system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How were people in the past able to come to America with literally no money and survive and thrive and some even starting businesses and becoming wealthy? Is that even possible today?
gpt
Often they met up with someone they knew from their home country; often after extended correspondence. Many times this resulted in a place to stay, an in at a job, and a support network of an already established community. This does still happen today.