Environment and Basic Needs

So going back to a question I previously posted, "Does your geographic location determine your success and well- being?" 

I don't really think I did the best job answering that specific question. I mostly just talked about the Pyramid/ Hierarchy of Needs. But to answer the question, I do think that your location can effect the amount of success you have. Ok, so if you are thinking about the Hierarchy of Needs for an individual, the bottom is the basic needs. You are never going to do well if you don't have these basic needs, you actually wont do well at all because you will die. But pretty much any location that you chose you are going to be able to get these basic needs unless you chose to live either in the middle of the dessert or on the moon, and I don't really think that anyone would want to live there anyway. So if you look at the next level, it is safety and there are less places in the world that are safe then places that have food and water obviously, so there for people are more likely to live in an unsafe environment then a place with no basic needs. So this already cuts of a portion of people that are less likely to be successful. And these people won't be successful because you need to fulfill all of the levels of the Pyramid before you can reach success.  The next rows of the Pyramid have more to do with you as a person because esteem and actualization have more to do with yourself then your environment. But you will never be able to focus on your self-confidence or being creative if you are starving or are worrying about your safety all the time. So to finally answer the question "Does your geographic location determine your success?" yes it does just like your safety would, your sense of belonging would/ your esteem would and your self-actualization would.