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<blockquote data-quote="vadimivich" data-source="post: 678093" data-attributes="member: 2338"><p>On a larger societal scale - poverty in America is at grossly unacceptable levels. The only thing that makes this story shocking or newsworthy is that he was an elite athlete and thus had an opportunity to possibly break out of the below subsistence level living his family was (and still is) in. There's millions of more people in America who are in the same situation as his family.</p><p></p><p>Living overseas for such a large portion of my adult life, the 2 things that always surprise me when I return to the USA (especially in the south) are how fat everyone is and how much abject poverty there is. Living in the USA you become numb to it, it's just part of life ... but it's nothing like most other major developed countries. Landing after 12-18 months away and it's always so shocking to see.</p><p></p><p>The situation this family found themselves in should not be possible in 2019 in one of the richest countries in the world. Sadly, it's only remarkable for being utterly unremarkable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vadimivich, post: 678093, member: 2338"] On a larger societal scale - poverty in America is at grossly unacceptable levels. The only thing that makes this story shocking or newsworthy is that he was an elite athlete and thus had an opportunity to possibly break out of the below subsistence level living his family was (and still is) in. There's millions of more people in America who are in the same situation as his family. Living overseas for such a large portion of my adult life, the 2 things that always surprise me when I return to the USA (especially in the south) are how fat everyone is and how much abject poverty there is. Living in the USA you become numb to it, it's just part of life ... but it's nothing like most other major developed countries. Landing after 12-18 months away and it's always so shocking to see. The situation this family found themselves in should not be possible in 2019 in one of the richest countries in the world. Sadly, it's only remarkable for being utterly unremarkable. [/QUOTE]
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