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- also a rumgh pelàk owned by a policeman who doesn't live in K.S. but rents out rooms
- for becak drivers + prostitutes who sell gue [bascon], often live in same house as their [?] on tauke (oversee, master) and these people considered temporary residents who come + go + numbers uncertain ("numpang lewat")
- no yards
- despite this a few keep ducks or chickens, or plant flowers
- wood or bamboo houses paste newspapers over inside walls + whitewash to look like real walls
- in larger gubuks several rooms w/ specialized functions + may have plastic sofa set in guest room, w/ table, tablecloth, plastic flowers, etc
- better houses may have cupboards w/ dishes, etc.
- most houses decorated w/ calendar pictures + family photos
- radios everywhere in K.S.; tape recorders + TVs owned by warung owners, juragan becak + other wealthier residents - social pressure requires however, that TVs be placed so adults can look in from outside + watch and children be 

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allowed in to sit on floors + watch
- in flood season may not be able to leave house to [[strikethrough]] work; hence forced to borrow from money - lenders (tukang rente) of why are many in K.S.;
as can pawn valuable goods - even goods bought just a few days earlier can only be pawned for a fraction of real value
- people read very little + entertainment consists of sitting in front of houses + talking w/ neighbors
p81 - YPMKS office has made reading material available, but little utilized
- women's dress slovenly, but a few better - off women wear simple but near clothes of middle-class type
little jewelry seen
children, esp. boys badly dresses
a few of young men who work as drivers are more clothes conscious, wear jeans and shoes w/ high heels, etc.
occasioned a gripe by the lurah who used as proof that K.S. people not so poor (i.e. why don't they leave)
- communication w/in K.S. generally by word of mouth
pengusus YPMKS don't always communicate what they should to the people
those who know more about the YPMKS