> We still have rockefeller, carnegie, and vanderbilt buildings, institutions, and colleges today A very narrow slice of American geography has those things, p

> We still have rockefeller, carnegie, and vanderbilt buildings, institutions, and colleges today A very narrow slice of American geography has those things, primarily within the Mid-Atlantic and New England states. Regardless, they did that kind of thing back then because there was a real risk of a lower-class uprising if they didn't at least pretend to care about the little people.