Further to this, one way to visualise this is to look at this website, which has photos of homes for people in India at different levels of income. If you go through the houses, it is clear that nothing special happens at $2.15 per day. The quality of house improves slowly across the distribution. Nothing notable happens at $2.15 per day. Most of the houses for people on above $2.15 per day are of extremely poor quality
Here is a house of someone on $1.70 per day
Below is a house of someone on $3.31 per day and is therefore not in extreme poverty. The house has no windows.
Below is a house at $3 per day. The roof is held up by wooden sticks.
Further to this, one way to visualise this is to look at this website, which has photos of homes for people in India at different levels of income. If you go through the houses, it is clear that nothing special happens at $2.15 per day. The quality of house improves slowly across the distribution. Nothing notable happens at $2.15 per day. Most of the houses for people on above $2.15 per day are of extremely poor quality
Here is a house of someone on $1.70 per day
Below is a house of someone on $3.31 per day and is therefore not in extreme poverty. The house has no windows.
Below is a house at $3 per day. The roof is held up by wooden sticks.
This is the kitchen:
Here’s the interior of another house