City life improved greatly thanks to the many advancements that came in the 20th Century.
In the 20th Century, Nuclear Power gave us enough energy to develop cities with major industrial complex and much more. Houses gained personal computer that helped not only homes but many researchers and scientists of many areas. Transportation also became a lot better with the automobile and eventually, travelling from urban center to urban center was much easier thanks to airplanes. The medical field started using the antibiotics that now we take for granted and we eventually had the radio, the television and finally, internet.
Workers can get an educaiton and helpthemsleves climb the corporate ladder.
If a worker does not like their pay, they can move elseswhere. It's ok to improve yourself. Put the video game down, and pick up a book from your local library.
The number of people living in the 13 colonies rose from what in the 1700s to what in the mid 1770s