1.   Her childhood was spent in the squalid slums east of the city.

2.   Tens of thousands of Scots lived in squalid slums and tenements in the industrial age.

3.   The people of the squalid slum, one of many around the capital city, persist in their quest for a better life despite daunting obstacles.

4.   Thousands of cardboard homes in the squalid slums that surround this capital city have been washed away.

5.   Several million residents live in squalid slums that sprouted throughout the city.