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   ocr: Housing In the 1860s, many people lived - in pine cottages on unpaved streets. Many houses were packed into a small area, often near factories, tanneries, and slaughterhouses. Filth and disease were COIIHITIOII. People who could pay more for housing lived outside the city 1n suburbs. In the suburbs, there was more space and the air was not polluted by the smell from factories or slaughterhouses.