Sudden Burst of Thought

Okay so I'm at work right now and really need to be working but I have these thoughts that I need to right down before I forget.
Soooo I was driving to work and I was observing all of the things around me. People sitting outside of their run down apartment buildings, houses that I wouldn't be caught dead hanging around after dark, closed down dingy store fronts, grungy people walking down the sidewalks... and I am thinking to myself, "Why do people settle for this? Why would anyone want to live here, or live this way?"(I don't mean to sound like a stuck up bitch when I say that. That's not my intention at all.) I couldn't help but wonder, do they ever feel like they could do better? Or do they not know any different? Or do they just feel like they can't do any better? I mean, c'mon, they must watch TV and see all the other better places to reside and all the more glamorous ways to live. Why do they seem perfectly content with this low middle class way of life? Are they content? Then I started to think... maybe this way of life is better than what they started out with. Maybe they were brought up even worse (I'm not saying that its like really gross here or anything, but it's not really nice either). Then I thought that maybe this is their version of "glamorous". Maybe this is what they want. Maybe they enjoy where they are, and they are thankful for what they have. I just can't figure it out. And what about the people who simply settle for working at a fast food restaurant for the rest of their lives...making minimum wage, barely paying the bills? Or the people who just don't give a shit about school and don't make any effort to learn? Aren't they worried that the rest of their life might suck if they don't get the ball rolling and try a little harder, trying to get more than they already have, trying to make their average life better? I feel like I am always wanting and striving for something better than I have, when I have it a lot better than so many others. Is that wrong of me to want more? In one way I say no, I have a right to work hard and get what I want... but on the other hand I feel like I am being really greedy. Don't get me wrong, I love my life and I couldn't have asked for it any better. God dealt me a great hand and I truly am grateful. I just feel like if the opportunities are there, take them! I feel like so many people have the ability to be something great, do something better, live a more "glamorous" life if they all just believed in themselves and tried a little harder. Don't settle. Don't live by the standards that the rest of society has set. Dream big. Be what your heart wants you to be and never doubt yourself.