Ok so I know that it’s not B or C and the small gardens at each home was New Amsterdam so I think the answer is D
Unemployment rate. The labor force consists of adults over 16 years of age who are either employed (full time or part-time) or unemployed.
One of the main ways in which economic opportunity divided urban and rural dwellers is that those who could afford to live in the suburbs usually chose to do so, while low-income people who had to work lesser-paying jobs were usually confined to the cities.
They moved into Alaska during an Ice Age when there was ice from Eastern Asia and they walked to Alaska
First of all, the passage mentions street children by saying "children pitching pennies" and "kicks and cuffs are their daily diet". Also, pollution is touched in this passage as it mentions "summer stenches" which are bad smells that come because of urbanization and the drains that have foul smells (hence they mention "sink"). We also see how neighborhood noises and noisy people from all around the area show up in urbanized areas because of cramped spaces. Hence, quarreling is mentioned here as well as instances of profanity.