cities
... It is difficult for someone my age growing up in this time period to imagine any kind of life without the existence of cities. ... But relatively speaking, the idea and formation of cities is new. ... There is a wide variety of reasons for the migration of people into cities. ... The rise of large European cities was largely due to the movement of peasants into cities for better living conditions. ... These early European cities were the first to develop modern agricultural, transportation, and industrial technologies. (Palen pg 4) With the inflow of the peasants and the city’s ability to grow because of its technological advances, the development of these cities was inevitable. ... There were also more opportunities in the cities.Early cities were very dirty, dangerous, and corrupt. Some of the living conditions in these cities were atrocious. ... Immigration also played a big role in the development of cities.