Think the American housing market is rough? Take a look at the average American house compared to the average house where a vast portion of the world’s population lives, the third world.
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Thank you for this reminder. It is so easy to complain about how I wish my home were nicer about certain things, and certian things not broken, and to look at all I have to be grateful for helps me to question myself in that and also to remember always to help out even more those who don’t have as much as I do. -Stacey in PA
Great looking graphic, great reminder like stacey said…
I guess I’ll have to sell most of my stuff and move into a horrible little shanty so I don’t feel so guilty.
This a perfectly illustrated point.
I think for any of us in the rich developed world we need reminders like this to highlight some perspective between our first-world problems in comparison to the daily living issues in developing countries.
That is an AVERAGE home? Wow, we are so far below average then. That looks like a pretty high end place to me. Not a mansion, but not average by any stretch of the imagination.
I agree with Wendy…this may be an average home in SOME of the country, but I have lived many places in the U.S. and the average home size is closer to 1,300 square feet, and not in ideal conditions….half of my neighbors now have leaky roofs tar paper siding, or other issues…I’m not saying that its not better than conditions found in a lot of the world. My question is…should we even have to compare…just look at the shanty alone…doesn’t that make you want to do something….we shouldn’t feel guilty for being born in the right place at the right time…what we should feel guilty for is the apathy we all share for those less fortunate…what if it were your son or daughter living there?
Thanks to everyone who’s left a comment on this info-graphic.
This comparison is a pretty simple representation of a complex issue. There is poverty and want in every country of the world, and it would be disingenuous (not to mention insensitive) to suggest otherwise. But, overall, we in North America have certain standards in place, on average, that protect occupants from natural disasters and from the rigours of the elements more so than is true in the Third World. This is not to suggest that we should feel guilty, and this was certainly not the intention of this graphic. It is Travis has suggested; that it be the start of a conversation as to what should be done about living conditions all over the world, including poor conditions to be found here. It is also meant to remind us not so much about how guilty we should feel, but rather how grateful.
Thanks again to everyone who has commented.
I am very sorry but the photo above does not picture exactly what the average home looks like in US. Do not forget trailer parks and projects, they are pity full as well!
Hi SD,
You’re right – there is a lot of domestic poverty to contend with in North America. Here’s a post I put together about poverty in America, including a couple of links to organizations who are working hard to fight it.
Thanks for comments.