[quote=CA renter]FWIW, I’ve lived in and spent significant amounts of time in other countries, and spent a lot of time traveling as well. Not sure where you got the idea that I never left the state.[/quote]

I said you spent essentially your whole life in Socal not that you never left it. Going on vacation to Costa Rica is not living amongst true poverty on a day to day basis. When have you ever truly been exposed to real poverty?