East End was the "city"  in Oliver Twist.  Just like it said in my post, "the East End has historically been associated with poor areas, and it was the site of many notorious slums in the nineteenth century. The area has long been associated with the docks and industries related to shipbuilding and with silk weaving due to large groups of Huguenot weavers arriving in the end of the seventeenth century." I mean this gives so much more context. There was so much poverty in Oliver Twist and they sure did live in a slum from the descriptions in the book. Also,  its interesting to hear about the silk weavers because silk handkercheifs were so popular and a very regular thing the peddlers would steal and resell. Also, Jack the Ripper is known for being from these parts if that doesn't solidify the sketchiness of the East End.