The social climate of the time is well described by one pearl harvester: “Broome [was] an affluent, sinful and tolerant community, in which the Clergy’s frequent references to Sodom and Gomorrah were regarded as appropriate tributes to civic progress, rather than as warnings of future divine retribution. ”
Tolle aja sotsiaalset kliimat iseloomustab hästi üks pärlipüüdja: „Broome [oli] rikas, patune ja salliv linn, kus vaimulike sagedasi viiteid Soodomale ja Gomorrale peeti pigem heaks märgiks linna progressist kui hoiatuseks Jumala tulevase karistuse eest. ”