This article highlights the obvious inequality that exists within our society. Interestingly enough, however, I have heard of a few individuals who deny such phenomena.

I am sure that a storm like Sandy caused many headaches for all New Yorkers. Unfortunately, not everyone was able to get back on their feet at the same time. This articles proves that not every neighborhood of New York gets the same amount of attention and support from the agencies that are supposed to keep an eye on their well-being and provide them with standard services. Once money is involved, companies as well as the governments tend to forget that a family’s inability to live in a high-class neighborhood doesn’t determine whether they get the help they need promptly or after weeks. At the end of the day, it’s human beings that all of those companies are dealing with, so how about they come up with recovery plans that would benefit both, low and high income families, simultaneously. In other words, not focus all of the resources on the people that are able to quickly pay for them, such as the upper class, but also spread some of the help to the middle and lower classes.  Like Levin, from the article, states “cost should be the last consideration.”

Question: Do you guys think that if the government/agency officials were part of the middle and lower classes, that then and only then advocate better for the people with less resources?