Question

The Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800-1850. This question is pertaining to the 1800's era in America. Please answer accordingly. Thankyou!

What might have been the advantages and disadvantages of railroads for the people who lived along the routes or near the stations?

Answer 1

There are quite many advantages and similarly the disadvantages of people living near the routes of the railway station.

Advantages of people living near the rail roads include the easy access to transport and also the developmental norms as the station is nearby etc.people can also find work for their daily wages quite easily with stations and routes nearby. The disadvantages include the noise pollution effects where people will indeed be effected a lot by the noise pollution of the trains and apart from that, the pollution due to the coal( at the old times) made the air polluted which can affect the people suffer from a lot of diseases on the whole.