Yup. European and North American cities in XIX century were on average much more ghastly places than the countryside. Homelessness, hunger, starvation, hordes of underage prostitutes were common in Paris, London etc. If you had a job, you worked 80 hour weeks for pittance. If you lost it, due to an injury or company not needing you anymore, you ended up on a refuse pile. All that gave us socialism and communism, which did not exist before the industrial revolution.
