"The place smelled horrible. All those people forced to live together in such 1 point a confined place. Why, they were practically sleeping on top of one
another. It was two whole families from Ireland, plus a couple of young men
that weren't related to either one. Each one of 'em---women and children
included---work in the factories by day and return to that mouse hole to
eat and sleep."
The above quote is MOST LIKELY talking about what? *
the appearance of an rural slum
life in a tenement
conditions in a sweatshop
aftermath of an industrial accident