The city at the end of the 19th century is a place of remarkable contrasts. Planning and building simply cannot keep up with the pace of growth. As one reformer laments, it is a challenge to make "a great city in a few years out of nothing." City planners want grand parks and curving boulevards, skyscrapers and public buildings designed to impress, but there is a prevalence of shacks and tenement housing into which families are crowded. The moneyed class tend to live in grand suburbs. Working-class African Americans also choose suburban living, exchanging the trouble of commuting for a bit of land and a small house. A public transit system to connect suburban dwellers to their place of employment develops more quickly in the U. S. than in other countries. The poor condition of the roadways prompts what is called the "good roads movement."

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