Good place, the 17th century. Lot better than nowadays. Shakespeare was still around...
And your chances of dying of unpleasant diseases was much, much higher than today. Indentured servitude was still around and women faced childbirth mortality many, many times higher than today. Children often were not formally named until their first birthday becuase they had a much, much higher chance of dying before then.
Yes - life was OK if you had lots of money and didn't get ill. Other than that, not so much.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
