13 ways it costs more to be poor

In July 1960, James Baldwin wrote the following in an article in Esquire, “Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a Letter from Harlem”: “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”

This week @girlziplocked asked a wonderful question on Twitter. 

What's something about being poor that middle-class people absolutely don't understand?

It’s a great question, and the full Twitter thread is well worth the read. Below, I use some of the responses to the question to talk about 13 ways living in poverty is more expensive than being middle-class.