrape $$ together for education--that is, drug-related life. I could go on, but have to stop. But the socio-economic MUST be looked at. It IS what makes ALL the difference.
Mega-rich people commit crime all the time--mostly that of not paying attention to the real world around them. And not caring.
"Poverty just does something deadening to people."
It really does. And stretched out over a few generations, especially in proximity to other people living in prosperity, it creates crime. The best example I can think of is the Favelas in Brazil. Immense poverty piled up next to relative prosperity for generations. And unsurprisingly, violent crime is out of control. It's not black vs white (they're all the same colour), it's hopelessness and poverty vs prosperity.
Wow--so much comes to mind about this. But to attempt to compare some small rural-ish town with a major urban centre... my mind boggles. Urban life, particularly in areas of poverty, lack of (decent!... as in "life-sustaining!") employment, etc... just cannot be compared. I'm writing from living within Canada's most impoverished postal code, where I see poverty--tents on streets at Main St. and Hastings St.--all the time; Canada's shame.
Poverty just does something deadening to people. Working too many hours, too much time away from loved ones and creating connection, nourishing what needs to be nourished in human life... Then the lure of making money without the madness of trying to scrape $$ together for education--that is, drug-related life. I could go on, but have to stop. But the socio-economic MUST be looked at. It IS what makes ALL the difference.
Mega-rich people commit crime all the time--mostly that of not paying attention to the real world around them. And not caring.
"Poverty just does something deadening to people."
It really does. And stretched out over a few generations, especially in proximity to other people living in prosperity, it creates crime. The best example I can think of is the Favelas in Brazil. Immense poverty piled up next to relative prosperity for generations. And unsurprisingly, violent crime is out of control. It's not black vs white (they're all the same colour), it's hopelessness and poverty vs prosperity.
Discouragement. The piece about living shoulder to shoulder with prosperity, yes.
Thank you for your work--I appreciate the thought that you put in.