Comments on: African Poor vs. American Poor

By: Gerald Bollinger

Gerald Bollinger — Sun, 21 May 2006 20:51:48 +0000

There is a study that shows the main two things that is needed for a person to be generally happy is:

1. A feeling that they have control over their life. (Someone else is not making decisions for them)
2. The perception that they are doing slightly better (material wealth) than their peers.

By: sipakv

sipakv — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:04:37 +0000

White African,
I just discovered your blog and I love it. I am from Madagascar and live in Washington DC, after having lived, in among other cities, Paris and NYC.
Not sure what the point of this article is though.
“It is hard to gauge the pain of relative poverty because no one knows how to measure happiness. Simply asking people â€œAre you happy?â€ only gets you so far. ”
I know a lot of people living on only one meal a day back home who think they’re happy and blessed and thanking God every day for what they have.

By: HASH

HASH — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:59:23 +0000

A.J. Just click on the link in the blog post above and it will take you to the article.

By: A.J. Retzlaff

A.J. Retzlaff — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:36:27 +0000

How do we read this story or article

By: thainamu

thainamu — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:32:32 +0000

I read the article, quite interesting. I’ve often thought there is no relationship whatsoever between happiness and money–unless, perhaps, it is an inverse one. There are so many ways to be poor.

By: Shiroh

Shiroh — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:33:00 +0000

Hash, it is disappointing

By: clay

clay — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:58:26 +0000

very interesting, especially since i lived in Hazard, KY when i was a kid – and used to be a legal resident of Durban, South Africa. wow…