Behala Dumpsite Life

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To cope with the daily life at the Behala Dumpsite, I would have to be able to go, rogue, many times and my wellbeing would be scarce. I will have to deal with many hardships and obstacles in my journey and give up my education to support my family. It would be very challenging to cope with the smell and items such as "stupp" and dead bodies. The local culture would be very strange compared to mine currently and it would circle around dump mostly. I would be content with the simplest things like, having my family with me, finding plastic good enough to sell or anything more valuable. However, I would miss my current lifestyle and their culture would not be very creative or fun either.

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