Which statement best explains why immigrants and factory owners worked together but often lived in different parts of a city?

Immigrants usually lived in the outskirts of cities, far from the places where they worked.

Legal restrictions forced immigrants and factory owners to live in separate parts of most cities.

Factory owners preferred to live in the outskirts of a city in neighborhoods that reminded them of rural areas.

Public transportation made it possible for factory owners to live in parts of a city that immigrants could not afford.

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Leslie Page

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3 October, 19:35

Which statement best explains why immigrants and factory owners worked together but often lived in different parts of a city?

Immigrants usually lived in the outskirts of cities, far from the places where they worked.

Legal restrictions forced immigrants and factory owners to live in separate parts of most cities.

Factory owners preferred to live in the outskirts of a city in neighborhoods that reminded them of rural areas.

Public transportation made it possible for factory owners to live in parts of a city that immigrants could not afford.

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Gretchen Ponce · Answer 1

The best option from the list would be that "Public transportation made it possible for factory owners to live in parts of a city that immigrants could not afford," since the immigrant workers during this time were paid very little money and often lived in terrible conditions.