Have you ever actually been in a real ghetto, Not what we call here in the US, but the kind the jews lived in Europe (Not the WW II ghettos but prior to the war)
Well I have (Rome and Venice) and they are like JAILS, you are locked in at night and cannot leave for any reason. They are not pleasant at all and I can never figure out why some seem to romantize them.
In Venice the ghetto was closed in at night via a drawbridge (The Jewish Ghetto in Venice is an Island) , Jews had to wear a mark of shame so that they could be indentified as a jew especially if they were out past curfew.
In Rome there was a wall around the Ghetto that was locked at night , much like a warden locks in prisoners in a Jail.
People starved in these places (Especially in Eastern Europe) and they were generally the worst part of town (The Roman Ghetto frequently flooded) and the locals could many times enter and threaten the jewish population.
Today these places are cleaned up and look nice, but its still creepy being in them. Italy is a modern country and the Ghettos of Rome and Venice look nice. I can only imagine what the ghettos of Eastern Europe are like. And it was creepy asking the Policeman in Rome where the Jewish Ghettos was (They have built up the Roman Ghettos as an area where jewish businesses especially restaurants operate and It was the best food I ever ate in my life)