there seems to be allot of applying todays conditions and thinking to the time of the internment relocation For example some have posted about the poor living conditions at the camps They seem to think they were so horrible I grew up in rural america at that time and remember it very well We had an out house for many years after the war We had well water that was pumped at the kitchen sink and horse drawn wagons Many homes did not have electricity Apartment buildings often had only one bathroom per floor that all shared The idea that every child should have their own bedroom was unheard of much less their own bathroom The young people of today would have been considered wealthy If the living conditions at the camps seem horrible to you they do not seem all that bad to me From what I have read they were better than many americans had at the time Remember the depression All the japanese interned relocated were not rich property owners Most were poor did not speak english and lived in slum fishing communities A pre war survey showed more than 100 people using one toilet Terminal island in LA harbor had a large Japanese shanty town community with open sewers Once relocated many older Japanese did not want to leave the camps perhaps life was better inside