We have a tendency to judge how bad people have it in third world countries by our spoiled standards.
I've lived in a couple of what I prefer to call 2nd world and have visited a couple 3rd. I've noticed a lot of them have happy and sad times based on their way of life and their standards. They may actually be enjoying life more than us 1st world spoiled brats.
You want to visit a 3rd world that's truely 3rd go to your city of LA or Chicago. There you find people and a way of life living in dirt without food or shelter surrounded by the spoiled people. They know or think they have it bad because they are surrounded by the spoiled world.
The programs you have designed to help them actually are more designed to keep them there.
Honestly I would not recommend visiting the crime ridden parts of chicago, not because they are dangerous but because they are relatively safe during the day and there is noting to do there. Subsequently you would just end up visiting the cooler and even safer parts of chicago which would be a counterproductive teaching moment.
I really wasn't implying the crime ridden part although one and the same as the poor and homeless areas.
Personally I would not recommend taking kids to any high crime areas in any country. I thought we were taking about places where people don't have all the luxuries of life that 1st world countries have.
Are you trying to say high crime is what makes an area 3rd world? I'd reverse it and say third world conditions are what leads to high crime. But even that is not always true.
My point was some poor 3rd world countries aren't necessarily un-happy places unless you apply 1st world standards.
You have to have something to compare it to. If nobody has a car or smart phone you really don't know how to miss it.
By the way it's been a while since I've been to Chicago but do the homeless and hungry go away also during the day. They only bring the shelters and feeding places out at night. Where do they go. Damn fakers they have a good life and luxury house during the day to go to.
The homeless and hungry are still active during the day in the Loop, but my understanding is that when you are poor and living in a shabby part of town, crime rates will also follow. I dont feel unsafe driving through west Garfield park and Austin during the day (I often do to avoid traffic) but those places are pitiful with the lowest life expectancy rates in chicago and high crime rates.
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We have a tendency to judge how bad people have it in third world countries by our spoiled standards.
I've lived in a couple of what I prefer to call 2nd world and have visited a couple 3rd. I've noticed a lot of them have happy and sad times based on their way of life and their standards. They may actually be enjoying life more than us 1st world spoiled brats.
You want to visit a 3rd world that's truely 3rd go to your city of LA or Chicago. There you find people and a way of life living in dirt without food or shelter surrounded by the spoiled people. They know or think they have it bad because they are surrounded by the spoiled world.
The programs you have designed to help them actually are more designed to keep them there.
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Honestly I would not recommend visiting the crime ridden parts of chicago, not because they are dangerous but because they are relatively safe during the day and there is noting to do there. Subsequently you would just end up visiting the cooler and even safer parts of chicago which would be a counterproductive teaching moment.
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I really wasn't implying the crime ridden part although one and the same as the poor and homeless areas.
Personally I would not recommend taking kids to any high crime areas in any country. I thought we were taking about places where people don't have all the luxuries of life that 1st world countries have.
Are you trying to say high crime is what makes an area 3rd world? I'd reverse it and say third world conditions are what leads to high crime. But even that is not always true.
My point was some poor 3rd world countries aren't necessarily un-happy places unless you apply 1st world standards.
You have to have something to compare it to. If nobody has a car or smart phone you really don't know how to miss it.
By the way it's been a while since I've been to Chicago but do the homeless and hungry go away also during the day. They only bring the shelters and feeding places out at night. Where do they go. Damn fakers they have a good life and luxury house during the day to go to.
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The homeless and hungry are still active during the day in the Loop, but my understanding is that when you are poor and living in a shabby part of town, crime rates will also follow. I dont feel unsafe driving through west Garfield park and Austin during the day (I often do to avoid traffic) but those places are pitiful with the lowest life expectancy rates in chicago and high crime rates.