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The dire urban poverty was so much better than the pre-industrial rural poverty that nearly half of Great Britain moved from the countryside to a city during th
by bandrami 10mo ago
The dire urban poverty was so much better than the pre-industrial rural poverty that nearly half of Great Britain moved from the countryside to a city during that period.
You see the exact same patterns in India and China today.
- nephihaha 10mo agoNot quite. There was more work in the cities, but living conditions were more cramped and pollution was rife.
- bandrami 10mo agoYou can second-guess their decision all you want but they voted with their feet
- nephihaha 10mo agoHow am I second guessing their decision? Many of my ancestors were evicted from their native lands by hostile landlords so had to go elsewhere. It wasn't their decision to make in the first place.