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PenguinSunday t1_j3f6z03 wrote

Reply to comment by domestication_never in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture

It should never have been allowed to get to this point. This is the United States of America, the richest country in the history of the world, and an entire city has no access to clean drinking water. It's disgusting. Wtf is the government even for if it won't step in to fix this?

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gangofminotaurs t1_j3g0u25 wrote

A lot of the rise in life expectancy in the last centuries, generally attributed to food or medicine, really happened alongside access to clean water. That communities today would be left out when there's no good reason to (i mean: not a failed country, no war...) is unconscionable.

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WestCoastBestCoast01 t1_j3ho9l0 wrote

The “richest country” lives on the coasts, Mississippi is desperately poor.

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abk111 t1_j3hpogi wrote

Which is why they take in plenty of fed money sponsored by coastal states. If they decide to use it to own the libs or pay celebrities instead of investing in infrastructure that’s a local government problem.

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Wyndrell t1_j3p95sq wrote

Mississippi's gdp per capita is about $48,000/person, making it about as rich as the United Kingdom or Germany, and considerably richer than Japan, Italy and South Korea (amongst others).

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