Thought wrong
I was taken to the cemetery across the city, near the walls on the opposite side from which we entered.
This city didn't have class divisions. All people were commoners and a select few nobles ruled over them.
The buildings, the streets were all somewhat modern. People had things to eat, and it wasn't expensive to live. Some even received something like UBI. I honestly never thought it was possible but here we were.
And this place was still inferior to the other side of the continent.