European Cities Before Industrial Revolution?

My assignment is to describe Eurobean cities before the Industrial Revolution. I described them as loud, crowded, congested, and smelly. How else could I desribe this? Please Explain! THANKS!!

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1. No you are wrong. Before the revolution it was tottaly different: Most people still lived in the countryside. Between 1750 and 1815, only 7% of the European population lived in cities. Life in the villages changed, however. Agricultural production became more intensive and large scale (to produce raw materials for the rural industry) and as a result, the number of farmers without land grew. Towns with rural industry grew and provided much work. In other towns, trade and industry grew. World trade and politics became more influential in the every-day life of the villagers. The group of proletarians grew quickly due to downwards social mobility and the fact that proletarians had more children than farmers. A demographic revolution took place in this period. Population grew very quickly due to a decreased death rate and increased fertility........... http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/migration/chapter3.html http://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/jlawec/v36y1993i2p671-702.html http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html http://industrialrevolution.sea.ca/impact.html