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Brigid

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9. This is what we're headed back to.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013, 02:59 PM

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Photos of sweat shops & slums provide an image of an unrecognisable city: 19tn century NYC [View all] snagglepuss Jun 2013 OP

What's really amazing to consider Warpy Jun 2013 #1

We've swapped places with Europe... Bigmack Jun 2013 #31

I don't think that's as true as it was before the 2008 crash Warpy Jun 2013 #39

K, R and bookmarked. Thank you n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #2

'How the other half lives' Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #3

Unions are the only things that lifted us out of that business model Orrex Jun 2013 #4

Everywhere malaise Jun 2013 #12

"funny" how so few people ever smiled in old pix like these RussBLib Jun 2013 #5

Not quite. SwissTony Jun 2013 #15

they didn't smile hfojvt Jun 2013 #20

The 1% would have us back in those pictures.. annabanana Jun 2013 #6

K&R PennsylvaniaMatt Jun 2013 #7

life looks gritty and hard Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #8

This is what we're headed back to. Brigid Jun 2013 #9

so that's what Reagan meant by azurnoir Jun 2013 #10

looks like some of the places I see in my city currently. blackspade Jun 2013 #11

Look at any number of big cities (and rural ones too) (Cairo Illinois pics) SoCalDem Jun 2013 #14

Oh my gosh Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #26

This is *exactly* what they mean when they say SeattleVet Jun 2013 #13

This is a record store now, next door to a yoghurt station MrScorpio Jun 2013 #16

look at the banisters and grill work. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #19

where is that? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #24

24 St. Mark's Place nt MrScorpio Jun 2013 #25

wasn't there some famous punk shop at that address? i have in the back of my mind a double HiPointDem Jun 2013 #27

No idea. MrScorpio Jun 2013 #28

i think i found it. i posted the pictures in the post you just responded to. trash & vaudeville, HiPointDem Jun 2013 #29

Just checked Google maps MrScorpio Jun 2013 #34

thanks. 'search & destroy' vintage. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #37

Thank you for posting them. I feel a lot less sorry for myself! They actually make you wonder jwirr Jun 2013 #17

Persecution, starvation, a class system that kept you and your children in your place forever Hekate Jun 2013 #21

And children have almost always worked SoCalDem Jun 2013 #32

Exactly, so defining limits was not so easy. Still, reformers came down on the side of fresh air... Hekate Jun 2013 #35

There is no such thing as the good old days. Squinch Jun 2013 #18

K & R Quantess Jun 2013 #22

Wow, incredible pictures duuser5822 Jun 2013 #23

I am fascinated with pictures from yesteryear Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #30

The good old days, oh yes, when AMERICA WAS TRULY FREE steve2470 Jun 2013 #33

Even back then most Americans did not live in such squalid conditions Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #36

that's great, I'm sure he worked very hard, sincerely nt steve2470 Jun 2013 #38

Yes, he did work hard Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #40

Wait....you missed my sarcasm tag and the other smilies. steve2470 Jun 2013 #41

I guess I did misinterpret your post Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #42