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How did new urban transportation systems contribute to socioeconomic segregation in the late 1800s?
Wealthier people moved farther away from city centers.
Wealthier people moved closer to city centers.
People were able to move out of city slums.
Fewer resources became available to people who lived in city slums.
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- Wealthier people moved farther away from city centers. New streetcars, commuter rails and elevated lines made daily commuting possible, so middle- and upper-class families left dense central neighborhoods for outlying “streetcar suburbs.”
- People were able to move out of city slums. Those with enough means moved to newer suburban housing, reducing their presence in crowded inner-city districts.
- Fewer resources became available to people who lived in city slums. As wealthier residents and the tax base relocated, investment, services, and political influence followed, leaving inner-city neighborhoods with less funding and poorer conditions.
(Option 2 is incorrect: the trend was movement away from, not toward, city centers.)
- Wealthier people moved farther away from city centers. New streetcars, commuter rails and elevated lines made daily commuting possible, so middle- and upper-class families left dense central neighborhoods for outlying “streetcar suburbs.”
- People were able to move out of city slums. Those with enough means moved to newer suburban housing, reducing their presence in crowded inner-city districts.
- Fewer resources became available to people who lived in city slums. As wealthier residents and the tax base relocated, investment, services, and political influence followed, leaving inner-city neighborhoods with less funding and poorer conditions.
(Option 2 is incorrect: the trend was movement away from, not toward, city centers.)
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