> Simply put: they weren't. Not sure this can truly be "simply put". On the one hand there was manual labor on the farm with very simple amenities like an outh

> Simply put: they weren't. Not sure this can truly be "simply put". On the one hand there was manual labor on the farm with very simple amenities like an outhouse and well water and no ability to advance as you're literally doing the same job your ancestors have done for centuries, but work ended at sun down and people had substantial control over their daily lives. On the other hand, in industry there was less physically demanding labor for (relatively) more money and living in conditions with heat and water, but your work day might be 14 hours, you could easily be gravely injured at work, and your apartment was shared with a dozen people. Both seem to have pluses and minuses to me. For whatever reason, people chose to leave the farm and enter industry.