![]() ![]() However, they did not always leave once they were no longer employed as they were able to afford the low-quality housing of residential hotels that was found in these areas. These impoverished areas of cities began to form with the completion of a transcontinental railroad, which allowed for people who were struggling to find employment to travel from city to city for seasonal work. The history of skid row neighborhoods can be found in almost every major city and refers to the area where lower-class members of society, or people who are “on the skids” tended to live. The setting of Little Shop of Horrors, downtown Skid Row, greatly impacts the themes of the show, fueling the characters’ desires to escape their situations. Lower Class Urban Life 1960s and Skid Row
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