Horrifying Poverty Accounts

Commenters express profound shock, disturbance, and sympathy toward graphic descriptions of inhumane living conditions, evictions, and extreme poverty depicted in a book or article about urban America.

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mistercow • Sep 13, 2013 • View on HN

Wow, that was upsetting to read.

halgir • May 27, 2025 • View on HN

That sounds horrible. Thanks for the insight.

dqpb • Jan 11, 2022 • View on HN

I see. That does sound quite bad.

valval • Jan 22, 2025 • View on HN

That is beyond terrible. Are you joking? I feel sad that I spent a minute reading that.

ryanpetrich • Apr 22, 2010 • View on HN

Wow, that sounds more horrible than I was imagining.

moltar • Apr 19, 2022 • View on HN

Feels sickening to even read that. I’m sorry you had to go through that.

hueving • Aug 1, 2017 • View on HN

It's mind blowing to me that this happens. My condolences. :)

TeamMCS • Apr 25, 2014 • View on HN

That is really horrendous. Sent shivers down my spine just reading it :/

Loughla • Mar 5, 2025 • View on HN

I understand it's early days, but that is horrifying.

csmcg • Jan 16, 2022 • View on HN

That sounds like an incredibly unsettling experience.