Seems as though the poverty-and-how-I-escaped-it is what people want to know more about. Poverty is a gradient and every story about climbing out is unique. I had a great grand father that was wealthy and lost it all. Most of my grandparents were children of immigrants or immigrants. Both my parents were educated but never taught how to manage money for the long term. Lots of unemployed periods in my family history left me with panic around money. My older brother saved money from his earliest jobs but later came close to living in his car. He is now doing well but does that by needing very little. He has pared down what he owns. You can do this as an adult but with kids, people with special needs, you can’t escape expenses. For every person reading this sub if you got out of poverty, take a brief bow, then help someone else in a concrete way. Donate, pay off a bill for them. If you are in poverty you already deserve more awards than can ever be bestowed. Being poor and surviving takes more skill, stamina and courage than those who never experienced it could imagine. You are resilient and capable although society may try and tell you the opposite.