Why is it the most spiritual places on earth suffer a lot ?

Because they organized their religion. Faith is fine, but when you put it into a capitalistic church that uses fear mongering to make you give them more money, things go south very quickly.

Interesting question, but one must ask why these places are seen as spiritual. With all respect to religion and those religious, it has to be from a quality we ascribe as we want in our lives. Italy suffers a lot, yet is breathtakingly gorgeous. The flatlands often suffer less, but they suffer if they don't have water near, and if they haven't that access, large portions of Africa (not included in your "spiritual" list) suffer. I can't help if you have two factions of humanity are warring over Jerusalem, I'd say history provides why they fight, but no one wants that topic. I won't say who is right. But there are also indigenous communities in Canada, without safe water in squalor, if you really look it's not only those spiritual places, but we may give more symbol from their suffering, and they may voice more?

I have read about this!

For example, the article I read was speaking of Latin America and its poverty and why the people don’t push themselves to do better with education and striving to make more money. The people they interviewed said that they believe that God will provide them with whatever they need and so that prayer alone will give them what they need and what God wants them to have.

Total bs but there you go

Because people think it belongs just to them

I had a lady come into my Sunday school class. She had travelled the world looking for Spiritual enlightenment. After a few weeks of her being there and answering some very good questions I decided to write her a letter explaining Christianity and it's Spirituality. She proudly showed the class the letter and decided to read it while we were getting going. Into the second page she let out a shriek that woke the dead, three the letter like it was burning her hands and raced out of the class screaming as she ran. I never saw her again so I have no way of knowing how the Spirit touched her that day but it taught me that spirituality is within you and not some place you visit.

bad, derivative scripture

Professional victims?

Or is it just that we don't take note of the suffering in "non-spiritual" places because they don't strike a chord inside us as much? And how much of that spirituality is just Western perception of things we don't really understand?

Because those who are enlightened suffer heavier karma.

Have u ever visited india

Id say they were more religious than spiritual

I guess because they're among the oldest places on Earth and therefore subject to a lot of well-grown tensions