20 Reasons It Really Sucks To Be Poor Right Now

If you think you’re in a crap part of town just because all the house numbers are written on sheets of paper taped to the windows, wait until you step inside.

The walls are so thin you can hear the neighbor talking on the phone, the place smells like a thrift store and there are holes below the water pipes big enough for vermin to squeeze through. During winter, the windows are usually covered with plastic sheeting to exclude drafts.