Socio-Economic Perspective

I think people should be aware of a culture before making assumptions on poverty. I bring this up particularly in reference to India. I feel like to a westerner, many dwellings and people's lifestyles may seem like they are underpriviledged. But taken with social and enconomic context, they wouldn't consider themselves poor. They just live comfortably with less. Climate is different, culture is different, values are different, almost everything is different.