Interestingly much of rural Arkansas just outside Little Rock - Bill Clinton's home town - is sad looking and dilapidated, much like as described in this article. However as the Clinton foundation pours millions into Africa, not a dime form Clinton's charity is spent in America's own backyard. Paul Theroux described it well in his book 'Deep South' where the living conditions he experienced in that part of the US was as worse as what he saw in his many travels through the poorest parts of Africa.