Back in the day it was called Well Quarters, now the neighborhood is sometimes referred to as "The Slums of Columbia." It is less than a mile long, less than a quarter mile wide, and many homes are within ten feet of an abandoned chemical facility. In 1970 Reichhold Chemical Company began producing chromium, phenols, and many believe Agent Orange as well. In 1984 it was declared a Superfund site and put on the National Priorities List. This is Well Quarters thirty-two years after the chemical facility was abandoned. Knock on any door in the neighborhood and its occupants will have a litany of health problems: cancer, early onset heart disease, anemia, and red/purple rashes that itch and burn. Some received settlements from class action lawsuits, a few received only $169. In addition to the numerous cases of death and disease in the neighborhood, the crisis has created a cycle of poor health and poverty. There is an overall personal and community identity of failure and victimhood. Many residents are on Medicaid, disability, unemployment, and welfare. Clearly not all the community's problems can be blamed on the chemical company, but did it create a downward slide that started when people began to get sick? What happens when you're born to parents who are both too sick to work and on disability? Does that become a significant factor in your identity? Or when you've been told that your life, or a family member's life, is only worth $169, does that become your identity as well?