Life in America during 1890-1900

Letter

102, Patrick Building
South Avenue,
New York 10002
United States
30/01/1900
Dear Mom,
I hope you are fine and healthy. It’s good to talk via letter as it was one of your favourite
things during your era. Lately I have been thinking to call all of you over here to stay on
permanent basis. The life in US is pretty exponential and growing at the fast pace. The
industrial expansion as well as the population growth is radical. Mass transit in the form of
trolleys, cable cars and the subways are built and the entire city is beginning to have a
different outlook (Brackemyre, 2015). Commuters who are working began to increase
gradually due to heavy opportunities. Until 1885 things were positive, for old Irish
Americans, America is the land of the opportunity. From Chicago to New York it takes less
than two days and not more than 26 dollars. The travel had become much easier and cheaper
after the years passed to the civil war. The immigrant of today has so many benefits as
compared to those of predecessor. In terms of the lifestyle the housing prices have been
increased in such a way that the house worth $12000 in the year 1890 will be equivalent to
the real dollars in the year 2010, but more than the $360000 in nominal dollars (Visualizing
Economics, 2011). The variety of foods has increased now and people can buy California
oranges as well (Cliff Notes, 2015). The food were shipped via rail, the commercial shopping
were given more preference by the women rather than baking and canning. There is one