> But their culture is just nothing about that.
And then you go on to describe the effects of poverty, not culture. Sounds to me like they need economic opportunity, not further isolation.
And then you go on to describe the effects of poverty, not culture. Sounds to me like they need economic opportunity, not further isolation.
However, crime in Ukraine is lower than in US, and it’s significantly lower than in US cities. While its infrastructure’s state reflects the income levels, it’s not atrocious, and it’s certainly better than what US would end up with if it was only spending figures comparable to Ukraine. Certainly, you don’t have rotting garbage piling up everywhere on the sides of the street, like in the OP photos.
It’s not poverty that results in what happens in Gypsy ghettos. It’s the culture.
This is not something you can compare.
When no amount of grit, resilience, hard work or effort will give you any result, what would you do to survive?
See Aesop’s "A Wolf and Dog" ( https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/35/aesops-fables/381/the-dog-and-... )
Roms do observe us, and may conclude that we aren't happy.
In a way Roms behavior "terraforms" a virtual Zomia ( http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12... ) inside the very geographic zones we occupy.