I thought maybe we could have a fact-based thread about what poverty in the UK really looks like. It might disabuse people of the notion that it's not that crap to be poor.
Some things that it means:
- It means dying younger than your richer neighbours. London example shows that travelling east from Westminster on the Jubilee line, each tube stop represents nearly one year of life expectancy lost as you go from richer to poorer areas.
- It means a real risk of having to choose between eating and keeping warm.
I think it also means:
- A higher risk of being the victim of a violent crime.
- Your children are less likely to go to university, to go to an elite university, to enter the professions, etc
Haven't found good links to evidence for this, however.