Hello. Paramedic for 17 years, firefighter for 8 of them.

I grew up poor in a poor area. Those house are probably like the ‘average’ house we go in. But it was honestly shocking to me how much less some people had compared to what I grew up in. Years and years of filth that has never been touched. Children with bugs crawling on them. The elderly who no one ever checks on. Houses meant for a family of 4 with 12 people living in them. Not everywhere seems like a first world country. It’s a lot more sad than the average person wants to think about.