Ancient Romans had aqueducts and public bathhouses while many (even centuries later) did not. Today, everyone gets treated clean water coming to them personally

Ancient Romans had aqueducts and public bathhouses while many (even centuries later) did not. Today, everyone gets treated clean water coming to them personally! Roman citizens had an average wage which today would be considered extreme poverty. It all depends on what you mean by “living wage”. Public services are available to everyone. Public WiFi. Emergency medicine. Medicaid. Clean and safe potable water. The only issue is rent and shelters but NYC is inefficient. It’s not even lack of housing: https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/nycs-filled-just-200-of-2500-empty-apartments-for-the-homeless/amp/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/nycs-filled-just-200-of-2500-e... Also NYC is really gentrified and rents are so high. Yet young people choose to move here and share an apartment, because they like the city and opportunity. They eat out in restaurants, something previous generations couldn’t afford. Today, many people don’t shop in supermakets and cook, like people in the 80s did - they order in. They buy tons of stuff to be delivered. My friend works in homeless services and says they are using the homeless to create jobs … his own job is to work with the security guards that work with the homeless … ironically it would cost less to just give the homeless homes and jobs LOL. This is just one example. And the irony is that NYC homeless people are the same as other NYC-ers .. they endure the cold and the high prices but don’t want to move somewhere warmer and far more affordable! Even our homeles are snobs LOL https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LWZk24MA7TE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LWZk24MA7TE