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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find all the criticism of OP odd. I would not go to vacation in the poverty stricken parts of WV and likewise I have no desire to vacation in spots where I am going to encounter destitute people regularly. I am not so into staying I. Just one spot during a vacation like at a resort so the latter is an issue to contend with.

For instance I know some like Puerto Rico a lot. I did not in large part because the very strong poverty once you were off property was really depressing. I support helping the island and wish the people who live there no ill will but being depressed is not how I want to spend my vacation.  [/quote]
That's fine, and not entirely unreasonable. But OP said that she travels for "art and architecture". Basically, she wants to appreciate another country's culture but not have to interact with the parts of that culture that she finds upsetting. I don't know OP's race, but if there were ever a text book definition of "White Privilege", I think OP might fit it. And she has the gall to call herself "empathic", because seeing poverty upsets her. You know what upsets me? Knowing that people live in such extreme poverty, regardless of whether I see them.[/quote]

You honestly define poverty as part of a country's culture??! Poverty or deprivation is not part of a culture regardless of whether it is a feature of their reality.  Is poverty a feature of American culture? [/quote]

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