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Re:Being Poor (2005) by riffraff on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:58AM (#27244502)
Forgive my ignorance but what does "SRO" mean? I'm not an English native speaker and google is useless for acronyms unless you have context.
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Re:Being Poor (2005) by buck4roo on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:16AM (#27244603)
Single room occupancy. A type of hotel, with shared bathrooms down the hall.

Here's an article from yesterday's NYT that has a historical background section about halfway down:

When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go? https://nyti.ms/33ZiTKV

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