Over the last four decades, the financial circumstances into which children have been born have increasingly determined where they have ended up as adults. But an expansive new study, based on billions of social media connections, has uncovered a powerful exception to that pattern that helps explain why certain places offer a path out of poverty.
For poor children, living in an area where people have more friendships that cut across class lines significantly increases how much they earn in adulthood, the new research found.
It's almost like literally everything is designed by the former (Since, ya know, they're the ones with all the power) to always segregate the 2 cuz rich people don't want to sully their precious eyes with the sight of poors.
I wouldn't want to make friend with a bunch of rich kids, it sucks that they can buy all these nice things and participate in activities that my parents could never afford. Their safety nets sure comes in handy when they get in trouble.