In The Wrecker (1892), Robert Louis Stevenson described Rincon Hill as "a new slum, a place of precarious sandy cliffs, deep sandy cuttings, solitary ancient houses and butt ends of streets."
In The Wrecker (1892), Robert Louis Stevenson described Rincon Hill as "a new slum" with features such as precarious cliffs, deep cuttings, solitary houses, and incomplete streets, which are reminiscent of other neglected or abandoned areas.