Waterdeep in the future

===Waterdeep's Industrial Revolution (1520s-1540s)===
If they can complain about going to work, they can work just fine.Sir Arthur Axehelm.Caused by a mixture of crackdown reforms against dangerous magic and adventurers, combined with Lusken working Waterdeep to the bone, the city focussed its sights more and more on economic development and less on social reform. The industry boomed, with factories powered by mass imports of Serite everywhere (like Waterdeep Small Arms, Lanchester Steelworks, Sparkbrooks Metal and Vehicle Works and more), and Waterdeep was soon rough and sooty.
Its moniker, the City of Splendors, had become an ironic joke if anything. The notable Lords during this period were Don of house Zaretti, and Arthur of house Axehelm. Axehelm was known as the Sober Lord for his harsh militaristic reforms that really made Waterdeep worse for the wear, causing many gangs in the streets and other problems.
===Waterdeep, Deprived (1540s onwards)===
When you overwork a machine, wear and tear begins to appear, oil and grime and dirt. Things start to go wrong, even if the machine keeps pumpin' out. And if you don't live under the machine, you wouldn't know. But we live under the machine. That's where we live.-Barney Bombs.Many notable groups sprung up during the later year of the industrial boom , such as the The Loveridge Family, The Rapscallions, The Moonstars, The Red and Blacks, The Di Lamendolio Family and more - people capitalising on the opportunity of social climbing. The city was dirty and rife with crime, as the Lordship focused more and more on trying to pull itself out of the pit and keep the factories pumping.
In the 1550s under Lady Corinna Fellbranch, groups like The Agents of Chaos made a name for themselves amongst the other gangs by trying to clean up the city, to some significant avail - cleaning it of agitators like The Red Hand for instance, and uniting the Loveridges and Rapscallions to protect most the working classes of Waterdeep in the west and north.