Boston as we know, is a blooming city with millions of residents and businesses. However, this was not always the case. During the periods leading up to 1850 Boston was a rather dull and unexciting town, often noted for its historical monuments. The population was a mere two hundred thousand and the living arrangements were meager. The ultimate goal of Boston’s Inhabitants was to become middle class citizens. Before the industrial boom which spanned from the years 1850-1900, there was no subway system, Back Bay, and the only means of communication was face to face. In the years leading up to 1850, Boston was a quiet town that prided itself on integrity and being a peaceful community.

During the last half of the nineteenth century, the industrial boom brought about waves of change. During the fifty years the city, Warner states: “changed from a merchant city of two hundred thousand inhabitants to an industrial metropolis of over a million. In 1850 Boston was a tightly packed seaport; by 1900 it sprawled over a ten-mile radius and contained thirty-one cities and towns” (Warner, 1962). During this booming period the city of Boston brought immigrants by the boat load in search of the American Dream. The immigrants that came over were …show more content…
Mass transportation became available through the means of the first subway system, and expensive neighborhoods were being built. Through the hard work of the unskilled laborers, the native people of Boston would built huge mansions in what is known as the Back Bay. The chase for middle class status was no longer a chase for many natives of Boston as it became a reality. The inner city of Boston was inhabited by the lower class population, mainly the immigrants living in less than adequate living conditions. The outer city housed the middle and mainly upper income population, inevitably dividing the city by