Here, There, Everywhere.

A big social issue in our world today is poverty. When the general audience thinks of poverty, they think of starving people half way across the world. Like in advertisements for groups that help poverty on television. But the truth is that poverty is all over the place, from my own neighborhood here in New York, to my neighborhood in Mexico.

In Kensington, my neighborhood in Brooklyn, it is some what common to find people living on the street, with blankets and a cup for spare change, but there are some. Entering the train, there have been people that have asked me for change. Also, it is common in all of New York to find yourself in a train cart or platform where people perform, with some sort of tool standing out, waiting for the audience to put in any amount of money.

In Mexico, I have never truly seen people living on the streets, but where I am from it has never been common since I live in a more country looking area. It is, however, really common for people to not have much money. Activities that children do, are free ones such as going to parks and playgrounds next door. I don't see kids with their phones or ipods out since those are not common there. Instead I see dolls, and stuffed animals, as their entertainment.

In both these two different places, there are people that are in some kind of poverty. They sometimes can't support their family, and sometimes not themselves. I think that we have to acknowledge these people, and we have to not only set up programs to help other people, but ourselves too. We should put up more homeless shelters, or ways of supporting people, because although we can change many lives around the world, we can change them here too.