whats the difference poor people and poverty?

Question

For school i am doing a project on money and managing it. we get to choose our own open ended question and my question is "Are poor people unhappy?" so if you have any thoughts on that plaese leave an answer too.

Answer 1

whats the difference poor people and poverty?
POVERTY - IS THE STATE OF LIVING CONDITION WHERE NONE OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF A PERSON ARE MET.

POOR PEOPLE - THOSE LIVING IN A STATE OF POVERTY


Are poor people unhappy? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY UNHAPPY. OWING TO THE ENORMOUS GAP IN LIVING CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR, THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE TWO DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR UNHAPPINESS. FOR THE RICH, NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCUMULATE MORE. FOR THE POOR, NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS.

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Answer 2

I think poverty is not having the basics of living, nutritious food, a home, adequate clothing. But poor is a relative term.

I have been poor, which means I had no money but I had ambition and a willingness to work, but more than that, I had a willingness to do without things, while I inched my way forward...Picture this, Renting an apartment with a roommate, Making furniture out of wooden boxes and foam rubber, listening to a TV because it had no picture. Decorating a donated X-mas tree with coke cans. I don't remember being unhappy, in fact I wasn't unhappy. I enjoyed my life, I walked a lot, I had a job that I did the best I could at it and was noticed by the bosses, I saved, by putting a gallon jug on the broken TV and put all my change in it , any time I had any. I look fondly back at that time.

I am a millionaire now, I don't really like "Stuff" so I don't spend a lot, Someone will get money to squander when I die, I drive a 20yr old Pick-up truck and every once in a while I go look at new vehicles but I like my truck. Am I happy??? you bet !! I can do anything I want anytime I want, I can Buy most things if I want to, I just am not interested. But the freedom of being rich and UNKNOWN is wonderful.

But you can be happy, poor or rich, you can be miserable, poor or rich. Happiness is in you. and living day to day life is the game.

Answer 3

"Are poor people unhappy?"

I've been so poor that scrapping change in various locations for my fiance' and I to split a combo meal at the local fast food joint was a "splurge." I spent a few years in "poverty." Eventually, I moved past it and began to find my "splurges" were on hundred dollar bottles of wine.

I was happiest in poverty. When you're in poverty you cherish things so much more because you understand the value of what you have. Everything means more - the$3 hamburger is a break from your 20 cent Ramen noodles and not just a grab-and-go lunch.

Are poor people happy? Yes.

"What is the difference between poor people and poverty?" poor - showing poverty
poverty - having little money

You can be in poverty and not be a "poor person." There will always be poverty, but there doesn't have to be poor people. Think about the quaint house in the bad neighborhood with the clean yard and children. Compare that to the house around the corner in the same neighborhood with children's toys and trash strewn all over the yard.

The quaint house is small but clean because those that live there are proud of what they have and have achieved. The house around the corner doesn't have the same pride. So, while they're both in poverty - only one is poor.

Answer 4

Well , I am not sure if you want answers to both (?"s) or not . In my opinion the difference is that poor people are still working at trying to achieve success and life has either given them some raw deal or their circumstances might have caused them their plight. Poverty has always been there right from birth and it usually involves the area or country that you reside in, which also goes with a persons take on life and how to deal with it . Some people are born with the drive to succeed and others are born with the idea that this is what they will always have or achieve(which is nothing) and that type of mindset will always be hard to improve on. Poverty also has a lot to do with the environment, society ,region, cost of living ,lack of education and proper healthcare due to insufficient jobs or low paying jobs.
As for the poor being unhappy. I will say that I think that depends on the people or individuals who have been brought up to believe that they need material possesions and money to be happy. If they think this way they will be unhappy, but if they live life to live it and their value is set on family and friends I think they would be happeir than the rich.

Answer 5

Poor people who live in poverty are generally unhappy.

Being poor, they think of the next meal and how to survive. They try their best to work but no work is available especially in the third world countries and sometimes even in the G-8 countries. Usually, they end up begging. They may be homeless and the extreme weather conditions, rains, winter, heatwave, etc. make themselves easily vulnerable.

However, they have also moments of happiness as when other people treat them well by giving them food, clothing & shelter, helping them and doing them favors. They have a very shallow reasons to be happy but they feel angry or even violent for any sign of discrimination or abuse.

Answer 6

Wow, you really have to define poverty. I went to another country, the people seemed very happy, they had close family ties, they had enough food to eat and shared what they had with everyone. They lived in houses that would be torn down in western countries, they had NO money usually at the end of the day, but everyone worked, and there was no welfare. The families took care of their own. They had a common religion from their King to the most humble man, and felt a kinship in this.

On first impression these people were generally very poor, or very very rich, but after visiting many times, and finally living with them, even most of the poor here are rich.

It's your assignment, but this is something I learned by travel and meeting people.

Answer 7

Poverty would be the situation of being without the means to sustain yourself. This can be specified by terms such as 'living in poverty'. Poor people are usually associated with poverty just by lingustic linking of the two terms, but in my opinion poor people are people who do not have the means to sustain a satisisfying lifestyle- so they don't necessarily have to be narrowly defined as only financially destistue, but they can also be mentally poor and unsatisfied, emotionally poor, etc. It's all dependent on the person- you can't generalize the statement that poor people are unhappy- because a) it comes off as ECONOMICALLY poor peple are unhappy, which is not always the case at all. b) happiness is such a general umbrella term that you'd have to define it further. Good luck on your project!

Answer 8

I don't think that the poor are necessarily less happy than those with money, but they are definitely more stressed out. They have to worry about the basics in life. Clothing, food, shelter, health. But if you have money, you can take care of all of those things and save your worrying for other things.

Answer 9

Poor people are the subject in poverty. While poverty is the situation of the poor people. I can say that they are happy despite their status in life. Anyway happiness is on the person's outlook and not on his status.

Answer 10

I don't think that not having a lot of money is what makes one poor, its all how you manage your money. Our grandparents probably had a lot less cash than we do, but I bet they did a lot more with it. If peoples expectations of what makes a satisfying life were a little more realistic then they wouldn't consider themselves poor, despite not having much money.