Real Poverty Exists in America, Let There Be No Doubt

Real poverty does exist in the U.S. but it is pretty rare. Most is confined to a few isolated rural areas (Blacks in the Blackbelt and along the Mississippi, Whites in the Appalatians, Amerindians in Oklahoma, and Hispanics along the Rio Grande). Yes there is also poverty in the city, but the very location means many more services available for the poor than in remote spread out rural areas.

Go check the reservations out west scooter, the injuns around here all drive new cars.

I was once so poor I made my own door handle for my truck.

I don't have the data on me at the moment, but there are pockets of acute poverty in the state. It's not a diss, as some of the poorest counties in the blackbelt are in Alabama.

[action=Ramen]donates 25 cents, a small fortune in Alabama, to Elwood for investment in a midget brothel.[/action]

The worst poverty I ever saw was in Matoka, WV, years ago.

I may a bit biased, but rural poverty is the unseen blight of America.

Well the Crimson Tide and the Sooners have to maintain a fanbase.