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An increase in the urban population, especially in slum areas, might further increase poverty and social disparities, he says.

He grew up in a slum outside Seoul, working in factories rather than attending school, and is someone who has previously quoted US senator Bernie Sanders.

In the 1960s, many of the original buildings, including Loudoun Square, were demolished as part of slum clearance projects.

Riis exposed Lower East Side slum conditions in tenement photographs that would form the basis for his renowned book, “How the Other Half Lives.”

When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.