'We Are Forced to Live in These Conditions': In Los Angeles, Virus Ravages Overcrowded Homes
âWe Are Forced to Live in These Conditionsâ: In Los Angeles, Virus Ravages Overcrowded Homes Perhaps nowhere else in America can the unequal toll of the virus be felt more dramatically. Suburban sprawl and freeways demarcate the neighborhoods of the haves and the have-nots. Betty Rivera, right, and five other members of her family live in a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles.Credit...Karla Gachet for The New York Times Jan. 23, 2021 LOS ANGELES â Betty Rivera was the first in her household to fall sick, early last month. To protect her family, she locked herself in the bedroo...