How were southern cities like northern cities?​

In what ways were southern cities similar to northern cities? City governments built public water systems and provided well-maintained streets. ... Free African Americans in the South worked as paid laborers on plantations or plantations, or as a skilled artisan. Why did many white southerners fear free African Americans?

City governments built public water-systems and provided well-maintained streets. Public education was available. Southern urban leaders wanted their cities to appear as modern as possible.