Contrary to popular belief, we are educated, civil, friendly people.
Yeah there are some who always make the
headlines for being fucked up and in gangs. That is not most of us. I like poor people better than rich people because most of the rich people I know are
snotty and don't talk to you unless you have the right designers. I was
enrolled at a fancy
prep school on
scholarship for two years, and it was horrible. A girl was ridiculed for having the 'right' 200 dollar jeans, but she wore them too often, and that was considered poor. Some of them would laugh and give themselves joke makeovers to make them look like 'dirty Mexicans' (their words) for fun.
My friend went to the mall with me and her mom dropped us off at the mall with 'just a couple hundred dollars'. She bought a 400 dollar designer dress with the money, then started crying and yelling when her mom wouldn't let her buy the matching 200 dollar shoes. I was like wtf!!
On the other hand, when I went home, I would chill with all my neighbors and friends. it was more normal. Guys went out with you for the way you looked and acted, not just the labels on your clothes. We would go to
Payless and put stuff
on hold for when we could afford them, and it was never a big deal. Somehow I think that if you don't have money, you are generally happier, because you accept what you have and what you don't have, and that's not an issue when you're hanging out with your friends and shit. You chill with them, go get food, whatever, but it's so much
realer where I live than the
gated communities where other people live, and go shopping at elite designer boutiques to show off for fun.
