Jews were confined to ghettos in Riga and Kauen, which rapidly became overcrowded and squalid. Bars, bordellos, squalid and lightless tenements lined its streets. However, the arrangements were thought to be rather cramped and squalid. It was atrociously governed, bankrupt, squalid, ridden with disease and poverty. Their living conditions were some of the most squalid in Britain. Dan, a somewhat surly man who lives in a squalid, dirty house, refuses to help. However, they lived in squalid conditions. Meanwhile, living standards were generally squalid. New York City has never felt more delightfully and dangerously squalid. They were housed in a squalid hotel in the Tenderloin District for several weeks. Despite increasingly squalid conditions, the population inside continued to grow. Clarissa enters Richard's apartment building, which she finds squalid. After Lisa's death, Mitchell was discovered in squalid conditions. Churchill would later label Bevan "a squalid nuisance". What place is this, to which the squalid street conducts us?