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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Exiled: [QB] I call this post – for show- For show as in Arabs being Arabs and thinking what other people think rather than living their lives. For show as in living a life you can’t afford in order to flash what you can't truly afford. I mentioned previously in this thread about cars that are double and triple the price of the same cars in America. Living here a couple of months short of one year my insight is growing and the concealments of this society are uncovering, even if not before my very own eyes. I have always been great at math and things never added up here as I always thought how can someone on a $600 a month salary afford to drive around in 50K car? Financing of course but even then how can they afford to make the monthly payment? Let me introduce you to Layla and Sameer and well let’s just call them that. They were born in lower income neighborhood and own their own home there. Layla and Sameer drive around in an expensive car. Layla is a teacher and Sameer works in a bank. A Palestinian American friend of mine told me their story when I asked her how people manage to do such on such meager salaries. The truth is Layla and Sameer rent out their home to rent a small apartment for show in an upscale neighborhood. The car loan was secured by a manager’s signature and literally everything they have is by way of credit. The problem as I was told was that they literally run out of money by the middle of the month. And when I mean run out of money, I mean literally run out of money. My friend told me that her friend would call her and ask to borrow 20 JD! That’s only 30 dollars and she once told her I will give you the 20JD and even more if you need it but what will you do with this money (she alluded to such an insignificant sum considering they live like they are worth something) her friend answered her 'for X amount for gas in the car and the rest to buy cigarettes'. They live for show and are literally sacrificing their food for this obvious sickness. There are literally people who own $500 mobile phones and can not even afford to talk on it. So if you ever visit West Amman and you see people driving around in fancy cars, just know that some of them are eating subsidized pita bread with water for dinner. This is truly unlike Egyptians where the money goes to the stomach. I guess this helps explain all the stares when I am sipping my $4 coffee :D I want to stress that there are many wealthy people here, massive amount of wealthy people especially those with incomes in western nations but there is a segment who were not blessed with such incomes and as a result put on a show. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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