This is but natural. And this is perfectly fine, till we are in our own society and surroundings. The moment we step out of this boundary, our units and ways of measurement hold no good and its time to redefine our measuring criteria. This holds true of poverty as well. Living in one of the first world countries or for that matter in any of the large third world cities, people tend to consider those people who do not meet their level of prosperity measured in economic terms as poor.
Lets talk more about it.
The crucial role that an individual s or society s natural surroundings play in the measurement of prosperity is many a times ignored or not understood. And it is but natural, that according to them the path to development is the path which has brought about their economic prosperity. Lets look at some of these measurement criteria that I'm talking about. A person in New York without a television would most certainly be poor but a person in the Godda district of Bihar in India would quite certainly not be one due to this. Their societies are so different, their requirements vary so markedly.