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* StudentDebtPlot: People put into poverty, or kept in poverty, by student debt.
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->''Maybe would tighter than I shoulda been -- probably\\

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->''Maybe would wound tighter than I shoulda been -- probably\\
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* KiddyCoveralls: Poor kids or lower class kids wear overalls to indicate their poor status.
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* RoughOveralls: The poor or rural folk might be wearing denim overalls, regardless of employment.
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* BreadOfSurvival: Bread is a symbol of hope, life, and happiness, especially to a starving person.
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* HillbillyIncest: Incest that is associated with poor, rural people.

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* PrincessInRags: Her Highness is now living in less than lowered circumstances and has to learn how commoners live.



* PrincessInRags: Her Highness is now living in less than lowered circumstances and has to learn how commoners live.

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* PrincessInRags: Her Highness is now living in less than lowered circumstances and has to learn how commoners live.RoadkillForDinner: Typically practiced by poor rural folk.
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* DyingTown: Small towns with severe economic hardships, so most of the stores are boarded up amd there's few jobs.

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* DyingTown: Small towns with severe economic hardships, so most of the stores are boarded up amd and there's few jobs.

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* DogFoodDiet: Someone eats pet food, because people food is too expensive.



* HalfWittedHillbilly: Characters from the countryside are depicted as stupid hicks.



* HomelessHero: The protagonist lives a nomadic lifestyle for some reason.



* ImpoverishedPatrician: A noble or aristocrat who has lost their wealth, but still retains their posh education and manners.



** SuckySchool: Poorly-funded schools are staffed by teachers who are [[ApatheticTeacher jaded]] or [[SadistTeacher mean-spirited]], run by [[DeanBitterman an indifferent or sadistic principal]], lack up-to-date technology, and use outdated textbooks.



** DogFoodDiet: Someone eats pet food, because people food is too expensive.



** RagsToRoyalty: A poor commoner becomes a member of the nobility.

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** * RagsToRoyalty: A poor commoner becomes a member of the nobility.



** ImpoverishedPatrician: A noble or aristocrat who has lost their wealth, but still retains their posh education and manners.
*** PrincessInRags: Her Highness is now living in less than lowered circumstances and has to learn how commoners live.

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** ImpoverishedPatrician: A noble or aristocrat who has lost their wealth, but still retains their posh education and manners.
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* PrincessInRags: Her Highness is now living in less than lowered circumstances and has to learn how commoners live.



** SlummingIt: A wealthy person pretends to be poor because they're curious about what life is like for the less fortunate.



* SingleMomStripper: A woman with no one to help turns to stripping or prostitution to put bread on the table for her kids.



* SlummingIt: A wealthy person pretends to be poor because they're curious about what life is like for the less fortunate.



** SingleMomStripper: So she turns to stripping or prostitution to put bread on the table for her kids.

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** SingleMomStripper: So she turns to stripping * SuckySchool: Poorly-funded schools are staffed by teachers who are [[ApatheticTeacher jaded]] or prostitution to put bread on the table for her kids. [[SadistTeacher mean-spirited]], run by [[DeanBitterman an indifferent or sadistic principal]], lack up-to-date technology, and use outdated textbooks.



* UrbanHellscape: The underbelly of any large city is crawling with vice.



** HomelessHero: The protagonist lives a nomadic lifestyle for some reason.



** HalfWittedHillbilly: Characters from the countryside are depicted as stupid hicks.



** UrbanHellscape: The underbelly of any large city is crawling with vice.
** WrongSideOfTheTracks: A part of the city is known to be home to lots of poor people and criminals.

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** UrbanHellscape: The underbelly of any large city is crawling with vice.
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* WrongSideOfTheTracks: A part of the city is known to be home to lots of poor people and criminals.
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->''Maybe would tighter than I shoulda been -- probably\\
A mannerism born of Christmas shopping at the Dollar Tree''
-->-- '''Music/AesopRock''', "King Cone" (feat. Rob Sonic)
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* BribingTheHomeless: Homeless people doing (sometimes crazy) things for other people during their desperate pursuit of quick money.
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* MistakenForDestitute: Someone is mistaken for being homeless and/or impoverished.
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* SoupOfPoverty: Cheap, low-quality soup as a PovertyFood, served at homeless shelters, sold in cans or homemade.
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* NeglectedRez: Indian reservations in North America depicted as poor and suffering from a whole host of social issues.
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* ClosetSublet: When a person is renting a tiny, cramped space as a living area that us smaller than a bedroom and which is not built as a living space, such as an under-staies storage area.

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* ClosetSublet: When a person is renting a tiny, cramped space as a living area that us is smaller than a bedroom and which is not built as a living space, such as an under-staies under-stairs storage area.
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* ChoosyBeggar: They may be in need of a handout of food or goods, but EveryoneHasStandards, and in this case, the beggar turns diwn what is offered.

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* ChoosyBeggar: They may be in need of a handout of food or goods, but EveryoneHasStandards, and in this case, the beggar turns diwn down what is offered.

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