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 | | Slums are usually characterized by high rates of poverty and unemployment and are breeding centers for many social problems such as crime, drugs, alcoholism, and despair. |
 | | Slum clearances, however, have not usually been successful in reducing the social problems associated with slums. |
 | | [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1055785,00.html Every third person will be a slum dweller within 30 years, UN agency warns]; John Vidal; The Guardian; October 4, 2003. |
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