Your point is a little out of place because this period isn't simply representative of long-term fluctuations in wealth and status Point taken that the example

Your point is a little out of place because this period isn't simply representative of long-term fluctuations in wealth and status Point taken that the example in the article is a lower boundary and an outlier. I think my point still stands. There was a lot of variation in the quality of life of a city dweller.