shadows of struggle navigating urban poverty and socioeconomic challenges in the heart of the city

street monochrome road alley infrastructure history town house wall ruins photograph white black neighbourhood building slum urban poverty low-income housing area shantytown impoverished neighborhood socioeconomic issues deteriorating buildings decay overcrowded dwellings crisis inner-city slums dilapidated structures economic hardship substandard social inequality informal settlement blight deprivation conditions run-down homes ghetto living environment distress unsanitary underprivileged community marginalized poverty-stricken dismal district squalid neglect challenges disparities struggling communities blighted shadows struggle navigating heart city generated