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Thread #99746   Message #2017665
Posted By: Scoville
05-Apr-07 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
Sounds like the army.

Or dorm life. Dorm life wasn't bad; I'd go back if I couldn't provide it for myself.

Oh, wait--I can't right now. That's why I live at home and pay rent and housekeeping services to my parents.

Seriously, though; I greatly exceed the national poverty guidelines but if I didn't have family here I'd be living in a very tiny place in a very scary part of town. Right now, I'll trade having any privacy or control over my living space for not having to worry about having my car stolen/stripped or being mugged.