>>16970533Tighter communities probably. Poverty basically forces your families to stick together. Most suicides in the US are done by lonely, old, white men who kicked their kids out when they turned 18 and are left wondering why they never come visit anymore.
People are also generally more satisfied with their own lives when everyone around them is of similar status. If everyone around you is poor you won't feel too bad about being poor yourself. American social media likes to bombard you with images of people flexing their wealth.
So now you have old, lonely people locked inside their homes watching videos of rich families enjoying life.
