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Shack

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Housing Quality

Implies a lack of comfort or luxury, often temporary or improvised housing.

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During the gold rush, miners lived in shacks near the mines.
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Rustic Charm

Sometimes used nostalgically or affectionately for quaint or simple rural dwellings.

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We spent our summer in an old fishing shack by the lake.
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Poverty Indicator

Can be used to signify economic hardship or poor living conditions.

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Families in that area were living in shacks with no running water.
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