[oh8eleven]

it's interesting (to me,at least) to ponder the points made.
I knew things were worse in 1916 than today, but doing my family's genealogy, and reading a lot of NYC history, really had an impact on me.
People lived short lives and fairly miserable ones at that.

[Red Badger]

http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-the-good-old-days-they-were-terrib/#gsc.tab=0

[Fantasywriter]

Rockefeller lived to be 98. He died in one of his several mansions—the one located right on the beach in FL. It’s still a showcase.

[Anybody who thinks Rockefeller sweltered in that mansion needs to consider the sea and land breezes. At the edge of the Atlantic they blow upwards of 22 hrs a day, every day, and are very pleasant.]