slummy
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He, now a history teacher and “an intellectual fairly well known in the city,” lives in the hills overlooking his slummy origins.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2020
Whether in London, a slummy neighbourhood of Tunis, or in whole Syrian cities, what stood out was the deep need to be included.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2019
We accompany the volatile, sparkling-eyed charmer to the slummy muraled cafes and dance halls where artists, writers, journalists and models drank, flirted and quarreled.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018
It’s also a stone’s throw from the creative hub of the city — the once slummy, now hip Shoreditch.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2011
He had a girl here, on one of these slummy streets.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
“It happens in hotels that are five star hotels and it happens in the sleaziest, slummiest rent by the hour hotels,” says Tammy Lee Stanoch, VP of corporate affairs for Carlson.
From Time ● Oct. 28, 2014
Many interesting bookish events have, nevertheless, transpired in what is now the slummiest district of London, and if the best of these anecdotes were collected they would fill quite a big volume.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts
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