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habinero 2 days ago

Move with what money? And go where? If they have property, sell to who, exactly? "Instant" lol.

Gently, you talk like someone who's never even been broke, let alone been poor.

alex43578 2 days ago | parent [-]

A greyhound to Atlanta is $75. It’s not nothing to someone on a minimum wage/fixed income, but would be attainable within two months by saving about a dollar a day. Keep in mind, that’s the “extreme global poverty” standard for countries like South Sudan.

Sell to whomever - but again, what property do they have if they are so poor they can’t afford a $75 bus ticket with notice?

It’s always a Schrödinger’s poor person who simultaneously has a valuable property that’s also worthless, tied to a job but has 0 income, has a car but can’t travel, and is broke but can’t qualify for the plethora of government benefits they can receive anywhere.

adi_kurian 2 days ago | parent [-]

You should go to St Roch or Treme and inspire the locals with your dynamism. You could even bring bootsraps!

selimthegrim 2 days ago | parent [-]

He’s not inspiring me, and he won’t inspire their pitbulls. And by the way, I fulfill all of his Schrödinger’s poor person criteria, except for the first one about property. And I’m far from the only one here.