plural skid rows
: a disadvantaged area of a city or town regarded as a place where unhoused people or people with substance abuse issues often go
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As Manhattan grew and wealthy residents moved uptown, the neighborhood began its slump into a skid row.
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Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
The council also opened the door to residential development in a portion of skid row bounded by 5th Street on the north, 7th Street on the south, San Pedro Street on the west and Central Avenue on the east.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
In February, The Los Angeles Times reported that sanitation crews demolished an unofficial community-resource center in the city’s skid row in what officials called a regular cleanup.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 10 May 2023
The Midnight Mission is serving nearly 2,000 people with a traditional Easter meal and hygiene items in front of its building in downtown L.A.’s skid row.
—Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
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Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
The council also opened the door to residential development in a portion of skid row bounded by 5th Street on the north, 7th Street on the south, San Pedro Street on the west and Central Avenue on the east.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
In February, The Los Angeles Times reported that sanitation crews demolished an unofficial community-resource center in the city’s skid row in what officials called a regular cleanup.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 10 May 2023
The Midnight Mission is serving nearly 2,000 people with a traditional Easter meal and hygiene items in front of its building in downtown L.A.’s skid row.
—Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
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skid row
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: a district of cheap saloons and cheap rooming houses in which vagrants and alcoholics live
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