Re:The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor i...
by panick21_ on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:49AM
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Talking about backpacks, its quite funny, like 12-14 years ago the local super-market Migros ran this promotion for a backpack, it was super cheap and an incredibly amount of people had them.
I still see those quite often. Now it could be that the same model was sold later. I had mine for many years and used it daily. And to be honest I could have continued using it but we were rich enough that my mother simply bought another one.
Cheap backpacks go for 30$, so even replacing them every 3 years isn't a bad deal compared to the 600$ backpack that lasts 10$+.
> Another example these days might be energy related - if you’re “well off” you can afford to get a well insulated house with solar and such to offset future energy costs.
The most effective way to reduce energy cost is to have a smaller living space and not drive a car. Also, instead of lots of heating, you can heat to lower home temperature and wear layers.
Now for the really poor in cold climates heating is certainty an issue sometimes and state welfare should be provided for those that can't afford that.
I still see those quite often. Now it could be that the same model was sold later. I had mine for many years and used it daily. And to be honest I could have continued using it but we were rich enough that my mother simply bought another one.
Cheap backpacks go for 30$, so even replacing them every 3 years isn't a bad deal compared to the 600$ backpack that lasts 10$+.
> Another example these days might be energy related - if you’re “well off” you can afford to get a well insulated house with solar and such to offset future energy costs.
The most effective way to reduce energy cost is to have a smaller living space and not drive a car. Also, instead of lots of heating, you can heat to lower home temperature and wear layers.
Now for the really poor in cold climates heating is certainty an issue sometimes and state welfare should be provided for those that can't afford that.