Meaning of “matched by” in the given text

Question

Please help me figure out the meaning of "match by" in the following sentence:

"When, after 1850, governments began to rid cities of some of their worst slums, many working class men and women discovered that urban ‘improvement’ meant relocation into dreary ‘model’ tenements, whose amenities were matched by their barrack like anonymity; or removal from one dilapidated structure to another in the wake of a clearance scheme—the nineteenth century called it ‘ventilation’—that replaced ancient, overcrowded housing with a more sanitary—and for the landlord, more profitable—railway switching yard."

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Answer 1

matched by — equal to — as bad as

Residents were moved from homes in an area which had "life and soul" to invented accomodation, where there was nothing for them. Every aspect of the new life was equally bad.

Answer 2

The phrase "matched by" in your quote is being used to imply similarity.

Similarity has two aspects:

1. resemblance: the anonymity was stark and plain ("barrack-like"), just like the amenities.

2. correspondence: the anonymity (lacking individuality) and the state of the amenities were both related to an obvious lack of concern for any aesthetic (the tenements were "dreary").