These were shanty towns with wooden shacks and no sanitation. The housing consisted of tents and makeshift shacks of tin or wood. There are also pockets of makeshift shacks interspersed among the more upscale residences. Dwellings are wooden shacks that lack water and sanitation. Local newspapers called the area "the shacks" and "shack colony". The alleys were full of one- and two-story shacks, and nearly every dwelling was overcrowded. The colony consisted of a number of clapboard shacks on a bluff. Others found they had purchased vacant lots, small shacks or buildings that were falling down. The family often lived in run-down shacks, boats, and vacant houses. They tend to be served at seaside clam shacks (roadside restaurants). It has a few shacks and eateries, and also boat service to other beaches. However, a storm on March 6, 1962 destroyed houses, shacks, and roads. Site 5 consists of a group of shacks and dwellers use mobile toilets. The hurricane also destroyed a few shacks and boats on Saint Thomas. Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, showers, shacks and bars.