Challenge: Live below the poverty line on 1.50 per day.

[guardian]

5. Apples and oranges -- the article is misleading

$1.50 per day * 365 = $547.50 per year. That may be the Global Poverty line but doesn't translate to developed countries. Comparing daily poverty level income from Congo or Malawi to daily expenses to the USA or Switzerland or Japan makes no sense. The article is stupid. That makes about as much sense as challenging someone to find a 2 bedroom apartment in NYC for $400/month. $400 is reasonable for Lincoln NE but not NYC.

A better challenge would be to make the challenge country specific where the poverty line/income reflects the country the challenge is made.