The Status of ?

I call it a status or place with a ?, because I don't really know what to call it.  Let me describe it to you.  Imagine a place where most people generally don't enjoy being there.  However, due to circumstances outside their own hands they can't or don't believe they can leave for some "reason".  It's a place where most others look down on and don't want to even visit. A place where they don't even realize how great they are due to all of the negative factors around them.  A place where anywhere else seems like a good place to go.  A place that "it's always been like that" so one realizes that the place can possibly change.

Does anything I say sound familiar, or you're just wondering what's wrong with my thinking pattern?  Maybe this status could be an actual physical place or region on the Earth, or a place of one's mindset.  Maybe this is where you're at now?  It's something I've seen, sensed, and experienced all over the world.  So, I know it's not specifically called a city or status. 

Many times people in these places already have the resources or abilities at their fingertips, but simply stay put.  It can easily be frustrating for those on the "outside" looking in...so to speak.  They're "outside" of the place of ?

I've learned that the best thing to do is challenge those in the place of ? with tough questions followed up by words of encouragement and consistently being there for support and challenge.  This does involve sacrifice of someone's time and energy.

You can show them the "door" to the "outside", but it's up to them if they leave or stay, and you can't keep/share/store up the problems that may/will come based on their decisions.

Maybe these thoughts have been a good read for you, or maybe you're thinking I've lost my mind.  Wherever you are, keep moving forward.