Hey, it was 10 acres in Londonderry!
I largely agree with you. That’s why I’m drawing the distinction between an observation of current economic factors and a general value judgment.
I do have to disagree with “a bit poor,” though. We’re talking about “Can’t believe it unless you’ve been there,” poor. Russ thought Turkey was incredibly poor, yet it’s a prosperous country for the area. St. Luke’s mission in the Dominican Republic serves people who illegally crossed the border from Haiti because being illegals doing slave labor in the DR was better than Haiti.
Poorest country I’ve ever been to was sewage on the pier El Salvador. I would still take one of the penniless dock workers who’d never seen a pancake over Trump.