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Standardization of Time
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New Leisure Activities
Effects of faster transportation
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slower transportation
replaced
Trains often replaced the used of slower forms of transportation such at carriages.
better
city diets
The faster transportation also increased the diets of city dwellers. Foods such as meat and milk now arrived to the city more quickly in a fresher state.
day
business
trips
Railroads offered passengers comfort, faster, smoother travel, and reduced travel time making day trips possible.
frequent
costumers
Employees commuting to and from the city became frequent train costumers.
stagecoaches and
inns go out of
business
This faster form of transportation made it possible for business men to take day trips which hurt the businesses of stage coaches and inns.
Omnibuses and train systems that developed along with urban industry in the late ninteenth century provided an oportunity for reading.
reading on trains
reading
Printing allowed for a wide variety of reading materials to be available. Books, periodicals, and daily papers began to play a major role in individual leisure activities. This leisure activity could often be seen on the trains to and from work.
The faster transportation also increased the diets of city dwellers. Foods such as meat and milk now arrived to the city more quickly in a fresher state.