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habinerotoday at 12:40 AM1 replyview on HN

Move with what money? And go where? If they have property, sell to who, exactly? "Instant" lol.

Gently, you talk like someone who's never even been broke, let alone been poor.


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alex43578today at 12:53 AM

A greyhound to Atlanta is $75. It’s not nothing to someone on a minimum wage/fixed income, but would be attainable within two months by saving about a dollar a day. Keep in mind, that’s the “extreme global poverty” standard for countries like South Sudan.

Sell to whomever - but again, what property do they have if they are so poor they can’t afford a $75 bus ticket with notice?

It’s always a Schrödinger’s poor person who simultaneously has a valuable property that’s also worthless, tied to a job but has 0 income, has a car but can’t travel, and is broke but can’t qualify for the plethora of government benefits they can receive anywhere.

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