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Re:Fidel Castro has died by apsec112 on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:29AM (#13042855)
With all due respect, that's a crazy exaggeration. There is nowhere in America where the entire neighborhood has no electricity, no running water, no sewage, and no paved roads. Such places are common in Africa and India.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by Animats on Saturday November 26, 2016 @06:23PM (#13046625)
Such places are common in Texas.[1]

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/the-amer...

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by shrikrishna on Saturday November 26, 2016 @08:12AM (#13043332)
Whenever someone quotes poverty and hardships in India, I feel the urge to defend - the scale at which India has to operate is completely different from any other country. Being a democracy, and hence having to deal with high viscosity in governance
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Re:Fidel Castro has died by realusername on Saturday November 26, 2016 @06:08AM (#13042932)
There are indeed places in the US without running water right now (see Flint as an example). I also don't think comparing with in development countries is relevant.
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Re:Fidel Castro has died by selectodude on Saturday November 26, 2016 @09:20AM (#13043575)
There are places all over the world that have suffered disasters taking out normal services. That doesn't mean that the services never existed or the country as a whole isn't industrialized yet.
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Re:Fidel Castro has died by kuschku on Saturday November 26, 2016 @12:32PM (#13044788)
Flint isn’t a disaster, it’s direct mismanagement and corruption combined.
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Re:Fidel Castro has died by hkt on Sunday December 04, 2016 @05:23AM (#13099494)
How long ago was it that people in America without insurance would go without lifesaving treatment?
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