Being Poor by John Scalzi
Being Poor by John Scalzi
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I've met people in the US who'd came there with a couple of dollars and worked hard to eventually buy their $1m houses.
What was their advantage, why are there so many poor locals who have a better starting position ie. by speaking English by default?
I think it was that by moving to America they changed their lifes entirely so they had a completely fresh start, a new view on everything in life. Being poor is a mental habit, sometimes hard to break. In a way it's a hereditary mental disease.