 Many of the people living here are old inhabitants, newcomers are in large majority peasants that were trained in professional schools to cope with industrial working requirements.The newcomers used to commute from their villages to Braila to get to work, but settled here as soon as the new block-houses have been finished.The major factory which resides into this area boundaries was "Progresul" ("The Progress" in English), it used to provide jobs for over 13.000 workers, man and women as well.