Industrialization has always been a good topic of discussion. There is always the question of whether it was the best decision for our country or not. Mahatma Gandhi stated, "Industrialization, I'm afraid, is going to be a curse for mankind...". I don't know where I stand in this debate, I guess you could say I'm neutral. I think there are both ups and downs to how fast our country evolved. One good thing is that it brought our country more efficient ways of life and made things easier on people. Things such as tractors and plows made growing crops easier on farmers. In some countries today, farmers use humans to pull plows because they aren't modernized. Also trains and steam engined provided a much more efficient way of transporting things across the country.
Though a lot of good came out of the revolution it also brought some negatives. There were a lot more jobs to give out but some of them were dangerous. Things such as coal mining and factory working caused great danger to ones health. Coal mining could get you sick very easily and with working in a factory you always risk injury from getting caught in one of the machines. Another down side is the hygiene and how unsanitary the city was. The industry boomed so quickly, the city didn't have time to prepare for the amount of people it would bring. People working in the city often lived in cramped apartments with multiple people, sometimes with no bathrooms. They would use a bucket if they didn't want to walk to the nearest bathroom. There was no trash or recycling man so trash filled the streets. It took a good amount of time for the city to adjust to the boom. The revolution shaped big cities all around the world into what they are today. It was good, it was bad, it changed us.
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