In city after city individuals have become more isolated and alienated from the rest of the city. This isolation and alienation all too often create frustration against the existing structures of society. Formerly. there were institutions in large cities which took a special interest in the poor. However. many of these have tended to become middle class. changing status along with the immigrants they first organized and have moved to the suburbs. The day of party patronage and of the ward politician has. for the most part passed. City government has become increasingly more centralized and impersonal. and the individual in the slums is unable to relate to it in any way.
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