Should Poorer People Have The Same Things That Wealthier People Have?

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This is a tough question and a tough subject. Equality is not a reality in terms of material possessions. People with less money can't realistically expect to have as much as people with more money. It's both common sense and basic math. So I get confused when I read articles in the newspaper about people in lower-income neighborhoods complaining about not having more restaurants and more stores. Case in point: Here in Louisville it's a common divide between the West End of Louisville (urban, low-income, minority, high crime rate) and the East End of Louisville (middle-class, suburban). For the record, I want to point out people are worth loving no matter where they live or how much money they have. So in the West End, there's a high crime rate. Many stores have closed in the West End due to high rates of shoplifting and violence and problems and just can't sustain their businesses there. But I'm reading an article quoting residents of the West End saying, “People need to have the same accessibility to food to entertainment, “Just because people here are sometimes at a disadvantage or are sometimes not as well off as others doesn’t mean that we should be isolated from all of the things that people have access to.” But no one's doing it to them. They're doing it to themselves. Business came to the West End, the people there ruined it, and businesses subsequently left. It's not a human right to have a Family Dollar store (that's what they're upset about just closing) or a movie theatre. The free market economy does what the market does. It's there's money to be made in an area, they will open a store. If not, they won't. Residents near the closing Family Dollar have a Kroger 1 mile away, but they say it's too expensive and too far to go. Complaints, complaints. Excuses, excuses. The point was never for people with less money to have the same things as people with more money. The point was equal OPPORTUNITY. The West End was given the opportunity and they blew it. I don't understand why people think all persons should have equal everything. It's just not realistic or feasible. Again, let me be clear -- all people of all races, genders, abilities, and income are to be loved and valued.