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I have always been intrigued by the lives of those living on the "other side of the fence" than me. I have always had a deep-rooted admiration for those who are less fortunate and do in fact have to face the horrible struggles of living below the poverty line in our country. This interest stems primarily from the many stories of hardships and struggles my parents and more particularly my grandparents told me about their child-hoods and life before I born. For both of my parents and all four of my grandparents life before me was very filled with hardships and struggles. All of them were born into poverty and some how were fortunate enough to escape it and become very successful and financially blessed in life. The stories I can remember being told as a child such as having to live in the "projects" in the Bronx, New York, not having any food to eat and having to wear the same clothes everyday, have always made me wonder how people in those situations are able to survive with such little income and so little support. This constant question in my mind made choosing the type of family I wanted to interview very easy for me. I wanted to choose a family who was living in an impoverished section of any inner city and who was living below