[ci5er]

Just a question: How many countries have you visited?

In asking this, I'm assuming that since you say "here", your PoV is the United States. If that is incorrect, I apologize.

[sidlls]

I've visited about a dozen countries. Some of them "third world." The US has pockets of communities that are as impoverished as anywhere.

[ci5er]

I'd hate to call them "as impoverished as anywhere", but there are some pretty rough spots in the US to be sure.