10 Examples That Show Life Is Easier For People With Money Than For Those Without

When people are asked what the most important thing in the world is for them, some say it's love, while others say it's family. Sure, we need all of that, but if there's one thing we cannot function without, it is money. People need money for everything, be it for basic neccesities like food and water, or to enjoy a bit more of life by travelling and celebrating milestones.

Those who make more money have access to expensive things from all around the world while people who make the bare minimum have to save every penny just to get by every day.

Here are some examples of folks who are living in poverty, or just getting by with a basic income, sharing how life is actually more expensive for the poor when compared to the rich, and some of these are truly heartbreaking.

1. "Not having in-home laundry is a great example. Say it costs you $4 to do your laundry each week (which I think is very cheap). In 5 years you will have spent over $1000 on laundry. For $1000 you can get a good washing machine that would last you through those 5 years, then another 5 years, and maybe a lot more. And that doesn't count the time saved doing laundry at home, and any transportation costs." Ladis_Wascheharuum

2. "I’ve never had the money to spend on regular dental work so now I’m spending thousands more to fix everything that was neglected." dayoldhotwing

3. "Debt. Basically if you're poor you need to borrow some money to either get a house or buy food and after a while the debt keeps getting bigger and bigger." bunyivonscweets

4. "Mental health. Or more specifically stress. You will always have stress about future, always making decisions based on your poverty so that it won't affect your situation in bad way." lawlietxx

5. "Getting to and from work. Since you're poor, you cannot afford to live close to work and thus have a longer commute. But you also cannot afford to own and run a reliable car, so you have a beater that breaks all the time and gets poor mileage." YankeeScourge

6. "Shoes. You need good shoes to work in, but you can't afford good shoes so you buy ok shoes that break after 3 months. After 4 pairs of ok shoes in a year, you've spent more than if you'd bought 1 pair of good shoes." TheVantal

7. "Being unable to pay for education is the most expensive way of staying poor. And don’t come with scholarship and that stuff, it is expensive af and even more if you are like me from a poor third world country." pazul-ulzap

8. "You can’t afford a $800/month mortgage according to the bank, so you get to pay $1200/month in rent!" 26point2pipedream

9. "Child care if you have no relatives or friends to help." devianb

10. "Trying to buy healthy food, especially if you have a condition that limits what foods you can eat." wakingdreamland