> I come from poverty. my father was a drug addict who is dead. my mother is disabled and i’m helping support her. my grandparents are dead. my friends are on the west coast, dealing with similar financial hardships and they are already living with their parents and on couches. I’m not above asking for help, but there is no one to ask.

I wonder how much this factors in. We know from statistic this situation tends to lead to worse outcomes.

Basically those connections you are talking about, are some form of nepotism and a kind of privilege. Should it be this way?