On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:31:26 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

Nope. I said there was a lot of poverty in BVI after you suggested there
wasn't.

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Poverty is relative to your expectations and to the life style of your
peers. There are a lot of people in the islands who don't have a lot
of money, who you might judge as being technically poor. I had a
great aunt and uncle like that in upstate NY. They were warm, dry
and well fed, just like most people in the islands, but they had a
very modest life style without a lot of what we consider modern
conveniences. They were happy however, had their own house in the
country, and had everything they needed.

I've gotten to know a few people down in the Bahamian Out Islands.
There are no real jobs there other than fishing but people have a
place to live and seem well adjusted. We once asked one of them about
the chickens which seem to run loose everywhere. Specifically I
asked how they knew who the chickens belonged to. We received a very
puzzled look, and the answer was that nobody knew and it didn't
matter: "If you want a chicken, you just go out and catch one."
Same thing is true with the pigs which run loose on many islands.

So how can you be really poor in a place like that?