re: #20 ggt
Yes, that is the knee-jerk response. And while it has merit, it is overused and seldom by those who have actually been to a third-world country.
I was really impacted by the Bela Fleck video you posted a while back. The contrast between the villages and the city he visited struck me. I”d much rather have been in the village. Quiet, easy, clean. The Children seemed so valued.