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Back Allies

            Jacob Riis ("The Downtown Back Allies").
             The "down town back allies" depicts how the lower class of .
             New Yorker's lived. Riis writes of disgusting, dilapidated conditions of .
             tenement housings. Families are packed into small windowless rooms where .
             they are forced to live due to insufficient funds. People had more trust in one .
             other in those times. They would keep their apartment doors open for air. .
             Because of this neighbors developed a closer relationship. The buildings these .
             people lived in were run down for various reasons. Tenants did not have much .
             money to fix their houses up and landlords cared more about their wallets than .
             people. There were often fires and hazardous conditions in these buildings. .
             Both the tenants and the people were to blame for these things because .
             neither did much to better their situations.
             .
             These buildings were specifically built for poor people by the rich .
             to make money. Diseases like small pox were rapidly spread in these areas due .
             to poor health conditions. Often, there was no heat or cool air and many .
             suffered from these circumstances until the end of their lives. Many of the .
             tenants were poor immigrants. This populace tended to flock together so, .
             most neighborhoods became ghettos.
             .
             Conditions like these can be found throughout New York in this day .
             and age. Many tenants and landlords do not pay satisfactory attention to their .
             living quarters. Tenants blame it on landlords and visa versa.
             One can see these types of conditions in the neighborhood Brighton .
             Beach(Brooklyn,N.Y.). Many of the people who live in this area are immigrants .
             and do not speak English. Due to the language barrier the tenants are ashamed .
             to speak to their landlords. Tenants continue living in their unpleasant .
             conditions while the landlords take frequent vacations because of the money .


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