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What were the lives of people like in the 19th century cities?
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-------------------------- What were the lives of people like in the 19th century cities? -------------------------- -------------------------- 2003.11.04 -------------------------- Back to back houses were especially built for workers. It was the cheapest solution of living. Basically, back to back houses were houses put together or out in a row, with every house sharing at least one wall. Thank to this the creation of the house was way cheaper both considering the amount of materials and land used. It did not take as much time to build up such house either. The circumstances in the back to back house were, unfortunately, terrible. In a 2-room apartment (almost all apartments had that size) up to four families lived. That was way too much. They had to live very tight, as the house really was for one family. Due to this serious hygienic issues came up. Another problem was the extremely narrow street separating the back to back housing series...
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