Maybe these bungalows seemed a bit slummy, but not compared with what Houston had seen in Southeast Asia.

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He charged deserving clients little or nothing for his services and moved his impoverished family into what his son describes as a slummy township.

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Set in a fairytale New York where danger lurks in every corner store, the movie dresses its slummy scenario in pretentious dialogue and a woozy camera style.

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