Problems of the close quarters

              PROBLEMS OF CLOSE QUARTERS - Lack of privacy. Old men and Families house in the same building. There had to be whispered arguments. Family problems became community problems. Everybody got to know a lot about their neighbors. Mothers had to get children under the covers to bawl them out. All the family in one room was a problem. Like living in a hospital ward. Some people built blanket walls around their beds. Living this way was like having your diary printed in the paper. Speaking to the family was like making a public address. Everyone had to get used to baby crying family troubles. It was like having five families in one room. Uncompleted partitions caused a veritable symphony babbling sounds yours and your neighbors. The lack of sound insulation between rooms became a source of considerable number of problems. The partitions between apartments kept neighbors out of sight but not out of hearing. There were no ceilings in the rooms and that portion above the dividing partitions and