Sorry to see you go usual but why did you get involved with that thread if the subject upset you so much,surely better to sit on your hands and ignore it if you don't like what you see.
Fwiw,i didn't think that op was being nasty and a snob,i think she was taking a look of her own prejudices and saying how she now see's how hard it is to live on a low budget.
And that coming from relative wealth to low income is a difficult adjustment.
But that's just what i thought.