Poor living conditions from "summary" of How The Other Half Lives by Jacob August Riis
The tenements in the Lower East Side of New York City are a breeding ground for disease and despair. Families are crammed into small, dark rooms with no ventilation or natural light. The air is thick with the stench of garbage and human waste. The water is contaminated, the walls are covered in grime, and the floors are littered with filth. Children play in the streets, surrounded by disease-ridden animals and unsanitary conditions. They have no safe place to run and play, no clean water to drink, and no nutritious food to eat. Their parents work long hours in dangerous, low-paying jobs, struggling to ...
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