I found myself comparing this place to the apartment my friend lives in with his family in Inwood, some things haven’t changed much for recent immigrants (and if you compare it to refugee detention centres they have gotten worse), though some have improved. Food is relatively cheaper, but accommodation is relatively insanely more expensive, there are now 7 people in the space you would have had 11 then, or people like me have 2 people now, they have a tv, computer and playstation instead of radios, but it’s still the same thankless struggle to get by.