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re: Why the poor stay poor, Prom Episode

Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:21 pm to
Posted by Meatball
Member since Sep 2009
4944 posts
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:21 pm to
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I think this is at the heart of "driving a fancy car while living with 10 relatives" thing.


It blows my mind when I see a $40k vehicle parked in front of a shotgun house. Different priorities I guess.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32922 posts
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:58 pm to
quote:

quote:
I think this is at the heart of "driving a fancy car while living with 10 relatives" thing.


It blows my mind when I see a $40k vehicle parked in front of a shotgun house. Different priorities I guess.


I guess it depends on where you are, if you would have said trailer I would have agreed 100%, but there are some pretty expensive shotguns here in New Orleans.
Posted by Mmackl1
Member since May 2011
234 posts
Posted on 4/2/15 at 8:07 am to
I had this old guy who worked for me who lived in a really run down house but drove an escalade. I had to pick him up for work one day and asked him why he spent more on his car than his house.

His respone "I can sleep in my car, but I can't drive my house"
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86619 posts
Posted on 4/2/15 at 8:08 am to
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It blows my mind when I see a $40k vehicle parked in front of a shotgun house.


you know damn well it's leased. They probably figure a few hundred bucks out of their govt check each month isn't a big deal overall, considering their housing is cheap and their food is free.
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