Many believed they deserved to be there and/or that they didn't want to work or live in better conditions.
They didn't want to work or live in better conditions
I think the people who lived in slum areas are likely to get sick because people lived in crowded ,unsanitary conditions.
You have your answer in your question. Any one who lives in a slum is not doing well economically. They are poor. People live where they can afford and no one rushes to live in a slum.
Slum people affect the nature because as they have a very uncomfortable and con-justed way of living they can produce a lot of mess.
The largest slum population in Europe is: Latvia which has bad environment for people and mostly slums.
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A slum is a term that is used to describe an area of town where the houses are run-down and substandard. The place to find a slum in town would be in the area where the people have very low or no incomes.
People in slum rarely get fresh air because of the poor infrastructure and sanitation in the slums. However, the slum dwellers are usually encouraged to plant trees so that they get fresh air.
Orher term for slum note
Kenya slums are awful.There is no electricity,running water or gas. There is only one room inside the slum and many people share the slum. There is not a lot of room in the slum and the slums are placed close together on land nobody wants.
A slum in Brazil is much the same as a slum in South Africa, India or turkey, except for language
upper and middle class people.