The urban poor increasingly serious problem of housing, slum and squatter settlements is in large numbers, which have seriously affected the normal urban socioeconomic development.

城市平民的住房问题日益严峻，贫民窟和棚户区更是大量涌现。

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For Riis, the slum's biggest problem wasn't population density, lack of sunlight or even disease.

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