> Being poor or sick in Latin America or Africa sucks.
Speaking of the US, being poor and sick here also sucks but differently. You won't die of malaria. Instead, you will spend the rest of your days scraping pennies to pay for an outrageous medical bill because you don't belong to the class of people with good employer-provided health insurance.
Good roads and cars exist in Latin America and Africa as well of course.
What do we pay for with that grind: low violent crime rates, good roads so lower amount of traffic deaths, better health care.
Being poor or sick in Latin America or Africa sucks.