Good lord I don't know why I keep responding but here is my last post on this...
I don't know where you inferred that I compared rough cities in America to war torn countries because I obviously didn't.
On the contrary it was YOU who downplayed the struggles of impoverished Americans (going as far as to say that its a choice) by comparing them to ppl from the developing world.
YOU said one had to try to find life difficult in America, a broad stroke of a statement, a ridiculously ignorant sweeping generalization.
I refuted your statement with valid reasoning....reasoning that you've shot down because you refuse to acknowledge that everything is relative.
I never said it was impossible for one to make something of him/herself in the States if they come from those rough places, only that for many ppl, it doesn't come easy and that there are many pitfalls and obstacles that exist in those conditions (some of which you have no control over)
The fact that there are ppl who suffer worse conditions in other places doesn't negate my point at all.
You apparently cannot understand this so I've concluded that you simply don't want to understand.
I will leave it at that.