Here’s the confirmation of conditions in rural farm life and urban city life for the late 1800s under the specified headings:
| | RURAL FARM | URBAN CITY | |------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| | no electricity, telegraph or telephone services | ✔ | ✔ | | factories hiring lots of workers | | ✔ | | more structures built closer together | | ✔ | | long travel to get to a post office | ✔ | | | better economic opportunities | | ✔ | | cleaner living conditions and fresher air | ✔ | | | children working long hours like adults | ✔ | ✔ |
Some conditions apply to both rural farm life and urban city life, while others are more specific to one or the other.