The rundown area where most of the poor people of a city lived was called a

what?

A. Slum

B. Tenement

C. Suburb

D. Exurb

Option: Slum.

Explanation:

Slums are the area where most of the poor people of city life. People are poor and live in a miserable condition in a small cluster of houses. Poverty is the cause of increasing slums. The sudden move of rural people to urban in search of employment causes a rush in cities which led to creating a slum area where they can live reasonably without too much spending money.