big city ma right type of business own garyo vanye...you'll have cash flow machine....niche biz in fotress like location....ticket to great income...and you can easily scale up...lots of ppl to work for you...even if the minimum wage is high so what...increase the damn price......anyway...big cities great for owning biz.....and that ....anyone can do it with some market research....owning the ghar or not is no big deal...more important is cash flow..you need to have that income coming to you year after year.....more income 5 years from now is much better of course.....a very small location in a busy area selling donuts can make you great money in places like ny and sf.....but you have to find that location...location is the key.....you need not drive uber in big cities...you can drive uber to find that perfect location to expand your biz instead....there's lots of opportunity to people with enterprising attitude...in big cities...but in general..however..ppl don't do all that...only few do..pepsi i'm guessing, is one of those who saw good opportunities and ran with his ideas...hard work is not enoguh to thrive..a cashier does a lot of hard work but that's not enough..you need to use that hard work to make your own progress....not your boss..only then you can move up ...in the game of survival..etc.