My name is Jimmy Crowley, and I’m a senior English major. Reading about the growth in London during this time period is fascinating. It is always difficult to fully grasp that cities are not definite, permanent things, and they need to be developed. I had spent a brief time in London a few years ago, but the London of the Victorian era appears completely different. One of the most interesting things in the reading is learning about the division of classes in geography of the city. Learning that the south was much rougher, the west was very wealthy, but the east was much more working class. Seeing that divide is not very different from how other cities like New York tend to work. It also seems the development of the train is not very different from how the invention had affected American cities. That being said, hearing the term “suburb” to describe areas of London is also a bit strange, because “suburb” seems to be a very American idea. Yet, it makes so much sense to have the same thing all over the world. It shows how important industrialization was to the development of London.