Looking around SoCal I see very few poor people. I grew up near and spent alot of time in Camden NJ growing up and worked in Newark NJ. That is poor like nothing I have seen around here. Boarded up homes, no windows, no heat and sometimes not running water in frigid temparatures and searing heat/humidity. I have been in some of their homes too. CAR grew up and spent essentially her whole life in SoCal. I doubt she has ever been exposed to true poverty.
BTW, all those kids in Camden still seem to be able to afford Air Jordans (or whatever the cool shoes are now), iPods, Cell Phones and mCDonalds all the time.
