Wealth In The Gilded Age

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Wealth is a concept many wish to achieve, but few manage to make it a reality. Housing was a major problem for the poor due to limited space provided to families and limited utility access that they could live off of. Meanwhile, the wealthy lived a ravished lifestyle in the suburbs, enjoying the spacious and lovely scenery. The rich and the poor classes have some aspects in common regarding their stand on their morals. Poverty back in the Gilded Age was extremely difficult to maintain a family. The poor grew desperate and led to an increase in crime and violence in most urban poverty areas. The struggles of poverty were stagnant, causing many to remain poor, while the rich grew richer. The gap between the rich and the poor was unbelievably

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