[Cthulhu_]

>> Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival. They're the ones working it.

Speaking for myself, I'm kinda priviledged in working in the carnival, it's a good and steady income and I'm accumulating wealth, meaning I'm in a more economically privileged position than my parents and their parents were (housing crisis / cost of living aside, of course, sigh). That can, down the line, if I feel like it, be used as a springboard to do a throw.

[psychstudio]

And then you miss. You're 50 and broke. Back to square 1.

[koheripbal]

Plenty of poor kids visit the carnival. Having worked there, lots of kids walking around are poor.

[staringback]

> housing crisis

People have been screaming about a housing crisis for many years now, yet the percentage of owner occupied households is higher than it was compared to all of 1970-1990.