Question

What were the benefits and drawbacks of having a railroad run through your city in the 1800s?

Answer 1

Depends upon whether you were one of the ones whose land was going to be confiscated (or whether, say, your crops or pasture would then be divided or otherwise compromised) or whether you were one of those who would profit, by having a business that would now be doing a whole heckuva lot better with all the additional potential customers.

There would be other factors too, no doubt, but that's one distinction that comes to mind.

Answer 2

Thank you :)

Answer 3

Sure . . . those are not the only two factors of course.