slum

is a reservoir of physical and moral death, an enormous expense to the state, a constant menace to society, a reality whose shadow is at once colossal and portentous.

F33 The slums of our cities are the reservoirs of physical and moral death, an enormous expense to the state, a constant menace to society, a reality whose shadow is at once colossal and portentous. In time of social upheavals they will prove magazines of destruction... for, while revolution will not originate in them, once let a popular uprising take form and the cellars will reinforce it in a manner more terrible than words can portray.

is a place where boys and girls who could easily be brought to the full use of their powers are left stunted, inarticulate and angry.

G12 In the slums of our great cities today boys and girls who could easily be brought to the full use of their powers are left stunted, inarticulate and angry.

F46 The feeding-grounds of crime, [of slums] FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924)

 mostly exists in the imaginations of middle-class do-gooders and bureaucrats. One person's slum is another person's community.

is the Victorian contribution to architecture.

the Victorian contribution to architecture.

is not merely an area or decrepit buildings. It is a social fact. It becomes truly pernicious when it becomes the environment or the culture of poverty, a spiritual and personal reality for its inhabitants as well as an area or dilapidation.

A slum is not merely an area or decrepit buildings. It is a social fact. There are neighborhoods in which housing is run - down, yet the people do not exhibit the hopelessness or the other Americans. Usually, these places have a vital community life around a national culture or a religion. In New York City, Chinatown is an obvious example. Where the slum becomes truly pernicious is when it becomes the environment or the culture or poverty, a spiritual and personal reality ror its inhabitants was well as an area or dilapidation. This is when the slum becomes the breeding ground of crime, or v ice , the creator or people who are lost to themselves and to society. The Other America

is a fun place for the rich to visit, but a poor place to stay.

A fun place for the rich to visit, but a poor place to stay. [of slums]

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