The upside to being 'poor' in America

You would think that being poor meant living in a cardboard box and begging for money, but recent discoveries prove otherwise. Though there are approximately 46.2 million poor americans today, which is the highest number yet, being poor is not so bad after all... Using the census bereau information, Robert Rector and Robert Sheffield examined the actual living conditions of poor American people. 42% of poor Americans own their own homes, 40% live in apartments, and 10% live in mobile homes or trailers, which leaves only 8% of poor people actually living on the streets. 96% parents said their children were never hungry because they were able to afford food. 80% of the poor house holds have air conditioning, 30% had plasma TV's, 70% had a VCR and two thirds have satellite//cable. The two also found that half of the poor households have at least one computer, and half of those who had children had video games. I guess being poor is not so bad after all in America.