This transcript discusses how despite the horrors of the earthquake and fire, many San Franciscans who survived described the city in this period as a utopia, with people coming together to take care of each other in a way that everyone seemed to find more fulfilling than their daily lives had been.
Despite the devastation caused by the disaster, many San Franciscans found a sense of community and fulfillment as they came together to take care of each other.
During a disaster, the wealthy class and tourists tend to lose their composure as it is highlighted in the early 20th-century fire in San Francisco. Plumbers worked free for a week to stop broken pipes as people offered to pay any price for the use of an automobile to escape the city, while dealerships lent their cars as ambulances for the sick and wounded.